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Progress Park

Progress Park from directly overhead

Progress Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,630 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cornerstone Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
South Suburban Parks & Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.62247, -104.99871

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cornerstone Park: 0.3 mi
  • Belleview Park: 0.3 mi
  • Powers Park: 0.5 mi
  • Promise Park: 0.7 mi
  • Slaughterhouse Gulch Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 0.3 mi
  • Wall of Healing: 4.4 mi
  • Ring of Remembrance: 4.4 mi
  • Easy Crane Games: 5.4 mi
  • MTB Feature: 6.5 mi
Gardens
  • Gallup Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • War Memorial Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Craig Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Ruby Hill Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Air Life Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Columbine Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Denver Tech Center: 5.3 mi
  • Pope Saint John Paul II: 5.6 mi
  • George Mackenzie Wallace: 5.8 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Ruby Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 7.5 mi
  • Highlands Point: 8.0 mi
  • Stafford Hogback: 8.7 mi
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 46
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 4.6 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 4.9 mi
  • Sister City Park: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lee Gulch: 2.7 mi
  • The Chutes: 19.1 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Elk Falls: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 12.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Progress Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Riley PeakWSW 238°2,854 m17.8 mi
Berrian MountainWSW 253°2,785 m16.3 mi
Legault MountainWSW 247°2,757 m15.5 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 254°2,711 m14.6 mi
Crow HillWSW 243°2,638 m14.7 mi
Huebner PeakWSW 236°2,633 m14.6 mi
Bear MountainW 270°2,630 m15.5 mi
High PeakWSW 242°2,611 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333341475667737163504133
Precip in0.50.71.22.12.71.92.11.81.31.00.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marston Fltr PLT, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose126 obs
  • Mallard96 obs
  • American Bullfrog95 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel90 obs
  • Bufflehead67 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider55 obs
  • Muskrat54 obs
  • Wood Duck53 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/368713533

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