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Saint Charles Place Park

Saint Charles Place Park from directly overhead

Saint Charles Place Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,586 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is 36th & Lafayette Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1586 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.76951, -104.97107

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • 36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Commons Park Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Morey Middle School Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Centennial Gardens: 2.4 mi
Parks
Artworks
  • Taste: 1.0 mi
  • Trade Deficit Artwork: 1.1 mi
  • Trade Deficit: 1.2 mi
  • Trade Deficit Artwork: 1.3 mi
  • Denver: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
Picnic sites: 45
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 2.6 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 2.6 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 2.6 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 2.6 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 2.6 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 13.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Saint Charles Place Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomW 279°2,969 m20.4 mi
Blue MountainWNW 291°2,846 m20.8 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 295°2,724 m20.1 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 227°2,711 m21.0 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 282°2,686 m19.4 mi
Scar Top MountainWNW 297°2,675 m21.2 mi
Centennial ConeW 267°2,640 m20.6 mi
Bear MountainWSW 239°2,630 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
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, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel135 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie122 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant91 obs
  • Canada Goose89 obs
  • Japanese Beetle75 obs
  • Western Honey Bee71 obs
  • Greylag × Swan Goose65 obs
  • tree-of-heaven62 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/261798641

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