Schafer Park
Schafer Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,590 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Russell Square Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jumbo Tron · 14 mi
- Point of Geological Interest · 14 mi
- Hawk Watch · 14 mi
- Denver Basin Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Russell Square Park: 0.3 mi
- City of Nairobi Park: 0.5 mi
- Dunham Park: 0.7 mi
- Madame CJ Walker Park: 0.8 mi
- Saint Charles Place Park: 0.8 mi
- 36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Morey Middle School Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Sensory Garden: 2.5 mi
- Mordecai Children's Garden: 2.5 mi
- Forney Museum of Transportation: 1.0 mi
- Black American West Museum: 1.2 mi
- Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls And Toys: 1.6 mi
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science: 1.6 mi
- National Ballpark Museum: 2.3 mi
- Park Hill Park: 1.1 mi
- The Grove at Commons Park: 2.9 mi
- Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
- Niver Creek Open Space: 6.6 mi
- Morrison Nature Center: 8.4 mi
- Great Apes: 1.2 mi
- Bear Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Primate Panorama Forest Aviary: 1.3 mi
- Monkey Island: 1.3 mi
- Emerald Forest: 1.3 mi
- Martin Luther King Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Camarasaurus Sculpture: 1.5 mi
- Ceratosaurus nasicornis sculpture: 1.5 mi
- Snowmastodon Sculpture: 1.6 mi
- Taste: 1.6 mi
- Justice: 1.6 mi
- Struggle: 1.6 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Living the dream: 1.6 mi
- Slavery: 1.6 mi
- Inspiration Point: 5.6 mi
- Ruby Hill: 6.5 mi
- Mount Carbon: 12.7 mi
- Green Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Rebel Hill: 13.1 mi
- Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 3.3 mi
- Pepsi Groves: 3.3 mi
- Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 3.3 mi
- Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 3.3 mi
- Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 3.3 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 10.2 mi
- Swim Beach: 10.2 mi
- Swim Beach: 17.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 18.5 mi
- Boat Beach: 18.5 mi
- The East Quarry: 13.2 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 13.4 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 18.1 mi
- Wildcat Point: 20.5 mi
- Front Porch: 22.8 mi
- Arapahoe: 11.8 mi
- Mount Vernon: 14.5 mi
- Serene: 18.0 mi
- Dick: 18.2 mi
- Lee Gulch: 13.0 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Schafer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | W 279° | 2,969 m | 21.3 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WNW 290° | 2,846 m | 21.6 mi |
| Crescent Mountain | WNW 294° | 2,724 m | 20.9 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | SW 229° | 2,711 m | 21.6 mi |
| Grannys Head | WNW 281° | 2,686 m | 20.2 mi |
| Scar Top Mountain | WNW 296° | 2,675 m | 22.0 mi |
| Centennial Cone | W 267° | 2,640 m | 21.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 241° | 2,630 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 35 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel190 obs
- Black-billed Magpie185 obs
- Canada Goose159 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant114 obs
- Greylag × Swan Goose104 obs
- Japanese Beetle94 obs
- Western Honey Bee90 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider86 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/132364815
Day trips start here
- Denver · 3 mi
- Arvada · 7 mi
- Golden · 14 mi
- Boulder · 24 mi
- Idaho Springs · 30 mi
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