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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​St. Vrain State Park

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​St. Vrain State Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,477 m. Nugget Hill stands 2,609 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Junction, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 29 miles off.

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Coordinates40.16612, -104.99667
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sandstone Ranch Community Park: 2.5 mi
  • Mountain Shadows Park: 2.5 mi
  • Hideaway Park: 2.5 mi
  • Union Reservoir Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
  • Stoneridge Park: 2.6 mi
Artworks
  • Hooked on Frederick: 4.1 mi
  • Milavec Turtle: 4.2 mi
  • mural: 5.5 mi
  • Daddy's Home: 5.5 mi
  • Lefthand's Compass: 5.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Colliers Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Grandview Open Space: 9.0 mi
  • Erie Highlands: 9.0 mi
  • Josephine Roche Open Space: 11.6 mi
  • Kneebone Open Space: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 50
Cliffs: 34
  • The Atoll: 17.4 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 19.6 mi
  • Front Porch: 20.2 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 23.4 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 23.6 mi
Museums: 32
Gardens: 28
  • Second Start Community Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Second Start Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Longmont Memorial Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Boulder County Community Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Jason Sam's Memorial Garden: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 17
Beaches: 5
  • Carter Lake Swim Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 18.0 mi
  • Heron Cove: 19.5 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Willows Landing: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​St. Vrain State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nugget HillWSW 256°2,609 m21.0 mi
Fairview PeakW 264°2,600 m18.8 mi
Bear PeakSW 228°2,578 m21.3 mi
Button Rock MountainWNW 287°2,574 m21.4 mi
Golden Age HillW 261°2,551 m19.7 mi
Porphyry MountainW 263°2,543 m20.8 mi
Butzel HillWSW 252°2,505 m21.0 mi
Green MountainSW 232°2,484 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3219:5320:34
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2015:5516:38

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293242485767737163503930
Precip in0.60.61.22.02.01.71.72.01.31.00.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmont 2 ESE, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American White Pelican96 obs
  • Great Blue Heron89 obs
  • Osprey74 obs
  • Canada Goose62 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird54 obs
  • Bald Eagle45 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant38 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush37 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/779177801

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