- Elevation, modelled
- 1,839 m
- Tallest summit within 18.2 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 15.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour21.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8209, -104.7531
Prairie Grass Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 1,839 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Colorado Memorial Shrine, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 22 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Prairie Grass Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 275° | 4,302 m | 15.7 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 277° | 4,073 m | 16.6 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 280° | 3,984 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 270° | 3,837 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | W 263° | 3,780 m | 16.4 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | W 261° | 3,768 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Rosa | WSW 246° | 3,507 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Big Chief | WSW 244° | 3,404 m | 13.2 mi |
- 21.6 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 29 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Trues Mill Park: 0.4 mi
- Sagebrush Park: 0.5 mi
- Honeybear Playground: 0.5 mi
- Happy Hollow Playground: 0.6 mi
- MSgt. Roy P. Benavidez Park: 0.6 mi
Attractions
- Boeing KC-97: 1.7 mi
- McDonnell F-101 Voodoo: 2.5 mi
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: 2.7 mi
- F-4C Phantom: 2.7 mi
- F-86L Sabre Dog: 2.7 mi
Peaks
- Skinner Hill: 5.0 mi
- Austin Bluffs: 6.1 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 7.0 mi
- Mount Cutler: 7.1 mi
- The Horns: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 42
- The Virgin Mary: 1.0 mi
- Green Dinosaur: 1.7 mi
- Dinosauar: 1.8 mi
- Sculpture garden: 2.6 mi
- The Virgin Mary: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 33
- Colorado Memorial Shrine: 0.3 mi
- Peace Officers' Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Medal of Honor Park: 2.7 mi
- Nikola Tesla Historic Marker: 2.7 mi
- MIM-14 Nike Hercules: 2.8 mi
Gardens: 32
- Hillside Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Rock Garden: 4.2 mi
- Linnemann/Labyrinth Garden: 4.2 mi
- Formal Garden: 4.2 mi
- Palmer Garden: 4.2 mi
Museums: 23
- National Museum of World War II Aviation: 1.8 mi
- Peterson Air and Space Museum: 2.7 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 3.8 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 3.9 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 18
- Council Grounds: 3.6 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 3.8 mi
- South Canyon: 3.8 mi
- Seven Castles: 3.8 mi
- East Canyon: 3.8 mi
Springs: 11
- Tahama Spring: 4.2 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 8.9 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 9.2 mi
- Navajo Spring: 9.3 mi
- Soda Spring: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Hill: 7.4 mi
- Weimer: 7.4 mi
- Hull: 7.4 mi
- Shorty: 7.4 mi
- Bridal Veil: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Concrete Coyote: 3.5 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 5.0 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 5.0 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Point Sublime: 6.8 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 6.9 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 8.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 11.1 mi
- Windy Point: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Franceville: 8.5 mi
- Husted: 14.8 mi
- Lytle: 16.3 mi
- Gwillimsville: 19.3 mi
- Altman: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 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, 4 mi away.
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