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Rock Ledge Park

Rock Ledge Park from directly overhead

Rock Ledge Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,523 m. Longs Peak stands 4,346 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is The Ironclads, a peak 1.0 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2523 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.17887, -105.47611

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 2.0 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 3.2 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 3.4 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 3.5 mi
  • Schmoll's Knoll: 3.5 mi
Cliffs
Parks
  • LaVern M. Johnson Park: 11.1 mi
  • Lyons Dirt Jump Bike Park: 11.3 mi
  • Bohn Park: 11.4 mi
  • Sandstone Park: 11.4 mi
  • Dakota Ridge Park: 12.6 mi
Artworks: 58
Historic sites: 44
  • Rock Creek Ski Area (Historical): 4.5 mi
  • Aquilla Cook Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Mason Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Walker Homestead 1914: 9.1 mi
  • Griffith Homestead 1923: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves: 36
Waterfalls: 35
  • Copeland Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Calypso Cascades: 6.1 mi
Museums: 26
Gardens: 23
  • Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 11.2 mi
  • Legett Columbarium Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Nelson Spring: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Rock Ledge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Longs PeakNW 306°4,346 m9.0 mi
Mount MeekerNW 305°4,227 m8.3 mi
Pagoda MountainWNW 302°4,082 m9.3 mi
Ships Prow TowerNW 307°4,073.56 m8.6 mi
Storm PeakNW 308°4,060 m9.7 mi
Mount Lady WashingtonNW 310°4,037 m9.1 mi
Mount AudubonSW 233°4,026 m9.2 mi
Copeland MountainW 271°4,013 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3319:5520:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2215:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232531344453595851413124

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allenspark 3NW, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Lanceleaf Stonecrop12 obs
  • blue columbine12 obs
  • prairie pasqueflower12 obs
  • monument plant11 obs
  • bearberry11 obs
  • sulfur buckwheat10 obs
  • western harebell10 obs
  • American Robin9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358932551

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