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Ford Park

Ford Park from directly overhead

Ford Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,621 m. Mount Morrison stands 2,401 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Falcon Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 21 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.79166, -104.81724

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Cottonwood Discovery Area: 2.9 mi
  • Bee Hotel: 2.9 mi
  • Three Arrowhead Sculpture: 2.9 mi
  • Plume Portal: 3.4 mi
  • Corpus Callosum (East End/Ball): 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Morrison Nature Center: 3.0 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 6.4 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 8.3 mi
  • Riverdale Regional Park: 9.3 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 10.4 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Museums: 57
Picnic sites: 38
  • Good Times: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Table: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 10.3 mi
  • Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Ruby Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 12.8 mi
  • Smith Mound: 18.7 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 19.0 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 17.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ford Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MorrisonWSW 249°2,401 m23.0 mi
Tin CupWSW 236°2,394 m24.6 mi
Mount FalconWSW 243°2,390 m24.7 mi
Mount LindoWSW 239°2,378 m24.4 mi
Lininger MountainWSW 253°2,360 m24.3 mi
Colorow HillW 260°2,306 m23.3 mi
Beacon HillSW 236°2,304 m24.7 mi
Lookout MountainW 259°2,260 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3219:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
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
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog144 obs
  • White-tailed Deer89 obs
  • Mule Deer43 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk41 obs
  • Rocky Mountain Beeplant40 obs
  • showy milkweed38 obs
  • thistle poppy38 obs
  • great mullein35 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/44617817

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