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Magna Carta Park

Magna Carta Park from directly overhead

Magna Carta Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,674 m. Berrian Mountain stands 2,785 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mamie D. Eisenhower Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.65371, -104.94008

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Connected: 1.2 mi
  • Cross: 1.5 mi
  • Dineh: 1.8 mi
  • Turtle: 1.9 mi
  • Turtle: 1.9 mi
Gardens
  • Craig Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Washington Park Mount Vernon Garden: 3.4 mi
  • community garden: 3.5 mi
  • Mount Vernon Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Ruby Hill Community Garden: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Pope Saint John Paul II: 2.8 mi
  • Denver Tech Center: 3.0 mi
  • George Mackenzie Wallace: 3.1 mi
  • City of Chennai: 3.1 mi
  • Eugene Field Cottage: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • MTB Feature: 3.4 mi
  • Bike Jump: 3.6 mi
  • Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 3.9 mi
  • Boeing B-52B: 5.2 mi
  • Easy Crane Games: 5.5 mi
Peaks
  • Ruby Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Highlands Point: 9.9 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 10.4 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 11.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 44
  • Picnic Site 1: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 3.8 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lee Gulch: 5.8 mi
  • The Chutes: 22.5 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 14.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Magna Carta Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berrian MountainWSW 250°2,785 m19.9 mi
Legault MountainWSW 244°2,757 m19.2 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 250°2,711 m18.2 mi
Crow HillWSW 241°2,638 m18.5 mi
Huebner PeakSW 236°2,633 m18.4 mi
Bear MountainW 264°2,630 m18.7 mi
High PeakWSW 241°2,611 m17.8 mi
Independence MountainW 266°2,539 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441475767737164514032

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Creek DAM, 6 mi away.

  • Mallard86 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider57 obs
  • curled dock55 obs
  • common buckthorn53 obs
  • dwarf mallow49 obs
  • common dandelion48 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel46 obs
  • poison hemlock43 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/51964140

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