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Dedisse Park

Dedisse Park from directly overhead

Dedisse Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,157 m. Meridian Hill stands 3,503 m to the west-southwest, 9.8 miles off. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
City and County of Denver

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.63189, -105.33014

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dedisse Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hiwan Heritage Park: 0.6 mi
  • Alderfer/Three Sisters Park: 1.1 mi
  • Cub Creek Park: 1.1 mi
  • Bell Park: 1.6 mi
Artworks
  • Sculpture Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Sculpture: 0.5 mi
  • Statue: 0.6 mi
  • Oliver: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • William H. Major Memorial Building: 0.5 mi
  • Walker Home Ruins: 5.5 mi
  • Summer White House Site: 6.0 mi
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus: 7.1 mi
  • Old Mill: 8.1 mi
Peaks
  • Independence Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Elephant Butte: 2.0 mi
  • Evergreen Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Kinney Peak: 2.3 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Picnic sites: 52
Cliffs: 14
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Maxwell Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Elk Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Lee Gulch: 18.0 mi
  • The Chutes: 19.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 6.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Swim Beach: 14.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Dedisse Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meridian HillWSW 238°3,503 m9.8 mi
Mestaa’ėhehe MountainWNW 291°3,484 m9.3 mi
Papoose MountainWNW 289°3,407 m10.3 mi
Black MountainSSW 208°3,271 m7.8 mi
Shadow MountainSW 233°3,234 m8.3 mi
Santa Fe MountainNW 306°3,209 m9.3 mi
Mount JudgeWNW 290°3,132 m7.2 mi
Vance PeakWNW 286°3,126 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3519:5320:33
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1915:5816:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282936415059656356453628
Precip in0.60.91.82.42.51.72.22.31.51.20.80.7

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

  • Wapiti193 obs
  • Mule Deer133 obs
  • prairie pasqueflower52 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant51 obs
  • bearberry49 obs
  • wax currant46 obs
  • Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine46 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird44 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/233600102

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