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City Park

City Park from directly overhead

City Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,886 m. West Spanish Peak stands 4,140 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Huerfano Heritage Center, a museum 0.6 miles away. Scenic Highway of Legends runs past it. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1886 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.61883, -104.79057

Overlooks nearby

Around it

72 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 40
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 7
Parks: 5
  • Railroad Park: 14.2 mi
  • Greenhorn Meadows Park: 22.2 mi
  • Rye Mountain Park: 22.7 mi
  • Rye Park: 22.9 mi
  • Taylor Park: 23.0 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Heritage Park: 0.7 mi
  • West Beach Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Cold Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Iron Spring: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Apache Falls: 19.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Apishapa Arche: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West Spanish PeakSSW 214°4,140 m20.1 mi
Spanish PeaksSSW 211°4,136 m19.6 mi
East Spanish PeakSSW 205°3,859 m17.1 mi
Greenhorn MountainNW 326°3,763 m21.8 mi
North PeakNW 326°3,724 m23.6 mi
Mount MestasW 263°3,524 m19.7 mi
Raspberry MountainSW 233°3,428 m23.4 mi
Rough MountainW 267°3,395 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:11
June solstice05:3919:4620:25
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1116:0416:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343542495868737164534233
Precip in0.80.81.72.31.81.32.22.20.81.31.01.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walsenburg 1 NW, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • dwarf mallow4 obs
  • Barn Swallow3 obs
  • House Sparrow3 obs
  • Mule Deer3 obs
  • Hollyhock3 obs
  • crossflower3 obs
  • Glover's Silkmoth3 obs
  • Spinystar3 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/227946533

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