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Montclair Park

Montclair Park from directly overhead

Montclair Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,636 m. Legault Mountain stands 2,757 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Denison Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1636 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.73508, -104.90884

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 2.9 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 5.4 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 5.9 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 7.1 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 8.2 mi
Peaks
Museums: 59
Picnic sites: 43
  • Good Times: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Table: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 11.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Montclair Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Legault MountainSW 234°2,757 m23.5 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 238°2,711 m22.2 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 286°2,686 m23.2 mi
Crow HillSW 231°2,638 m23.0 mi
Huebner PeakSW 227°2,633 m23.2 mi
Bear MountainWSW 249°2,630 m21.7 mi
High PeakSW 230°2,611 m22.3 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 298°2,594 m22.9 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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bold Jumping Spider78 obs
  • Western Honey Bee64 obs
  • field bindweed50 obs
  • Japanese Beetle43 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle38 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel35 obs
  • Greater Anglewing34 obs
  • white clover33 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/506335558

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