Heritage Park
Heritage Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,653 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadows Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1653 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Mountain Parks · 17 mi
- Point of Geological Interest · 19 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 19 mi
- Hawk Watch · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Meadows Park: 0.3 mi
- Hackberry Park: 0.4 mi
- Pallino Park: 0.5 mi
- Dutch Creek Park: 0.5 mi
- Owl Park: 0.6 mi
- Warembourg Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Bowes Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- Admor Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Davidson Mesa: 1.2 mi
- Hugs 'n Kittens: 1.1 mi
- Melody: 1.2 mi
- Zephyr in Triptych: 1.3 mi
- Statue of John Breaux: 1.3 mi
- Into the Light: 1.3 mi
- Leon A. Wurl: 1.1 mi
- Miners Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Terracina Entrance Monument: 2.2 mi
- Terracina Entrance Monument: 2.2 mi
- Louisville, Colorado World War Honor Roll: 2.2 mi
- Louisville Historical Museum: 1.3 mi
- Miners Museum/Lewis House;Miners Museum: 3.9 mi
- Depot Museum: 3.9 mi
- WOW! Children's Museum: 4.0 mi
- Sombrero Marsh Environmental Center: 4.1 mi
- Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Kerr Garden: 1.8 mi
- Community garden: 2.0 mi
- Wilson Community Gardens: 3.6 mi
- The Giving Garden by Level 3 Foundation: 4.0 mi
- Lake Mesa: 2.6 mi
- Davidson Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Hoover Hill: 3.6 mi
- Valmont Butte: 5.5 mi
- Shanahan Hill: 5.6 mi
- White Rocks: 6.2 mi
- The Frightmare Compound: 6.4 mi
- Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre: 7.0 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tour: 7.3 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tasting Room: 7.3 mi
- Front Porch: 7.3 mi
- Raptor Nesting Site: 7.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 12.4 mi
- The Amphitheatre: 12.7 mi
- Bitty Buttress: 12.7 mi
- Barbeque: 5.6 mi
- Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Mount Alto Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 16.7 mi
- Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 16.7 mi
- Serene: 7.6 mi
- Dick: 12.2 mi
- Arapahoe: 13.3 mi
- Tungsten: 17.2 mi
- Mount Vernon: 19.3 mi
- Boulder Falls: 13.8 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Heritage Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | SW 226° | 2,969 m | 14.8 mi |
| Miramonte Mountain | WSW 249° | 2,915 m | 14.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WSW 238° | 2,846 m | 11.7 mi |
| Windy Peak | WSW 239° | 2,779.776 m | 14.1 mi |
| Crescent Mountain | WSW 239° | 2,724 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 286° | 2,709 m | 14.7 mi |
| Grannys Head | SW 224° | 2,686 m | 13.6 mi |
| Scar Top Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,675 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 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 | 34 | 35 | 43 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 6 mi away.
- Canada Goose114 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk92 obs
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog82 obs
- showy milkweed63 obs
- Great Horned Owl59 obs
- Great Plains yucca55 obs
- Scarlet Globemallow55 obs
- Coyote54 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/46228054
Day trips start here
- Boulder · 8 mi
- Arvada · 12 mi
- Golden · 15 mi
- Denver · 18 mi
- Idaho Springs · 25 mi
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