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LaMont Does Park

LaMont Does Park from directly overhead

LaMont Does Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,584 m. Blue Mountain stands 2,846 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Julie Mensik Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

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What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates39.98615, -105.08484

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Julie Mensik Park: 0.3 mi
  • John Breaux Park: 0.8 mi
  • Simpson Mine Park: 0.8 mi
  • Whispering Meadows Park: 0.9 mi
  • Cherrywood Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Townswoman: 0.6 mi
  • Flower of Life: 0.6 mi
  • Imagination: 0.7 mi
  • Stranger Reduction Zone: 0.7 mi
  • Nap Time: 0.7 mi
Gardens
  • Wilson Community Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Kerr Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Community garden: 4.4 mi
  • Xeriscape demonstration garden: 4.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves: 57
  • Warembourg-Lafayette Farms: 0.5 mi
  • Rothman Open Space: 1.4 mi
  • Adler-Fingru Open Space: 1.4 mi
  • Esmail Open Space: 1.5 mi
  • Mayhofer Section 15 Open Space: 1.6 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Front Porch: 10.8 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 11.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 15.8 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 16.0 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Barbeque: 8.7 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 16.7 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 16.7 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 16.7 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of LaMont Does Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainWSW 241°2,846 m15.4 mi
Windy PeakWSW 241°2,779.776 m17.8 mi
Crescent MountainWSW 242°2,724 m13.7 mi
Grannys HeadSW 230°2,686 m17.1 mi
Scar Top MountainWSW 248°2,675 m13.9 mi
Twin Sisters PeakW 267°2,650 m15.9 mi
Nugget HillWNW 295°2,609 m17.3 mi
Fairview PeakNW 306°2,600 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3219:5320:33
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:1915:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543505869757365524133
Precip in0.40.51.21.92.31.51.71.31.21.10.70.5

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Four-spotted Moth170 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing159 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk136 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird123 obs
  • Mallard121 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow120 obs
  • Northern Flicker118 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad112 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/35024010

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