- Elevation, modelled
- 1,875 m
- Tallest summit within 17.8 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 14.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour21.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8432, -104.7740
Franklin Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 1,875 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Betty Krouse Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 21 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Franklin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 269° | 4,302 m | 14.5 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 272° | 4,073 m | 15.4 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 275° | 3,984 m | 16.0 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 264° | 3,837 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 270° | 3,814 m | 17.8 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 257° | 3,780 m | 15.5 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 253° | 3,768 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Rosa | WSW 237° | 3,507 m | 11.2 mi |
- 21.2 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 28 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Betty Krouse Park: 0.6 mi
- Twain Park: 0.6 mi
- Otis Park: 0.8 mi
- Wagner Park: 0.9 mi
- Lunar Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
- ochre cliffs: 2.8 mi
- Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain: 3.3 mi
- Colorado Springs Trolleys: 3.5 mi
- Boeing KC-97: 3.6 mi
- McDonnell F-101 Voodoo: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Austin Bluffs: 4.2 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 5.2 mi
- The Mesa: 6.4 mi
- Mount Cutler: 6.8 mi
- Skinner Hill: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 42
- Sculpture garden: 1.2 mi
- The Virgin Mary: 1.3 mi
- The Virgin Mary: 1.9 mi
- Train sculpture: 2.3 mi
- Green Dinosaur: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 33
- Nikola Tesla Historic Marker: 1.6 mi
- Colorado Memorial Shrine: 1.6 mi
- Peace Officers' Memorial: 1.7 mi
- IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Man on the Iron Horse: 2.6 mi
Gardens: 32
- Hillside Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Linnemann/Labyrinth Garden: 2.6 mi
- Tutt Science Xeriscape Garden: 2.6 mi
- Tutt Science Xeriscape Garden: 2.6 mi
- Palmer Garden: 2.6 mi
Museums: 23
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 2.7 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 2.7 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 2.8 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 2.8 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 18
- Council Grounds: 2.1 mi
- South Canyon: 2.1 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 2.2 mi
- East Canyon: 2.3 mi
- Seven Castles: 2.3 mi
Springs: 11
- Tahama Spring: 2.9 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 7.5 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 7.8 mi
- Navajo Spring: 7.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Hill: 7.1 mi
- Weimer: 7.1 mi
- Hull: 7.1 mi
- Shorty: 7.1 mi
- Bridal Veil: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Concrete Coyote: 2.9 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 3.6 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 3.7 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Dakota Hogback: 5.6 mi
- Point Sublime: 6.4 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 9.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 11.1 mi
- Windy Point: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Franceville: 9.9 mi
- Husted: 12.9 mi
- Lytle: 17.4 mi
- Gwillimsville: 17.7 mi
- Altman: 20.8 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 5 mi away.
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