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City of Brest Park

City of Brest Park from directly overhead

City of Brest Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,627 m. Berrian Mountain stands 2,785 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is City of Takayama Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.

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Coordinates39.70644, -104.94247

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • City of Takayama Park: 0.1 mi
  • Creekside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Burns Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pulaski Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gates Tennis Center: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • sculpture: 0.7 mi
  • The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes: 1.2 mi
  • sculpture: 1.2 mi
  • sculpture: 1.2 mi
  • Two Broncos: 1.8 mi
Gardens
  • community garden: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Vernon Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Washington Park Mount Vernon Garden: 1.6 mi
  • The Ellipse: 2.0 mi
  • Romantic Gardens: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Pope Saint John Paul II: 1.0 mi
  • Wynken, Blynken and Nod Statue: 1.4 mi
  • Eugene Field Cottage: 1.4 mi
  • Lowry AFB Chapel 1 (Bldg 27): 2.4 mi
  • Dennis Sullivan Memorial: 2.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 4.5 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 4.8 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 7.8 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 8.1 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 8.2 mi
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 44
  • Picnic Site 4: 1.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Table: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 3.3 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 9.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 15.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of City of Brest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berrian MountainWSW 241°2,785 m21.4 mi
Legault MountainSW 235°2,757 m20.9 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 240°2,711 m19.7 mi
Crow HillSW 232°2,638 m20.4 mi
Huebner PeakSW 227°2,633 m20.5 mi
Bear MountainWSW 253°2,630 m19.4 mi
High PeakSW 231°2,611 m19.7 mi
Independence MountainWSW 255°2,539 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:39

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Flicker245 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird211 obs
  • House Finch171 obs
  • Mallard159 obs
  • Canada Goose145 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel141 obs
  • Western Honey Bee136 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco125 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/515112836

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