Lory State Park
Lory State Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,963 m. Signal Mountain stands 3,430 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Arthurs Rock, a peak 0.4 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 5.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1963 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
- 22.2 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Park · 26 mi
- Many Parks Curve · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arthurs Rock: 0.4 mi
- Horsetooth Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Bingham Hill: 3.8 mi
- Goat Hill: 4.8 mi
- Christ Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Overland Park: 3.2 mi
- Rogers Park: 3.4 mi
- Bingham Hill Park: 3.6 mi
- Cottonwood Glen Park: 3.8 mi
- Spring Canyon Park: 4.0 mi
- Reservoir Ridge Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Saddle Ridge Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Butterfly Woods: 4.2 mi
- Lions' Open Space: 4.3 mi
- Watson Lake State Wildlife Area: 4.3 mi
- Whale Rock: 3.9 mi
- On Broad Shoulders: 4.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty (replica): 4.6 mi
- Blog Pony: 5.1 mi
- ram: 5.1 mi
- Cache la Poudre Monument: 3.6 mi
- World War II Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado: 4.2 mi
- Ian Dickinson Crash: 4.2 mi
- Annie's Grave: 6.0 mi
- Scoop Area: 1.7 mi
- Land of the Overhangs: 1.7 mi
- North Slab: 1.9 mi
- Nipple Wall: 1.9 mi
- Exit Wall: 1.9 mi
- The Farm at Lee Martinez Park: 5.7 mi
- Avery House: 5.8 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art: 6.0 mi
- Fort Collins Museum of Discovery: 6.0 mi
- Allicar Museum: 6.1 mi
- Rolland Moore Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Monfort Quadrangle: 5.7 mi
- FoCo Cafe Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Murphy Center Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Horsetooth Falls: 2.9 mi
- Grouse Hollow Falls: 12.2 mi
- Fox Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
- West Creek Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lost Falls: 20.3 mi
- Homestead Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Eltuck Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Eltuck Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Skyline Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Ouzel: 11.2 mi
- Dixon Reservoir Beach: 3.0 mi
- Willows Landing: 11.6 mi
- Mussel Beach: 11.8 mi
- Heron Cove: 11.8 mi
- Lake Loveland Swim beach: 12.1 mi
- Nelson Spring: 9.6 mi
- Bedsprings: 19.3 mi
- Jacob Spring: 23.2 mi
- Wilson Spring: 24.1 mi
- Blue Arena: 13.9 mi
- Public Apple Trees (autumn harvest): 14.8 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Poudre: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Lory State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | W 259° | 3,430 m | 17.2 mi |
| South Signal Mountain | WSW 257° | 3,426 m | 17.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | W 259° | 3,230 m | 14.4 mi |
| West White Pine Mountain | W 278° | 3,140 m | 14.9 mi |
| East White Pine Mountain | W 279° | 3,111 m | 13.6 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | W 259° | 3,029 m | 12.9 mi |
| Storm Mountain | WSW 239° | 3,015 m | 12.0 mi |
| Crosier Mountain | SW 232° | 2,809 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:54 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:54 | 16:38 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Collins, 6 mi away.
- common starlily145 obs
- Plains Pricklypear124 obs
- hairy clematis123 obs
- Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine122 obs
- American plum120 obs
- Spotted Towhee113 obs
- prairie pasqueflower112 obs
- Front Range Beardtongue107 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 node/358932505
Day trips start here
- Estes Park · 22 mi
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