Lilley Gulch Park
Lilley Gulch Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,716 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Kipling Villas Greenbelt, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 5.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Foothills Park & Recreation District
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 7 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 7 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 7 mi
- Hawk Watch · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kipling Villas Greenbelt: 0.3 mi
- Westbury Greenbelt: 0.4 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 1.3 mi
- Powderhorn Meadows Greenbelt: 1.3 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 1.4 mi
- Chief Colorow Park: 0.3 mi
- Westbury Park: 0.3 mi
- Alpers Farm Park: 0.6 mi
- Lilley Pad Park: 1.0 mi
- Powderhorn Park: 1.0 mi
- Rebel Hill: 1.5 mi
- Stafford Hogback: 2.9 mi
- Mount Carbon: 3.5 mi
- Silver Cliff: 4.7 mi
- Question Mark Peak: 4.9 mi
- Columbine Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Veterans Monument at Ken Caryl Ranch: 2.1 mi
- Bradford-Perley House: 3.6 mi
- Air Life Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Titan Missile Test Facilities - Captive Test Stand D-4: 6.4 mi
- Ring of Remembrance: 1.5 mi
- Wall of Healing: 1.5 mi
- Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 5.7 mi
- Bandimere Speedway: 5.8 mi
- Trading Post: 6.6 mi
- The Landing: 3.1 mi
- Plant Select Garden: 3.6 mi
- Market Garden: 3.6 mi
- Lavender Garden: 3.7 mi
- Lavender Garden: 3.7 mi
- Windmill: 3.5 mi
- Danny Dietz Memorial: 3.9 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 5.0 mi
- Gorillas: 6.5 mi
- Spirit: 6.6 mi
- Old Stone House: 4.3 mi
- SpaceX Falcon 9 DISH Network Rocket: 4.4 mi
- Molly Brown Summer House: 4.6 mi
- Morrison Natural History Museum: 5.6 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 5.6 mi
- Sister City Park: 3.8 mi
- North Boat Launch Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Deer Creek Day Use: 4.2 mi
- Stone House Picnic Shelter: 4.2 mi
- Whitetail: 4.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 4.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 14.2 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 14.2 mi
- Swim Beach: 22.9 mi
- Boat Beach: 23.0 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 4.5 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 8.6 mi
- The East Quarry: 12.8 mi
- Wildcat Point: 13.3 mi
- Meditation Rock: 14.5 mi
- Lee Gulch: 6.0 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 14.6 mi
- The Chutes: 15.8 mi
- Elk Falls: 17.7 mi
- Mount Vernon: 8.1 mi
- Arapahoe: 12.4 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 7.0 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Lilley Gulch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Peak | SW 228° | 2,854 m | 12.4 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,785 m | 10.4 mi |
| Legault Mountain | WSW 240° | 2,757 m | 9.7 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,711 m | 8.7 mi |
| Crow Hill | SW 233° | 2,638 m | 9.2 mi |
| Huebner Peak | SW 223° | 2,633 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 278° | 2,630 m | 9.8 mi |
| High Peak | SW 231° | 2,611 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marston Fltr PLT, 3 mi away.
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog78 obs
- Mallard49 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake36 obs
- House Finch33 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird28 obs
- great mullein27 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk26 obs
- field bindweed26 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/88626552
Day trips start here
- Denver · 11 mi
- Golden · 12 mi
- Arvada · 14 mi
- Idaho Springs · 24 mi
- Boulder · 30 mi
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