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Fred Thomas Park

Fred Thomas Park from directly overhead

Fred Thomas Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,627 m. Crescent Mountain stands 2,724 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Founders Green, a park 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates39.75271, -104.90055

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Founders Green: 0.4 mi
  • Aviator Park: 0.4 mi
  • Constellation Park: 0.4 mi
  • McNichols Park: 0.5 mi
  • Greenway Belt Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums: 60
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 2.2 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 5.4 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 5.6 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 7.6 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 8.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Picnic sites: 43
  • Good Times: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 12.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Fred Thomas Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crescent MountainWNW 294°2,724 m24.0 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 236°2,711 m23.3 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 283°2,686 m23.3 mi
Bear MountainWSW 247°2,630 m22.6 mi
High PeakSW 228°2,611 m23.5 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 294°2,594 m22.8 mi
Independence MountainWSW 249°2,539 m22.6 mi
Eldorado MountainWNW 298°2,537 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • showy milkweed365 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider69 obs
  • Western Honey Bee55 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk54 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle45 obs
  • field bindweed45 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill42 obs
  • European Paper Wasp40 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/280327195

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