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Norlin Quadrangle

Norlin Quadrangle from directly overhead

Norlin Quadrangle is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,648 m. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Challenges in Global Health, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

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Coordinates40.00871, -105.27190

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Norlin Quad: 0.1 mi
  • Outdoor Workout Center: 0.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Beach Park: 0.4 mi
  • Andrews Arboretum: 0.4 mi
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves: 56
Cliffs: 51
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 1.5 mi
  • Front Porch: 2.4 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.9 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 6.1 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 46
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Zen Walking Garden: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Barbeque: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Boulder Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 3
  • Crystal Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Norlin Quadrangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakSW 225°3,198 m11.2 mi
Miramonte MountainSW 222°2,915 m10.9 mi
Blue MountainSSW 201°2,846 m9.8 mi
Bald MountainW 277°2,782 m9.6 mi
Crescent MountainSSW 196°2,724 m8.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 279°2,709 m7.9 mi
Walker MountainNW 311°2,682 m9.5 mi
Scar Top MountainSSW 203°2,675 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • creeping mahonia594 obs
  • Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine451 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie434 obs
  • Mule Deer399 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel387 obs
  • broad-leaved sweet pea373 obs
  • chokecherry291 obs
  • Front Range Beardtongue266 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/183669346

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