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Pearl Lake State Park

Pearl Lake State Park from directly overhead

Pearl Lake State Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,455 m. Mount Zirkel stands 3,713 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lester Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
2455 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.78830, -106.88783

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Lester Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Grouse Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Farwell Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Anderson Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Beryl Mountain: 3.5 mi
Parks: 23
  • Christina State Wildlife Area: 14.3 mi
  • Ryan Park: 15.7 mi
  • Commissary Park: 15.8 mi
  • Hog Park: 17.1 mi
  • River Queen Park: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Strawberry Hotsprings: 15.9 mi
  • Fish Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Yampa River Botanic Park: 22.2 mi
  • Yampa River Botanic Park: 22.3 mi
  • Rotary Park Boardwalk: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 2
Museums: 2
  • Tread of Pioneers Museum: 21.0 mi
  • Steamboat Art Museum: 21.1 mi
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Sulphur Spring: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Stehley Park: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Pearl Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ZirkelENE 76°3,713 m12.1 mi
Lost Ranger PeakESE 121°3,641 m13.2 mi
Peggy PeakENE 77°3,637 m13.8 mi
Mount EthelSE 132°3,625 m14.6 mi
GoosenestENE 67°3,600 m12.6 mi
The DomeSE 127°3,581 m11.9 mi
Flattop MountainE 84°3,581 m13.3 mi
Bear MountainE 91°3,535 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3720:0220:43
September equinox06:5618:3019:06
December solstice07:2916:0016:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172131415058656355433018
Precip in2.51.91.62.52.61.61.71.82.32.21.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Steamboat Springs, 21 mi away.

  • Glacier Lily13 obs
  • Corn Lily12 obs
  • Rocky mountain marsh-marigold9 obs
  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake8 obs
  • woodland pinedrops8 obs
  • prairie smoke8 obs
  • hookedspur violet7 obs
  • Dusky Grouse6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358932277

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