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Loretto Heights Park

Loretto Heights Park from directly overhead

Loretto Heights Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,679 m. Berrian Mountain stands 2,785 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Harmony Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

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Coordinates39.66386, -105.03240

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harmony Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sabin Elementary School Track: 0.7 mi
  • Harvard Gulch Park: 0.8 mi
  • Persinger Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wildcat Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Easy Crane Games: 2.4 mi
  • Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 3.1 mi
  • Ring of Remembrance: 4.7 mi
  • Wall of Healing: 4.7 mi
  • Casa Bonita: 5.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Air Life Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • Eugene Field Cottage: 4.4 mi
  • Wynken, Blynken and Nod Statue: 4.4 mi
  • Totem Pole: 4.5 mi
  • Columbine Memorial: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 58
Picnic sites: 46
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 2.1 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 2.6 mi
  • Sister City Park: 3.2 mi
  • Stone House Picnic Shelter: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lee Gulch: 5.9 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 19.5 mi
  • The Chutes: 20.9 mi
  • Elk Falls: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 10.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Loretto Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berrian MountainWSW 242°2,785 m15.7 mi
Legault MountainSW 234°2,757 m15.3 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 240°2,711 m14.0 mi
Crow HillSW 230°2,638 m14.9 mi
Huebner PeakSW 223°2,633 m15.0 mi
Bear MountainWSW 258°2,630 m14.0 mi
High PeakSW 228°2,611 m14.2 mi
Evergreen MountainWSW 258°2,599 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333341475667737163504133
Precip in0.50.71.22.12.71.92.11.81.31.00.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marston Fltr PLT, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee31 obs
  • Mallard30 obs
  • Pond Slider28 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush26 obs
  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake24 obs
  • American Bullfrog23 obs
  • Northern Flicker20 obs
  • showy milkweed20 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/45368665

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