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Cook Park

Cook Park from directly overhead

Cook Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,646 m. Berrian Mountain stands 2,785 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Garland South Greenbelt Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.

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Coordinates39.68789, -104.90999

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Garland South Greenbelt Park: 0.2 mi
  • Skyline Acres Swim & Tennis Club: 0.4 mi
  • City of Chennai Park: 0.4 mi
  • Greenbelt: 0.4 mi
  • Frances Wisebart Jacobs Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • City of Chennai: 0.4 mi
  • Pope Saint John Paul II: 2.1 mi
  • Lowry AFB Chapel 1 (Bldg 27): 2.3 mi
  • Babi Yar Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Eugene Field Cottage: 3.3 mi
Gardens
  • community garden: 1.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Rain Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Rose Garden Plaza: 2.5 mi
  • Washington Park Mount Vernon Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
  • Ruby Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 10.5 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 12.3 mi
  • Highlands Point: 12.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 5.8 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 5.9 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 6.9 mi
  • Willow Springs Open Space: 7.1 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 7.3 mi
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 43
  • Picnic Site 1: 1.4 mi
  • Good Times: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 3.4 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 8.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Cook Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berrian MountainWSW 246°2,785 m22.3 mi
Legault MountainWSW 241°2,757 m21.7 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 245°2,711 m20.6 mi
Crow HillWSW 238°2,638 m21.1 mi
Huebner PeakSW 233°2,633 m21.0 mi
Bear MountainWSW 258°2,630 m20.7 mi
High PeakWSW 237°2,611 m20.4 mi
Independence MountainW 260°2,539 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee116 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel104 obs
  • House Finch95 obs
  • Mallard81 obs
  • Northern Flicker78 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider78 obs
  • Japanese Beetle69 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk61 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/234505892

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