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Tantra Park

Tantra Park from directly overhead

Tantra Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,643 m. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tantra Sledding Hill, a park 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1643 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.98039, -105.23920

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tantra Sledding Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Tantra Environmental Park: 0.3 mi
  • Harlow Platts Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Martin Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bill Bower Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Centennial Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Hickory Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Baseline marker: 1.8 mi
  • Marshall Fire -Robert Sharpe: 2.0 mi
  • En Memoria de Los Seis de Boulder: 2.5 mi
  • Frank Shorter: 2.5 mi
  • Arbor: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Old Jake: 1.9 mi
  • Sculpture: 2.2 mi
  • Kick Ass Eagle Sculpture: 2.2 mi
  • Obelisk Fountain: 2.2 mi
  • Fred Folsom: 2.4 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 56
Cliffs: 49
  • Front Porch: 2.6 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 3.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 7.7 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 8.0 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 27
  • Barbeque: 1.2 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Boulder Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 23.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Crystal Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Tantra Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakWSW 238°3,198 m11.3 mi
Thorodin MountainWSW 237°3,195 m11.8 mi
Miramonte MountainSW 235°2,915 m10.9 mi
Blue MountainSW 216°2,846 m8.9 mi
Bald MountainWNW 286°2,782 m11.7 mi
Windy PeakSW 222°2,779.776 m11.1 mi
Crescent MountainSSW 213°2,724 m7.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 289°2,709 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Pill Woodlouse174 obs
  • showy milkweed173 obs
  • wild teasel158 obs
  • Canada Goose145 obs
  • chicory133 obs
  • Western Honey Bee128 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel123 obs
  • Four-spotted Moth116 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/70080591

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