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Lanyon Park

Lanyon Park from directly overhead

Lanyon Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,531 m. Walker Mountain stands 2,682 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rough and Ready Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 26 miles off.

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Coordinates40.19297, -105.09705
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rough and Ready Park: 0.5 mi
  • Spangler Park: 0.7 mi
  • Carr Park: 0.8 mi
  • Athletic Field Neighborhood Park: 1.1 mi
  • Clark Centennial Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Colliers Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Grandview Open Space: 11.0 mi
  • Erie Highlands: 11.3 mi
  • Eagle Vista Natural Area: 11.5 mi
  • Bullhead Gulch Open Space: 12.2 mi
Cliffs
  • The Atoll: 11.9 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 17.1 mi
  • Front Porch: 18.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 20.2 mi
  • East Blob Rock: 20.2 mi
Historic sites: 55
Attractions: 50
Museums: 30
Gardens: 28
  • Second Start Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Second Start Community Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Longmont Memorial Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Boulder County Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Carter Lake Swim Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 15.4 mi
  • Heron Cove: 17.7 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Willows Landing: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Horsetooth Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 24.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Wilson Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Lanyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walker MountainWSW 249°2,682 m17.7 mi
Bueno MountainWSW 254°2,633 m17.5 mi
Bald MountainWSW 257°2,627 m16.6 mi
Nugget HillWSW 245°2,609 m16.6 mi
Fairview PeakWSW 254°2,600 m13.9 mi
Button Rock MountainWNW 285°2,574 m15.8 mi
Bighorn MountainWSW 240°2,555 m17.8 mi
Golden Age HillWSW 251°2,551 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3219:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:2015:5516:38

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293242485767737163503930
Precip in0.60.61.22.02.01.71.72.01.31.00.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmont 2 ESE, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel71 obs
  • House Finch68 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider61 obs
  • Plains Garter Snake41 obs
  • Western Honey Bee40 obs
  • American Robin39 obs
  • Mallard38 obs
  • Northern Flicker32 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/48385414

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