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City of Nairobi Park

City of Nairobi Park from directly overhead

City of Nairobi Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,610 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Schafer Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 14 miles off.

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Coordinates39.76624, -104.94698

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 5.4 mi
  • Niver Creek Open Space: 6.9 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 7.9 mi
Attractions
  • Red Panda: 1.1 mi
  • Monkey Island: 1.1 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Great Apes: 1.2 mi
  • Conservation Carousel: 1.2 mi
Artworks
  • Camarasaurus Sculpture: 1.2 mi
  • Ceratosaurus nasicornis sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Snowmastodon Sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Mother bear and cubs: 1.3 mi
  • Martin Luther King Memorial: 1.4 mi
Gardens
  • 36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Mordecai Children's Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Picnic sites: 45
  • Picnic Table: 3.5 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 3.6 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 3.7 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 3.7 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 12.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of City of Nairobi Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomW 279°2,969 m21.7 mi
Blue MountainWNW 290°2,846 m22.1 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 294°2,724 m21.3 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 230°2,711 m21.8 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 282°2,686 m20.7 mi
Centennial ConeW 268°2,640 m21.9 mi
Bear MountainWSW 242°2,630 m20.7 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 295°2,594 m20.1 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 solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323342485869757364514032
Precip in0.50.51.11.72.31.72.11.81.51.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver-stapleton, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-billed Magpie188 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel185 obs
  • Canada Goose153 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant112 obs
  • Greylag × Swan Goose104 obs
  • Japanese Beetle88 obs
  • Mallard83 obs
  • Western Honey Bee82 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/34414740

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