Palmer Park
Palmer Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,953 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sentinel Point, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1953 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Colorado Springs
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 27 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- ochre cliffs: 0.3 mi
- Colorado Springs Trolleys: 3.2 mi
- Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain: 4.6 mi
- Garden of the Gods Visitor Center: 5.2 mi
- Garden Of The Gods Sign: 5.2 mi
- Sierra Pointe Park: 0.7 mi
- Audubon Park: 0.9 mi
- Grant Park: 1.0 mi
- Natural Park: 1.1 mi
- Village Green Park: 1.1 mi
- Austin Bluffs: 2.0 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 3.0 mi
- Hunters Hill: 4.7 mi
- The Mesa: 5.5 mi
- Peppermint Ridge High Point: 6.5 mi
- Muffler Man: 0.9 mi
- Mountain Lion Statue: 1.7 mi
- The Gateway to Wisdom: 2.4 mi
- The Virgin Mary: 2.6 mi
- Train sculpture: 2.8 mi
- Nikola Tesla Historic Marker: 3.5 mi
- IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Fred McKown Park: 3.8 mi
- Man on the Iron Horse: 3.8 mi
- Peace Officers' Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 2.3 mi
- The Children's Garden: 2.3 mi
- Tutt Science Xeriscape Garden: 3.3 mi
- Tutt Science Xeriscape Garden: 3.3 mi
- Palmer Garden: 3.4 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 3.6 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 3.8 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 4.1 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 4.3 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 4.6 mi
- Sentinel Point: 0.2 mi
- Youth Camp: 0.4 mi
- South Canyon: 0.4 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 0.4 mi
- South Knoll: 0.5 mi
- Tahama Spring: 4.0 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 7.5 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 7.8 mi
- Navajo Spring: 7.9 mi
- Soda Spring: 7.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 8.2 mi
- Hill: 8.8 mi
- Weimer: 8.8 mi
- Hull: 8.9 mi
- Shorty: 8.9 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 4.2 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 4.5 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 4.8 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 10.8 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 6.1 mi
- Point Sublime: 8.0 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 9.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.9 mi
- Windy Point: 14.1 mi
- Husted: 10.7 mi
- Franceville: 10.8 mi
- Gwillimsville: 15.2 mi
- Lytle: 19.8 mi
- Altman: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Palmer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 260° | 4,302 m | 14.8 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 262° | 4,073 m | 15.5 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 266° | 3,984 m | 16.0 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | WSW 253° | 3,837 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 249° | 3,780 m | 16.2 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 243° | 3,768 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SW 227° | 3,507 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Big Chief | SW 228° | 3,404 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 29 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cumbre Vista - Colorado Spgs 1, 6 mi away.
- Convergent Lady Beetle100 obs
- Prairie Lizard51 obs
- Black-billed Magpie47 obs
- Western Honey Bee45 obs
- Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany42 obs
- Spotted Towhee41 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider41 obs
- Western Spiderwort41 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/47737334
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 4 mi
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