Rifle Gap State Park
Rifle Gap State Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,829 m. Blair Mountain stands 3,492 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Rifle Falls, a waterfall 3.9 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 21 miles off.
How to reach it
- 21.2 mi off the Flat Tops Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Graham Mesa: 3.9 mi
- Hubbard Mesa: 6.1 mi
- Prefontaine Mesa: 6.9 mi
- Horse Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Coulter Mesa: 7.2 mi
- Hubbard Mesa Open OHV Area: 4.7 mi
- Rifle Mountain Park: 6.2 mi
- Davidson Park: 6.8 mi
- Spruce Meadows Park: 7.1 mi
- Tara Park: 7.2 mi
- Deep Creek Point: 9.6 mi
- Roan Cliffs: 9.7 mi
- Clark Point: 9.8 mi
- Red Elephant Point: 10.8 mi
- Meadow Creek Point: 11.0 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 18.5 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 18.6 mi
- Glenwood Hot Springs Grand Pool: 23.1 mi
- Sacred Waters: 23.2 mi
- Sacred Waters: 23.2 mi
- Rifle Heritage Museum: 7.3 mi
- Silt Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- New Castle Historical Museum: 12.0 mi
- Frontier Historical Society Museum: 23.1 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 23.5 mi
- Doc Holliday Grave: 23.5 mi
- Kid Curry Grave: 23.6 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 6.9 mi
- Cross and Statue at Entrance: 6.9 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Rifle: 7.9 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 24.7 mi
- Rifle Falls: 3.9 mi
- Carbonate: 22.4 mi
- Cocktail Spring: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Rifle Gap State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Mountain | ENE 57° | 3,492 m | 20.6 mi |
| White River Plateau | ENE 67° | 3,466 m | 21.0 mi |
| Baxter Peak | E 83° | 3,409 m | 22.8 mi |
| Spring Hill | ENE 74° | 3,386 m | 18.2 mi |
| South Mamm Peak | SSW 200° | 3,358 m | 19.3 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SSW 206° | 3,340 m | 20.0 mi |
| Flatiron Mountain | E 84° | 3,297 m | 19.1 mi |
| North Mamm Peak | SSW 201° | 3,280 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:02 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
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 | 24 | 29 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rifle 3ene, 5 mi away.
- Mountain Bluebird15 obs
- Common Sagebrush Lizard15 obs
- Brown Trout12 obs
- Bluegill9 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush9 obs
- Scarlet Globemallow9 obs
- Red and Black Long-horned Beetle8 obs
- Virile Crayfish7 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.
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