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Crown Hill Park

Crown Hill Park from directly overhead

Crown Hill Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,695 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is WR, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1695 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.75808, -105.09795

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • WR: 0.5 mi
  • Lamar Station: 2.2 mi
  • Logan: 2.5 mi
  • Denver Federal Center: 2.6 mi
  • USS Grayling (SS-209) Memorial: 2.6 mi
Parks
  • Paramount Park: 0.7 mi
  • Discovery Park: 0.8 mi
  • Carl G Morse Park: 0.9 mi
  • Charles Whitlock Recreation Park: 1.1 mi
  • Glen Creighton Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Our Lady: 1.2 mi
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: 1.6 mi
  • The Cross: 1.6 mi
  • Ha-no-oo Star Calendar: 1.7 mi
  • Saint Bernadette: 2.0 mi
Gardens
  • Jefferson High Vegetable Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Jefferson County Open School Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 4.1 mi
Attractions
  • Casa Bonita: 1.8 mi
  • National Ice Core Lab: 2.8 mi
  • Half Pipe: 4.5 mi
  • Brain Drain: 4.5 mi
  • XLR8R: 4.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 4.1 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 4.9 mi
  • Farmers High Line Canal Open Space: 8.1 mi
  • Big Dry Creek Open Space: 8.2 mi
  • Big Dry Creek Open Space: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 48
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 4.5 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 4.6 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 4.6 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 4.6 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 4.6 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Beaches: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lee Gulch: 13.2 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Elk Falls: 24.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 9.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Crown Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centralia MountainWNW 289°2,982 m15.3 mi
Mount TomWNW 287°2,969 m14.0 mi
Douglas MountainW 278°2,927 m14.9 mi
Blue MountainWNW 303°2,846 m15.1 mi
Windy PeakWNW 296°2,779.776 m16.6 mi
Crescent MountainNW 309°2,724 m14.8 mi
Doublehead MountainSSW 213°2,711 m16.1 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 291°2,686 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1915:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333441475667737162504032
Precip in0.60.81.32.42.62.12.01.91.41.10.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakewood, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard224 obs
  • showy milkweed115 obs
  • Taxiles Skipper97 obs
  • Western Honey Bee90 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird85 obs
  • Green-winged Teal79 obs
  • Northern Flicker72 obs
  • great mullein68 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/33299427

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