- Elevation, modelled
- 1,819 m
- Tallest summit within 15.7 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 12.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour18.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8214, -104.8200
Founders Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 1,819 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Concrete Coyote, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 18 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Founders Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 276° | 4,302 m | 12.1 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 279° | 4,073 m | 13.0 mi |
| Devil's Playground | WNW 282° | 3,984 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 270° | 3,837 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 275° | 3,814 m | 15.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | W 261° | 3,780 m | 12.8 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 258° | 3,768 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SW 236° | 3,507 m | 8.3 mi |
- 18.3 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 26 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- South Shooks Run Park: 0.2 mi
- Dorchester Park: 0.4 mi
- Alamo Square Park: 0.6 mi
- Fountain Park: 0.7 mi
- El Pomar Youth Bike Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
- Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain: 0.9 mi
- Colorado Springs Trolleys: 3.2 mi
- Ridgeline Pass: 3.5 mi
- Lyons Sandstone Quarry: 3.7 mi
- Giraffe Feeding Experience: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Mount Cutler: 3.9 mi
- Mays Peak: 4.3 mi
- Muscoco Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Bear Creek Peak: 4.6 mi
- Mount Buckhorn: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 42
- The Great Pumpkin: 0.6 mi
- The Epicenter: 0.6 mi
- End of an Era: 0.6 mi
- Fannie Mae Duncan: 0.7 mi
- Truffles: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 33
- Spencer Penrose: 0.9 mi
- First Stake Of The Fountain Colony: 0.9 mi
- Pikes Peak Range Riders Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 1.0 mi
- Man on the Iron Horse: 1.2 mi
Gardens: 32
- Hillside Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.1 mi
- Formal Garden: 1.2 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 1.8 mi
- Cutler Hall Prairie Garden: 1.9 mi
Museums: 23
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 0.6 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 0.8 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 0.9 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 1.3 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- South Canyon: 4.4 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 4.6 mi
- Council Grounds: 4.6 mi
- East Canyon: 4.7 mi
- Sentinel Point: 4.7 mi
Springs: 11
- Tahama Spring: 1.4 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 5.6 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 5.8 mi
- Navajo Spring: 5.9 mi
- Soda Spring: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Hill: 4.2 mi
- Weimer: 4.2 mi
- Hull: 4.3 mi
- Shorty: 4.3 mi
- Bridal Veil: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Concrete Coyote: 0.1 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Point Sublime: 3.5 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 3.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.3 mi
- Windy Point: 10.9 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Franceville: 12.1 mi
- Husted: 13.4 mi
- Lytle: 15.3 mi
- Altman: 17.9 mi
- Gwillimsville: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
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