San Luis Lake SWA
San Luis Lake SWA is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,293 m. Blanca Peak stands 4,374 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Colorado Gators Reptile Park, a attraction 7.4 miles away. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
104 named places within 25 miles
- Star Dune: 10.6 mi
- High Dune: 11.7 mi
- Hidden Dune: 12.6 mi
- Highest Dune: 13.1 mi
- Twin Peaks: 13.8 mi
- Mosca Community Park: 8.1 mi
- Hooper Public Park: 8.6 mi
- Alamosa Riparian Park: 16.0 mi
- Archery Range: 16.0 mi
- Sunrise Park: 16.0 mi
- Colorado Gators Reptile Park: 7.4 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 7.6 mi
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 10.3 mi
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Number 169: 16.8 mi
- Howitzer: 21.3 mi
- Hooper Town Park: 8.6 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 8.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 9.0 mi
- Japanese Memorial Garden: 17.0 mi
- San Luis Valley Museum: 16.9 mi
- Crestone Town Hall: 21.1 mi
- Homelake Veterans' History Museum: 21.3 mi
- Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center: 24.8 mi
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 9.8 mi
- Rio Grande Healthy Living Park: 16.4 mi
- Denton Spring: 11.6 mi
- Mosca Spring: 12.8 mi
- Hansen Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Copperstain Cliff: 23.7 mi
- Zapata Falls: 11.2 mi
- Duncan: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of San Luis Lake SWA. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanca Peak | ESE 120° | 4,374 m | 15.8 mi |
| Crestone Peak | NNE 23° | 4,359 m | 20.8 mi |
| East Crestone Peak | NNE 23° | 4,359 m | 20.8 mi |
| Crestone Needle | NNE 25° | 4,329 m | 20.8 mi |
| Kit Carson Mountain | NNE 20° | 4,319 m | 21.2 mi |
| Challenger Point | NNE 19° | 4,294 m | 21.2 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | NNE 27° | 4,289 m | 22.0 mi |
| Ellingwood Point | ESE 119° | 4,282 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 63 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Great Sand Dunes NP & Preserve, 13 mi away.
- American Avocet9 obs
- Cliff Swallow9 obs
- Greasewood7 obs
- alkali heliotrope6 obs
- Cotton-gall Tephritid5 obs
- Baird's Sandpiper4 obs
- Western Sandpiper4 obs
- Long-billed Curlew4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/441372390
Day trips start here
- Great Sand Dunes National Park · 13 mi
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