Horseshoe Park
Horseshoe Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,678 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ivan Thomas Greenway, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 13 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 13 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 13 mi
- Hawk Watch · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ivan Thomas Greenway: 0.3 mi
- Carbone Park: 0.6 mi
- Grandpa's Acres: 0.7 mi
- Puma Park: 0.8 mi
- Southbridge Park: 0.9 mi
- Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Gallup Gardens: 2.0 mi
- War Memorial Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 4.4 mi
- The Landing: 4.9 mi
- Gorillas: 2.2 mi
- Gorillas: 2.3 mi
- Danny Dietz Memorial: 3.5 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 5.1 mi
- Mercury: 5.5 mi
- Air Life Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- Columbine Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Denver Tech Center: 5.7 mi
- Veterans Monument at Ken Caryl Ranch: 6.3 mi
- George Mackenzie Wallace: 6.5 mi
- Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 3.2 mi
- Wall of Healing: 4.9 mi
- Ring of Remembrance: 4.9 mi
- MTB Feature: 7.3 mi
- Bike Jump: 7.7 mi
- Rebel Hill: 5.0 mi
- Highlands Point: 5.0 mi
- Waterton: 6.9 mi
- Ruby Hill: 7.3 mi
- Mount Carbon: 9.0 mi
- Middle Fork Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Dad Clark Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Middle Fork Natural Area: 3.5 mi
- Dad Clark Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Willow Springs Open Space: 4.1 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
- SpaceX Falcon 9 DISH Network Rocket: 2.8 mi
- Sexploratorium: 7.2 mi
- Molly Brown Summer House: 7.8 mi
- Old Stone House: 8.1 mi
- North Boat Launch Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Plum Creek Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Marina Point: 4.5 mi
- Riverside: 4.6 mi
- Deer Creek Day Use: 5.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 5.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 9.1 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 9.1 mi
- Swim Beach: 17.0 mi
- Boat Beach: 17.0 mi
- Wildcat Point: 8.2 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 10.1 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 14.0 mi
- The East Quarry: 17.5 mi
- Meditation Rock: 20.4 mi
- Lee Gulch: 0.4 mi
- The Chutes: 16.7 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 20.5 mi
- Elk Falls: 23.1 mi
- Mount Vernon: 13.9 mi
- Arapahoe: 16.8 mi
- Dakan: 23.9 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Horseshoe Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Peak | WSW 247° | 2,854 m | 16.7 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | W 264° | 2,785 m | 16.1 mi |
| Legault Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,757 m | 14.9 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | W 265° | 2,711 m | 14.4 mi |
| Crow Hill | WSW 254° | 2,638 m | 14.0 mi |
| Huebner Peak | WSW 248° | 2,633 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 281° | 2,630 m | 16.1 mi |
| High Peak | WSW 254° | 2,611 m | 13.2 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 | 19:51 | 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: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marston Fltr PLT, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel47 obs
- Black-billed Magpie41 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk34 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider34 obs
- Spotted Towhee32 obs
- American Robin30 obs
- Western Honey Bee29 obs
- Northern Flicker28 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/545590694
Day trips start here
- Denver · 11 mi
- Arvada · 16 mi
- Golden · 17 mi
- Idaho Springs · 30 mi
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