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Legion Park

Legion Park from directly overhead

Legion Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,633 m. Blue Mountain stands 2,846 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sombrero Marsh Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1633 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.01638, -105.19001

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sombrero Marsh Park: 0.7 mi
  • Baseline Lake Recreation Group: 1.1 mi
  • Meadow Glen Park: 1.8 mi
  • Greenwood Community Park: 2.1 mi
  • Verdant Dog Park: 2.3 mi
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
  • Kick Ass Eagle Sculpture: 1.6 mi
  • Animalhouse Bear: 3.7 mi
  • Sculpture: 3.8 mi
  • Obelisk Fountain: 3.9 mi
  • Fred Folsom: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Hickory Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Centennial Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Kerr Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Zen Walking Garden: 4.1 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 57
  • Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
  • Davidson Mesa: 3.1 mi
  • Bullhead Gulch Open Space: 3.8 mi
  • Greenlee Wildlife Preserve: 4.3 mi
  • Warembourg Open Space: 4.6 mi
Cliffs: 49
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 5.7 mi
  • Front Porch: 5.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 10.2 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 10.5 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Barbeque: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Boulder Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 24.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Crystal Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Legion Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainSW 219°2,846 m12.4 mi
Bald MountainW 273°2,782 m13.9 mi
Crescent MountainSW 218°2,724 m10.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 273°2,709 m12.1 mi
Walker MountainWNW 296°2,682 m12.9 mi
Scar Top MountainSW 225°2,675 m10.3 mi
Overland MountainWNW 301°2,651 m14.4 mi
Twin Sisters PeakWSW 254°2,650 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron109 obs
  • Canada Goose108 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird99 obs
  • American Robin98 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk97 obs
  • Osprey74 obs
  • Gadwall74 obs
  • Missouri Foxtail Cactus72 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/201714165

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