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Russell Square Park

Russell Square Park from directly overhead

Russell Square Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,589 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Schafer Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1589 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.76766, -104.96170

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • 36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Morey Middle School Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Commons Park Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 2.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Great Apes: 1.2 mi
  • Primate Panorama Forest Aviary: 1.2 mi
  • Congo Basin: 1.3 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Emerald Forest: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Taste: 1.3 mi
  • Trade Deficit Artwork: 1.5 mi
  • Martin Luther King Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Trade Deficit: 1.5 mi
  • Trade Deficit Artwork: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 1.4 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 2.5 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
  • Niver Creek Open Space: 6.6 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 8.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Picnic sites: 45
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 2.9 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 3.0 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 12.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Russell Square Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomW 279°2,969 m21.0 mi
Blue MountainWNW 291°2,846 m21.3 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 295°2,724 m20.6 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 228°2,711 m21.3 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 282°2,686 m20.0 mi
Scar Top MountainWNW 297°2,675 m21.7 mi
Centennial ConeW 267°2,640 m21.1 mi
Bear MountainWSW 240°2,630 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel193 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie190 obs
  • Canada Goose162 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant115 obs
  • Greylag × Swan Goose104 obs
  • Japanese Beetle96 obs
  • Western Honey Bee92 obs
  • Mallard86 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 way/72601405

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