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McNichols Park

McNichols Park from directly overhead

McNichols Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,630 m. Doublehead Mountain stands 2,711 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Constellation Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates39.74485, -104.89915

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Constellation Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fred Thomas Park: 0.5 mi
  • Puddle Jumper Park: 0.8 mi
  • Aviator Park: 0.8 mi
  • Greenway Belt Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 2.6 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 5.3 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 5.8 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 7.1 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 8.3 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 43
  • Good Times: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Table: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 12.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of McNichols Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doublehead MountainWSW 237°2,711 m23.0 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 284°2,686 m23.5 mi
Crow HillSW 230°2,638 m23.9 mi
Huebner PeakSW 227°2,633 m24.0 mi
Bear MountainWSW 248°2,630 m22.4 mi
High PeakSW 230°2,611 m23.2 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 296°2,594 m23.1 mi
Independence MountainWSW 250°2,539 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323342485869757364514032
Precip in0.50.51.11.72.31.72.11.81.51.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver-stapleton, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • showy milkweed357 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider64 obs
  • Western Honey Bee59 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk52 obs
  • field bindweed50 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle45 obs
  • European Paper Wasp40 obs
  • Japanese Beetle38 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/231114975

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