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Edward Sell Smith Park

Edward Sell Smith Park from directly overhead

Edward Sell Smith Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,697 m. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1697 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.00478, -105.28777

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Attractions
Parks
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Nature reserves: 56
Cliffs: 52
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 0.7 mi
  • Front Porch: 1.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.0 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 5.3 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 46
  • Centennial Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Zen Walking Garden: 2.0 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Barbeque: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Boulder Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 23.6 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Edward Sell Smith Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakSW 222°3,198 m10.4 mi
Miramonte MountainSW 219°2,915 m10.2 mi
Blue MountainSSW 197°2,846 m9.2 mi
Burnt MountainWNW 297°2,820 m10.9 mi
Bald MountainW 280°2,782 m8.8 mi
Crescent MountainS 190°2,724 m7.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 282°2,709 m7.1 mi
Walker MountainNW 315°2,682 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

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

Wildlife nearby
  • creeping mahonia735 obs
  • Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine579 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie436 obs
  • Mule Deer403 obs
  • broad-leaved sweet pea380 obs
  • Front Range Beardtongue372 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel329 obs
  • chokecherry317 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/454560743

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