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Coal Creek Park

Coal Creek Park from directly overhead

Coal Creek Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,597 m. Blue Mountain stands 2,846 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Adler-Fingru Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1597 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.97917, -105.10833

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
  • Adler-Fingru Open Space: 0.1 mi
  • Esmail Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Aquarius Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Mayhofer Section 15 Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Boulder County Land Venture Open Space: 1.2 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Townswoman: 0.9 mi
  • April Charm: 1.0 mi
  • Sea Beast: 1.0 mi
  • Waneka Wildlife Bongo Love: 1.0 mi
  • Statue of John Breaux: 1.2 mi
Gardens
  • Kerr Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Wilson Community Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Community garden: 3.2 mi
  • Xeriscape demonstration garden: 4.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
Cliffs: 48
  • Front Porch: 9.5 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 9.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 14.6 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 14.8 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Barbeque: 7.6 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 16.6 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 16.6 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Coal Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainWSW 240°2,846 m14.1 mi
Windy PeakWSW 241°2,779.776 m16.5 mi
Crescent MountainWSW 241°2,724 m12.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 281°2,709 m16.7 mi
Grannys HeadSW 228°2,686 m15.8 mi
Scar Top MountainWSW 248°2,675 m12.5 mi
Twin Sisters PeakW 268°2,650 m14.6 mi
Nugget HillWNW 298°2,609 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:33
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543505869757365524133
Precip in0.40.51.21.92.31.51.71.31.21.10.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northglenn, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Four-spotted Moth192 obs
  • Mallard185 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk162 obs
  • Canada Goose160 obs
  • Northern Flicker140 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad138 obs
  • American Bullfrog136 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel133 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 node/358948655

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