Golden Key Park
Golden Key Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,671 m. Berrian Mountain stands 2,785 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hampden Heights Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 16 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 16 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 16 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hampden Heights Park: 0.6 mi
- Wayside Park: 0.8 mi
- Havana And Cornell Park: 0.9 mi
- Paul A. Hentzell Park (undeveloped): 0.9 mi
- Bible Park: 1.0 mi
- Babi Yar Memorial: 1.0 mi
- City of Chennai: 1.8 mi
- George Mackenzie Wallace: 2.2 mi
- Denver Tech Center: 3.0 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 3.9 mi
- Beaver: 1.0 mi
- Turtle: 1.0 mi
- Turtle: 1.1 mi
- MILE HIGH: 1.1 mi
- Figure: 1.1 mi
- Bike Jump: 1.5 mi
- MTB Feature: 1.7 mi
- Boeing B-52B: 3.9 mi
- Denver Botanic Gardens: 6.1 mi
- The Edge (New Tiger Exhibit): 6.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.9 mi
- Rose Garden Plaza: 2.4 mi
- community garden: 3.4 mi
- Craig Garden: 4.9 mi
- Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 4.5 mi
- Willow Springs Open Space: 5.6 mi
- Wildcat Natural Area: 7.6 mi
- Morrison Nature Center: 7.6 mi
- Wildcat Natural Area: 7.7 mi
- Ruby Hill: 6.6 mi
- Rebel Hill: 11.0 mi
- Highlands Point: 11.1 mi
- Inspiration Point: 12.5 mi
- Mount Carbon: 13.3 mi
- Mizel Museum: 3.5 mi
- Grant Family Education Center: 3.6 mi
- Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum: 4.0 mi
- Aurora History Museum: 5.1 mi
- Sexploratorium: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 1.6 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 2.5 mi
- Good Times: 2.5 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 2.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 2.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 11.8 mi
- Boat Beach: 11.8 mi
- Scuba Beach: 12.8 mi
- Wildcat Point: 13.3 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 16.7 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 16.9 mi
- The East Quarry: 18.5 mi
- Lee Gulch: 8.2 mi
- The Chutes: 24.8 mi
- Mount Vernon: 17.2 mi
- Arapahoe: 17.3 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Golden Key Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrian Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,785 m | 22.9 mi |
| Legault Mountain | WSW 246° | 2,757 m | 22.1 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,711 m | 21.1 mi |
| Crow Hill | WSW 243° | 2,638 m | 21.4 mi |
| Huebner Peak | WSW 239° | 2,633 m | 21.1 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 263° | 2,630 m | 21.7 mi |
| High Peak | WSW 243° | 2,611 m | 20.6 mi |
| Independence Mountain | W 265° | 2,539 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 41 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Creek DAM, 4 mi away.
- Mallard101 obs
- Western Honey Bee97 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel95 obs
- Northern Flicker72 obs
- House Finch71 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk68 obs
- Black-billed Magpie67 obs
- European Paper Wasp57 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/297304896
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