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Cheesman Park

Cheesman Park from directly overhead

Cheesman Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,626 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lion, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 12 miles off.

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Coordinates39.73535, -104.96754

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Lion: 0.3 mi
  • Large Totem Head: 0.3 mi
  • Locking Piece: 0.3 mi
  • Hill Arches: 0.3 mi
  • Reflections: 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Wildflower Treasures: 0.3 mi
  • Radical Plant Select Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Colorado Rocky Mountain Ecosystems: 0.3 mi
  • Monet Garden: 0.3 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Cheesman Park Esplanade: 0.5 mi
  • Dominick Park: 0.6 mi
  • Congress Park: 0.6 mi
  • City Park Esplanade: 0.7 mi
  • Grant–Humphreys Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Dennis Sullivan Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Pope John Paul II: 0.8 mi
  • Amache Camp Plaque: 0.9 mi
  • North Memorial Pod: 0.9 mi
  • USS Colorado Memorial: 0.9 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 2.5 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 3.0 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 5.7 mi
  • Niver Creek Open Space: 8.7 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 9.0 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 45
  • Picnic Table: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 2.5 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 2.6 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 2.6 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 10.6 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 24.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 14.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Cheesman Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomWNW 285°2,969 m21.1 mi
Berrian MountainSW 234°2,785 m21.3 mi
Legault MountainSW 229°2,757 m21.1 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 233°2,711 m19.7 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 288°2,686 m20.2 mi
Centennial ConeW 273°2,640 m20.8 mi
Crow HillSW 225°2,638 m20.7 mi
Huebner PeakSW 221°2,633 m21.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel586 obs
  • Western Honey Bee514 obs
  • Great Spreadwing313 obs
  • Mallard301 obs
  • Japanese Beetle282 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie206 obs
  • Canada Goose194 obs
  • tree-of-heaven177 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/26297169

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