Garfield Lake Park
Garfield Lake Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,646 m. Berrian Mountain stands 2,785 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Easy Crane Games, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 8 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 8 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 9 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Easy Crane Games: 0.5 mi
- Twister III Rollercoaster: 3.7 mi
- Casa Bonita: 3.7 mi
- Brain Drain: 3.8 mi
- Half Pipe: 3.8 mi
- Irving & Java Park: 0.7 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Park: 0.8 mi
- Westwood Park: 0.9 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Park & Trail: 0.9 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Park & Trail: 1.0 mi
- Flow: 1.5 mi
- Bridge of Recycling Fountains: 2.2 mi
- Articulated Wall (Denver Design District): 2.5 mi
- Homeless Jesus: 2.8 mi
- Eiffel Tower Replica: 2.9 mi
- Barnum Community Garden & Orchard: 1.6 mi
- Barnum Community Garden & Orchard: 1.6 mi
- Ruby Hill Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Zen Garden: 2.5 mi
- Hirschfeld Towers Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Ruby Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Carbon: 6.2 mi
- Inspiration Point: 6.4 mi
- Rebel Hill: 6.7 mi
- Green Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Washington Heights Arts Center: 2.3 mi
- Lakewood's Heritage Center: 2.6 mi
- Sexploratorium: 2.7 mi
- Museo De Las Americas: 3.1 mi
- Molly Brown Summer House: 3.1 mi
- Totem Pole: 2.7 mi
- Colfax-Lakewood Monument: 3.2 mi
- Lakewood-Colfax Monument: 3.3 mi
- Lamar Station: 3.3 mi
- USS Grayling (SS-209) Memorial: 3.5 mi
- The Grove at Commons Park: 4.4 mi
- Weaver Park: 7.0 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 7.0 mi
- Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 7.0 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 7.1 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 1.4 mi
- Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Table: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 3.5 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 8.6 mi
- The East Quarry: 10.5 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 11.5 mi
- Wildcat Point: 16.5 mi
- Meditation Rock: 20.0 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 10.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 10.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 10.9 mi
- Swim Beach: 20.0 mi
- Boat Beach: 20.0 mi
- Lee Gulch: 8.0 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 20.2 mi
- The Chutes: 23.0 mi
- Elk Falls: 24.1 mi
- Mount Vernon: 9.2 mi
- Arapahoe: 9.4 mi
- Serene: 22.7 mi
- Dick: 23.8 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 10.2 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Garfield Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrian Mountain | SW 235° | 2,785 m | 16.8 mi |
| Legault Mountain | SW 228° | 2,757 m | 16.6 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | SW 233° | 2,711 m | 15.1 mi |
| Grannys Head | WNW 300° | 2,686 m | 18.1 mi |
| Centennial Cone | WNW 283° | 2,640 m | 17.6 mi |
| Crow Hill | SW 223° | 2,638 m | 16.3 mi |
| Huebner Peak | SW 218° | 2,633 m | 16.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 250° | 2,630 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 35 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 3 mi away.
- Bold Jumping Spider31 obs
- Western Honey Bee27 obs
- Western Black Widow23 obs
- field bindweed23 obs
- showy milkweed21 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake17 obs
- Mallard16 obs
- Canada Goose16 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/200999316
Day trips start here
- Denver · 4 mi
- Arvada · 8 mi
- Golden · 11 mi
- Boulder · 26 mi
- Idaho Springs · 26 mi
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