- Elevation, modelled
- 1,831 m
- Tallest summit within 15.8 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 11.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour18.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8337, -104.8259
Palmer Center Plaza is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 1,831 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pikes Peak Range Riders Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Gold Belt Tour passes 18 miles off.
Grassy area with seating.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Palmer Center Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 272° | 4,302 m | 11.7 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 275° | 4,073 m | 12.6 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 279° | 3,984 m | 13.3 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 265° | 3,837 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 272° | 3,814 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 257° | 3,780 m | 12.6 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 252° | 3,768 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SW 230° | 3,507 m | 8.6 mi |
- 18.4 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 25 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Antlers Park: 0.1 mi
- Carnegie Public Garden: 0.1 mi
- Alamo Square Park: 0.3 mi
- Acacia Park: 0.3 mi
- Boulder Crescent Park: 0.3 mi
- Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Colorado Springs Trolleys: 2.3 mi
- Ridgeline Pass: 3.0 mi
- Lyons Sandstone Quarry: 3.2 mi
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site: 3.7 mi
- Mount Cutler: 4.2 mi
- Bear Creek Peak: 4.3 mi
- Mays Peak: 4.4 mi
- Mount Buckhorn: 4.8 mi
- Muscoco Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Airing: 0.1 mi
- Hank: 0.1 mi
- Adaman Mural: 0.1 mi
- The Lighted Lantern: 0.2 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 0.2 mi
- Pikes Peak Range Riders Memorial: 0.0 mi
- First Stake Of The Fountain Colony: 0.1 mi
- Spencer Penrose: 0.1 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 0.3 mi
- Man on the Iron Horse: 0.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.2 mi
- Formal Garden: 0.3 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 0.9 mi
- Cossitt Rock Garden: 1.0 mi
- Cutler Hall Prairie Garden: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 0.2 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 0.3 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 0.3 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 0.5 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 0.8 mi
- South Canyon: 4.0 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 4.2 mi
- Council Grounds: 4.3 mi
- Sentinel Point: 4.3 mi
- Tahama Spring: 0.5 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 4.9 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 5.2 mi
- Navajo Spring: 5.3 mi
- Soda Spring: 5.3 mi
- Hill: 4.6 mi
- Weimer: 4.6 mi
- Hull: 4.6 mi
- Shorty: 4.6 mi
- Bridal Veil: 4.7 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 1.0 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 7.1 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 2.9 mi
- Point Sublime: 3.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.7 mi
- Windy Point: 10.6 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 12.5 mi
- Franceville: 12.5 mi
- Husted: 12.5 mi
- Lytle: 16.1 mi
- Altman: 17.9 mi
- Gwillimsville: 18.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 8 mi away.
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