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Lake Park

Lake Park from directly overhead

Lake Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,653 m. Miramonte Mountain stands 2,915 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1653 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.98317, -105.14312

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cottonwood Park: 0.2 mi
  • McKinley Park: 0.3 mi
  • Larwence D Enrietto Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lawrence Enrietto Park: 0.4 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Kerr Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Wilson Community Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Community garden: 3.0 mi
  • Hickory Community Garden: 4.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Animalhouse Bear: 0.6 mi
  • Statue of John Breaux: 0.8 mi
  • Melody: 1.0 mi
  • Sea Beast: 1.7 mi
  • April Charm: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Nature reserves: 57
  • Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
  • Warembourg Open Space: 1.4 mi
  • Aquarius Open Space: 1.7 mi
  • Davidson Mesa: 1.7 mi
  • Adler-Fingru Open Space: 1.8 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Front Porch: 7.7 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 8.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 12.7 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 13.0 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Barbeque: 5.7 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 17.5 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 23.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Crystal Spring: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miramonte MountainWSW 246°2,915 m15.5 mi
Blue MountainSW 235°2,846 m12.7 mi
Windy PeakWSW 236°2,779.776 m15.1 mi
Crescent MountainSW 236°2,724 m11.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 282°2,709 m14.9 mi
Grannys HeadSW 222°2,686 m14.7 mi
Scar Top MountainWSW 243°2,675 m11.0 mi
Twin Sisters PeakW 267°2,650 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose208 obs
  • Four-spotted Moth167 obs
  • Mallard154 obs
  • American Bullfrog133 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk131 obs
  • Northern Flicker123 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel120 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird119 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/46229119

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