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Hampden Heights Park

Hampden Heights Park from directly overhead

Hampden Heights 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 Havana And Cornell Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates39.65772, -104.87858

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Havana And Cornell Park: 0.5 mi
  • Golden Key Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kennedy Park Soccer Complex: 0.6 mi
  • Paul A. Hentzell Park (undeveloped): 0.8 mi
  • Babi Yar Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • MILE HIGH: 0.8 mi
  • Figure: 0.9 mi
  • Waterfalls: 1.2 mi
  • Ornamental Lion: 1.2 mi
  • Beaver: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Babi Yar Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • George Mackenzie Wallace: 1.9 mi
  • City of Chennai: 2.4 mi
  • Denver Tech Center: 2.7 mi
  • Pope Saint John Paul II: 4.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Ruby Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Highlands Point: 10.9 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 13.1 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 13.7 mi
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 43
  • Picnic Area 2: 1.4 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 1.7 mi
  • Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 1.9 mi
  • Good Times: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 8.2 mi
  • The Chutes: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 18.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Hampden Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berrian MountainWSW 252°2,785 m23.1 mi
Legault MountainWSW 247°2,757 m22.3 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 252°2,711 m21.4 mi
Crow HillWSW 245°2,638 m21.6 mi
Huebner PeakWSW 240°2,633 m21.3 mi
Bear MountainW 264°2,630 m22.0 mi
High PeakWSW 244°2,611 m20.8 mi
Independence MountainW 266°2,539 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:31
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 °F323441475767737164514032

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Creek DAM, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard138 obs
  • American White Pelican89 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie66 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk65 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel47 obs
  • Northern Flicker46 obs
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog45 obs
  • Bald Eagle44 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/270738848

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