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Denison Park

Denison Park from directly overhead

Denison Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,638 m. Doublehead Mountain stands 2,711 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberator Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.

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Coordinates39.73354, -104.90395

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Dawn: 0.6 mi
  • Tulga: 0.6 mi
  • Wind Catcher: 0.9 mi
  • Sundial: 0.9 mi
  • Historic Murals: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 3.1 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 5.7 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 5.7 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 6.8 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 8.4 mi
Peaks
Museums: 58
Picnic sites: 43
  • Good Times: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Table: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 11.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 17.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Denison Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doublehead MountainWSW 238°2,711 m22.4 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 286°2,686 m23.5 mi
Crow HillSW 232°2,638 m23.2 mi
Huebner PeakSW 227°2,633 m23.3 mi
Bear MountainWSW 250°2,630 m21.9 mi
High PeakSW 231°2,611 m22.5 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 298°2,594 m23.2 mi
Independence MountainWSW 252°2,539 m22.0 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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bold Jumping Spider66 obs
  • Western Honey Bee53 obs
  • field bindweed49 obs
  • Japanese Beetle41 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel35 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle35 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill33 obs
  • showy milkweed33 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/280667925

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