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Mel Silverman Park

Mel Silverman Park from directly overhead

Mel Silverman Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,624 m. Coal Creek Peak stands 2,594 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Montbello Civic Center Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 19 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1624 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.78578, -104.84072

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Cottonwood Discovery Area: 2.1 mi
  • Bee Hotel: 2.1 mi
  • Three Arrowhead Sculpture: 2.1 mi
  • Plume Portal: 2.8 mi
  • Corpus Callosum (West End/Ball): 2.9 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Morrison Nature Center: 3.3 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 5.1 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 8.1 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 9.1 mi
  • Riverdale Regional Park: 9.3 mi
Attractions
Museums: 59
Picnic sites: 40
  • Good Times: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 9.1 mi
Peaks: 40
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 16.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mel Silverman Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coal Creek PeakWNW 287°2,594 m24.9 mi
Genesee MountainWSW 257°2,523 m24.7 mi
Belcher HillW 276°2,477 m24.8 mi
Mount MorrisonWSW 248°2,401 m21.7 mi
Tin CupSW 236°2,394 m23.4 mi
Mount FalconWSW 243°2,390 m23.4 mi
Mount LindoWSW 238°2,378 m23.1 mi
Lininger MountainWSW 253°2,360 m23.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3219:5120:32
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
  • White-tailed Deer88 obs
  • Rocky Mountain Beeplant81 obs
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog52 obs
  • thistle poppy45 obs
  • Mule Deer28 obs
  • great mullein28 obs
  • Snowball Sand Verbena27 obs
  • showy milkweed25 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/44709039

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