- Elevation
- 2,624 m
- Tallest summit within 17.0 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 13.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour0.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9178, -105.2750
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a park in Colorado, at a recorded 2,624 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Big Stump, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 0.4 miles off.
- Elevation
- 2624 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | ESE 113° | 4,302 m | 13.5 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | ESE 112° | 4,073 m | 12.5 mi |
| Devil's Playground | ESE 109° | 3,984 m | 11.6 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | ESE 116° | 3,837 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sentinel Point | ESE 120° | 3,814 m | 10.6 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | SE 126° | 3,780 m | 14.7 mi |
| Thirtynine Mile Mountain | WSW 249° | 3,517 m | 16.2 mi |
| Badger Mountain | NW 305° | 3,434 m | 15.7 mi |
- 0.4 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 1 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Rocks: 1.8 mi
- Granite Hills: 3.9 mi
- Blue Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 4.9 mi
- Grouse Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Florissant Children's Park: 1.9 mi
- Divide Regional Park: 6.5 mi
- Community Park: 11.8 mi
- Lions Park: 12.7 mi
- Bergstrom Park: 12.9 mi
- The Big Stump: 0.6 mi
- Shale Outcrop: 0.7 mi
- COLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER: 3.5 mi
- Pancake Rocks: 11.2 mi
- Halfway Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- The Labyrinth: 21.5 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- The Secret Garden: 23.1 mi
- westside community garden: 23.6 mi
- Heritage Garden: 24.4 mi
- Elevenmile Dome: 6.6 mi
- The Tooth: 6.6 mi
- Windy Point: 15.4 mi
- Quarry Wall: 19.2 mi
- Peg Leg Wall: 19.5 mi
- Back to Kansas: 14.1 mi
- Rita the Rock Planter: 15.4 mi
- Big Red Chair: 20.0 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 21.5 mi
- Honor Wall: 21.6 mi
- America the Beautiful: 13.6 mi
- Abandoned cabin: 15.5 mi
- abandoned bull pen: 15.9 mi
- Gresson Ore Sorting: 16.1 mi
- Nelson Camp: 19.8 mi
- Pikes Peak Historical Society Museum: 2.0 mi
- Outlaws & Law Men Jail Museum: 12.9 mi
- Heritage Center: 13.0 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 13.0 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 13.0 mi
- Iron Spring: 19.1 mi
- Ute Chief Spring: 19.3 mi
- Twin Spring: 19.5 mi
- Stratton Spring: 19.5 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 19.6 mi
- Barksdale Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Idlewilde Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 15.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 19.1 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 21.9 mi
- Bridal Veil: 23.2 mi
- Shorty: 23.2 mi
- Hull: 23.2 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 22.9 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 23.9 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 23.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Florissant Fossil Beds, under a mile away.
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