McDonough Park
McDonough Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,638 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Mountain Lake Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jumbo Tron · 10 mi
- Point of Geological Interest · 11 mi
- Hawk Watch · 11 mi
- Denver Basin Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Mountain Lake Park: 0.6 mi
- Highland Park: 0.8 mi
- Chaffee Park: 0.8 mi
- Troy Chavez Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Cesar Chavez Park: 1.0 mi
- Face the Sun: 1.0 mi
- Fred Dog: 1.0 mi
- Cross and Sign: 1.1 mi
- Sain Ignatius of Loyola, S.J.: 1.1 mi
- Our Lady of Loretto: 1.1 mi
- Memorial of the statue: 1.2 mi
- Memorial of the statue: 1.2 mi
- Logan: 1.5 mi
- Isabella Thallas Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Denver's Historic Chinatown: 2.1 mi
- Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Prayer Garden: 1.3 mi
- Sister Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Commons Park Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Centennial Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Denver mural: 1.5 mi
- Confluence Park / REI: 1.6 mi
- Rock Sculpture Garden: 1.7 mi
- RipQurl: 1.7 mi
- Mega Wedgie: 1.7 mi
- The Grove at Commons Park: 1.7 mi
- Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 1.8 mi
- Park Hill Park: 4.8 mi
- Niver Creek Open Space: 6.2 mi
- Farmers High Line Canal Open Space: 7.1 mi
- Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus: 1.8 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: 1.9 mi
- Colorado Sports Hall of Fame: 2.1 mi
- National Ballpark Museum: 2.2 mi
- The Money Museum: 2.5 mi
- Inspiration Point: 2.0 mi
- Ruby Hill: 6.3 mi
- North Table Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Green Mountain: 9.5 mi
- South Table Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 1.8 mi
- Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 1.8 mi
- Pepsi Groves: 1.8 mi
- Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 1.8 mi
- Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 1.8 mi
- The East Quarry: 9.5 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 10.1 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 16.2 mi
- Front Porch: 19.7 mi
- Raptor Nesting Site: 20.9 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 12.9 mi
- Swim Beach: 13.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 16.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 21.8 mi
- Boat Beach: 21.8 mi
- Arapahoe: 8.1 mi
- Mount Vernon: 11.3 mi
- Serene: 17.3 mi
- Dick: 18.4 mi
- Lee Gulch: 13.3 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 23.5 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of McDonough Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centralia Mountain | WNW 282° | 2,982 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Tom | W 280° | 2,969 m | 17.5 mi |
| Douglas Mountain | W 273° | 2,927 m | 18.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WNW 293° | 2,846 m | 18.0 mi |
| Crescent Mountain | WNW 298° | 2,724 m | 17.3 mi |
| Grannys Head | WNW 283° | 2,686 m | 16.5 mi |
| Scar Top Mountain | WNW 301° | 2,675 m | 18.5 mi |
| Centennial Cone | W 265° | 2,640 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:57 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 35 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 3 mi away.
- Western Honey Bee138 obs
- showy milkweed115 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel109 obs
- Canada Goose107 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird107 obs
- Mallard99 obs
- Northern Flicker86 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron76 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/367124063
Day trips start here
- Arvada · 3 mi
- Denver · 3 mi
- Golden · 11 mi
- Boulder · 21 mi
- Idaho Springs · 26 mi
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