Skip to content

Dolores City Park

Dolores City Park from directly overhead

Dolores City Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,119 m. Hesperus Mountain stands 4,033 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Flanders Park, a park 0.7 miles away. San Juan Skyway runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
2119 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.47477, -108.49144

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Lone Cone: 12.0 mi
  • Park Point: 13.5 mi
  • Moccasin Mesa: 13.7 mi
  • Lone Dome: 13.9 mi
  • Chapin Mesa: 14.7 mi
Parks: 29
  • Flanders Park: 0.7 mi
  • Joe Rowell Park: 1.0 mi
  • House Creek Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
  • McPhee Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
  • Metaska Recreation Site: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 26
  • The Knife Edge: 12.2 mi
  • Krueger Point: 15.0 mi
  • Megalithic House: 16.1 mi
  • Far View Reservoir: 16.2 mi
  • Far View community: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Painted Kiva House: 19.1 mi
  • Cedar Tree Tower: 19.1 mi
  • Mug House: 19.2 mi
  • Step House: 19.3 mi
  • Spring House: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 7
  • Spruce Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Rock Springs: 18.1 mi
  • Horse Springs: 18.3 mi
  • Valley View Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Moccasin Canyon Spring: 20.3 mi
Museums: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • CDOT Rest Area: Cortez: 8.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Dolores City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hesperus MountainE 95°4,033 m22.2 mi
Mount MossE 96°4,022 m22.8 mi
Lavender PeakE 96°4,020 m22.6 mi
Spiller PeakE 98°4,000 m22.4 mi
Centennial PeakE 95°3,981 m22.8 mi
Babcock PeakE 98°3,968 m23.0 mi
Burwell PeakE 99°3,857 m22.3 mi
Sharkstooth PeakE 92°3,798 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:26
June solstice05:5420:0020:39
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:2616:1917:00

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303442485767747264524030
Precip in1.11.00.90.70.90.41.21.31.51.10.80.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cortez, 11 mi away.

  • Plateau Fence Lizard12 obs
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot8 obs
  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake7 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush6 obs
  • Gopher Snake5 obs
  • Russian olive5 obs
  • Kingcup Cactus5 obs
  • field bindweed4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/589441211

More parks in Colorado

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Dolores City Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens