Gates Crescent Park
Gates Crescent Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,584 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Brain Drain, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jumbo Tron · 10 mi
- Point of Geological Interest · 10 mi
- Hawk Watch · 10 mi
- Denver Basin Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brain Drain: 0.1 mi
- Twister III Rollercoaster: 0.1 mi
- Half Pipe: 0.1 mi
- Tower of Doom: 0.1 mi
- Boomerang: 0.1 mi
- Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus: 0.1 mi
- Colorado Sports Hall of Fame: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: 0.7 mi
- The Money Museum: 1.1 mi
- National Ballpark Museum: 1.2 mi
- Visions Born With This River: 0.1 mi
- Hopscotch the Cow: 0.1 mi
- Cloudscape: 0.2 mi
- Cloudscape: 0.2 mi
- Cloudscape: 0.2 mi
- Platte River at Elitch Gardens Park: 0.2 mi
- Fishback Landing Park: 0.5 mi
- Lakewood Gulch: 0.6 mi
- REI Park: 0.6 mi
- Confluence East Park: 0.7 mi
- Centennial Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Commons Park Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Barnum Community Garden & Orchard: 2.2 mi
- Morey Middle School Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- The Grove at Commons Park: 0.8 mi
- Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 3.7 mi
- Park Hill Park: 4.6 mi
- Niver Creek Open Space: 7.9 mi
- Farmers High Line Canal Open Space: 9.1 mi
- Denver's Historic Chinatown: 0.9 mi
- Denver's Historic Chinatown: 0.9 mi
- Denver's Historic Chinatown: 1.3 mi
- Isabella Thallas Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Voorhies Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Inspiration Point: 3.6 mi
- Ruby Hill: 4.4 mi
- Green Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Mount Carbon: 9.3 mi
- North Table Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 0.3 mi
- Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 0.3 mi
- Pepsi Groves: 0.3 mi
- Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 0.3 mi
- Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 0.3 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 9.9 mi
- The East Quarry: 10.2 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 14.9 mi
- Wildcat Point: 19.6 mi
- Front Porch: 21.5 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 11.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 11.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 14.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 20.4 mi
- Boat Beach: 20.4 mi
- Arapahoe: 8.8 mi
- Mount Vernon: 10.9 mi
- Serene: 19.1 mi
- Dick: 20.1 mi
- Lee Gulch: 11.4 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 22.8 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Gates Crescent Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centralia Mountain | WNW 287° | 2,982 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Tom | WNW 285° | 2,969 m | 18.4 mi |
| Douglas Mountain | W 278° | 2,927 m | 19.3 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WNW 298° | 2,846 m | 19.3 mi |
| Crescent Mountain | WNW 303° | 2,724 m | 18.7 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | SW 226° | 2,711 m | 18.2 mi |
| Grannys Head | WNW 288° | 2,686 m | 17.5 mi |
| Centennial Cone | W 271° | 2,640 m | 18.2 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 | 16:39 |
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, 1 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel345 obs
- Canada Goose339 obs
- Rock Pigeon281 obs
- Mallard209 obs
- Western Honey Bee196 obs
- showy milkweed154 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron147 obs
- Japanese Beetle130 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/89639149
Day trips start here
- Denver · 1 mi
- Arvada · 5 mi
- Golden · 11 mi
- Boulder · 23 mi
- Idaho Springs · 26 mi
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