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Montbello Civic Center Park

Montbello Civic Center Park from directly overhead

Montbello Civic Center Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,624 m. Genesee Mountain stands 2,523 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Montbello Open Space Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 19 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.78095, -104.83959

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Cottonwood Discovery Area: 1.7 mi
  • Bee Hotel: 1.8 mi
  • Three Arrowhead Sculpture: 1.8 mi
  • Plume Portal: 2.5 mi
  • Corpus Callosum (West End/Ball): 2.5 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Morrison Nature Center: 3.0 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 5.1 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 7.7 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 9.0 mi
  • Riverdale Regional Park: 9.7 mi
Attractions
Museums: 58
Picnic sites: 40
  • Good Times: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Table: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 40
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 16.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Genesee MountainWSW 258°2,523 m24.7 mi
Belcher HillW 277°2,477 m24.9 mi
Mount MorrisonWSW 249°2,401 m21.6 mi
Tin CupWSW 236°2,394 m23.2 mi
Mount FalconWSW 243°2,390 m23.3 mi
Mount LindoWSW 239°2,378 m23.0 mi
Lininger MountainWSW 254°2,360 m23.0 mi
Colorow HillW 261°2,306 m22.1 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
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog90 obs
  • showy milkweed72 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird66 obs
  • Canada Goose65 obs
  • American White Pelican54 obs
  • Mallard51 obs
  • Pond Slider51 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush51 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/44708700

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