- Elevation, modelled
- 1,629 m
- Tallest summit within 22.1 miles
- Mount Big Chief3,404 m · 21.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour5.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 38.4283, -105.0217
Penrose Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 1,629 m. Mount Big Chief stands 3,404 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dakota Hot Springs, a hot spring 2.0 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 5.0 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Penrose Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Big Chief | N 7° | 3,404 m | 21.5 mi |
| Big Bull Mountain | NNW 346° | 3,303 m | 20.4 mi |
| Brind Mountain | NNW 344° | 3,196 m | 19.1 mi |
| Knights Peak | NNE 11° | 3,188 m | 20.9 mi |
| McKinley Peak | NNE 13° | 3,180 m | 21.1 mi |
| San Luis Peak | NNE 13° | 3,174 m | 21.2 mi |
| Hardscrabble Mountain | SSW 210° | 3,164 m | 18.9 mi |
| Evening Star Mountain | NNW 341° | 3,153 m | 20.9 mi |
- 5.0 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
- 12.2 mi off the Frontier PathwaysNational
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Wild Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Booth Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Table Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 10.9 mi
- Buck Hill: 11.0 mi
Parks: 54
- Colonel Leo Sidney Boston War Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Rudd Park: 11.6 mi
- Greydene Park: 11.9 mi
- Centennial Park: 11.9 mi
- Veterans Park: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 22
- Stony Point: 13.4 mi
- Freeform Wall: 17.5 mi
- Spiney Ridge: 17.5 mi
- New Gym: 17.5 mi
- Contest Wall: 17.6 mi
Museums: 16
- Florence Pioneer Museum: 5.9 mi
- Colorado Prison Museum: 12.2 mi
- Lowell Thomas Museum: 20.5 mi
- Goodnight Barn: 21.4 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 9
- Skyline Drive: 12.6 mi
- Seep Springs Arch: 16.0 mi
- Royal Gorge Bridge Visitor Center: 16.5 mi
- Royal Gorge Bridge: 16.6 mi
- Royal Gorge Dinosaur Adventure: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 7
- John C. Fremont: 6.9 mi
- Brachiosaurus: 17.0 mi
- Anklyosaurus: 17.1 mi
- Allosaurus: 17.1 mi
- Rita the Rock Planter: 21.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Aiken Canyon Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area: 20.7 mi
- Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center: River Campus: 21.6 mi
- Clear Spring Ranch Park: 22.8 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 23.2 mi
Historic sites: 6
- Jackson Hill: 12.9 mi
- Gresson Ore Sorting: 20.5 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 23.9 mi
- Nelson Camp: 24.1 mi
- Christopher Columbus Monument: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Prairie Skipper Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Turkey Roost Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Elk Run Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo North (Closed): 22.0 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo South: 22.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Dakota Hot Springs: 2.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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 | 34 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canon City, 11 mi away.
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