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Idalia Park

Idalia Park from directly overhead

Idalia Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,624 m. Mount Morrison stands 2,401 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Denver Parks: Conservation Area, a park 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 21 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1624 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.79128, -104.80361

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Denver Parks: Conservation Area: 0.1 mi
  • Community Park at Parkfield Lake: 0.1 mi
  • Community Park at Parkfield Lake: 0.1 mi
  • Parkfield Lake Park: 0.2 mi
  • Ford Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • 3 Clouds: 2.4 mi
  • WWI Medic Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Colorado Freedom Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Florence Elementary School: 4.9 mi
  • Alzheimer's Memorial: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Morrison Nature Center: 2.8 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 7.1 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 8.2 mi
  • Riverdale Regional Park: 9.6 mi
  • Lakeview Tributary Open Space: 11.0 mi
Artworks
  • Cottonwood Discovery Area: 3.3 mi
  • Bee Hotel: 3.3 mi
  • Three Arrowhead Sculpture: 3.3 mi
  • Plume Portal: 3.6 mi
  • Corpus Callosum (East End/Ball): 3.7 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Museums: 57
Picnic sites: 36
  • Good Times: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 10.2 mi
  • Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 10.8 mi
Peaks: 27
  • Ruby Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 13.6 mi
  • Smith Mound: 18.6 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 19.5 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 20.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 17.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Idalia Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MorrisonWSW 249°2,401 m23.7 mi
Colorow HillW 260°2,306 m24.1 mi
Lookout MountainW 260°2,260 m23.4 mi
Ralston ButtesW 280°2,222 m24.9 mi
Indian MountainWSW 258°2,219 m23.1 mi
Silver CliffWSW 236°2,217 m24.9 mi
Mount GalbraithW 266°2,209 m24.1 mi
Mount ZionW 262°2,147 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:11
June solstice05:3219:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
December solstice07:1815:5616:38

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323342485869757364514032
Precip in0.50.51.11.72.31.72.11.81.51.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver-stapleton, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog104 obs
  • showy milkweed34 obs
  • Green Claybank Tiger Beetle33 obs
  • thistle poppy29 obs
  • Western Spiderwort28 obs
  • great mullein27 obs
  • Western Kingbird26 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush26 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 node/358951093

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