Ninth Street Historic Park
Ninth Street Historic Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,589 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Waymark, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Auraria Higher Education Center
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jumbo Tron · 11 mi
- Point of Geological Interest · 11 mi
- Hawk Watch · 11 mi
- Denver Basin Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waymark: 0.0 mi
- Force Field: 0.2 mi
- DETH LIGHGHT XXXI: 4JAY: 0.3 mi
- The Dancers: 0.3 mi
- Indeterminate Line: 0.3 mi
- Creekfront Park: 0.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.4 mi
- LoDo Children's Playground: 0.6 mi
- Platte River at Elitch Gardens Park: 0.7 mi
- 17th Street Plaza: 0.7 mi
- The Money Museum: 0.6 mi
- Denver Firefighters Museum: 0.6 mi
- Dikeou Collection: 0.7 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: 0.8 mi
- Center for Colorado Women’s History: 0.8 mi
- Twister III Rollercoaster: 0.7 mi
- Troika: 0.7 mi
- Shipwreck Falls: 0.7 mi
- Jumpin' Jack: 0.7 mi
- Crazy Bus: 0.7 mi
- Denver's Historic Chinatown: 0.7 mi
- Denver's Historic Chinatown: 0.7 mi
- Voorhies Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Pioneer Monument: 0.9 mi
- Denver's Historic Chinatown: 0.9 mi
- Centennial Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Commons Park Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Morey Middle School Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Hirschfeld Towers Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Historic Baker Neighborhood Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- The Grove at Commons Park: 1.0 mi
- Park Hill Park: 4.2 mi
- Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 4.3 mi
- Niver Creek Open Space: 8.2 mi
- Farmers High Line Canal Open Space: 9.7 mi
- Ruby Hill: 4.0 mi
- Inspiration Point: 4.3 mi
- Mount Carbon: 9.5 mi
- Green Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Rebel Hill: 10.2 mi
- Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 0.8 mi
- Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 0.8 mi
- Pepsi Groves: 0.8 mi
- Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 0.8 mi
- Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 0.8 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 10.5 mi
- The East Quarry: 10.9 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 15.0 mi
- Wildcat Point: 19.0 mi
- Front Porch: 22.2 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 10.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 10.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 14.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 19.6 mi
- Boat Beach: 19.7 mi
- Arapahoe: 9.5 mi
- Mount Vernon: 11.4 mi
- Serene: 19.6 mi
- Dick: 20.3 mi
- Lee Gulch: 10.9 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 23.2 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Ninth Street Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | WNW 286° | 2,969 m | 19.2 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WNW 298° | 2,846 m | 20.0 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | SW 230° | 2,785 m | 20.0 mi |
| Legault Mountain | SW 224° | 2,757 m | 20.0 mi |
| Crescent Mountain | WNW 303° | 2,724 m | 19.5 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | SW 228° | 2,711 m | 18.4 mi |
| Grannys Head | WNW 289° | 2,686 m | 18.3 mi |
| Centennial Cone | W 272° | 2,640 m | 18.9 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 | 07:18 | 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, under a mile away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel315 obs
- Rock Pigeon279 obs
- Western Honey Bee169 obs
- tree-of-heaven157 obs
- Canada Goose145 obs
- Japanese Beetle135 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron130 obs
- Mallard120 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/1308092102
Day trips start here
- Denver · 1 mi
- Arvada · 6 mi
- Golden · 12 mi
- Boulder · 24 mi
- Idaho Springs · 27 mi
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