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North Boulder Park

North Boulder Park from directly overhead

North Boulder Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,645 m. Blue Mountain stands 2,846 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Village Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1645 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.02698, -105.28624

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Washington Village Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fredrick Law Olmsted, Jr. Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ann Armstrong Park: 0.6 mi
  • Campbell Robertson Park: 0.7 mi
  • Salberg Center and Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves: 56
Cliffs: 55
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 2.2 mi
  • Front Porch: 3.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.4 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 5.6 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 5.6 mi
Museums: 50
Gardens: 41
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Zen Walking Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Barbeque: 2.9 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Boulder Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 22.4 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of North Boulder Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainSSW 195°2,846 m10.7 mi
Burnt MountainWNW 289°2,820 m10.3 mi
Bald MountainW 270°2,782 m8.8 mi
Crescent MountainS 189°2,724 m9.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 270°2,709 m7.0 mi
Walker MountainNW 307°2,682 m8.2 mi
Scar Top MountainSSW 195°2,675 m8.4 mi
Overland MountainNW 312°2,651 m9.8 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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel382 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie345 obs
  • Great Plains yucca318 obs
  • Mule Deer284 obs
  • Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine280 obs
  • creeping mahonia232 obs
  • House Finch232 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk218 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/34417991

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