- Elevation, modelled
- 1,866 m
- Tallest summit within 14.9 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 10.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour17.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8496, -104.8567
Thorndale Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 1,866 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Colorado City History Center Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 18 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Thorndale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 266° | 4,302 m | 10.1 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 270° | 4,073 m | 10.9 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 275° | 3,984 m | 11.6 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | WSW 258° | 3,837 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 267° | 3,814 m | 13.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 250° | 3,780 m | 11.4 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 241° | 3,768 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SW 217° | 3,507 m | 8.2 mi |
- 17.5 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 23 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Bancroft Park: 0.3 mi
- West Middle School Backyard: 0.4 mi
- Blunt Park: 0.5 mi
- Vermijo Park: 0.6 mi
- Buena Vista Public Park Community Center: 0.7 mi
Attractions
- Lyons Sandstone Quarry: 1.5 mi
- Ridgeline Pass: 1.7 mi
- Colorado Springs Trolleys: 1.8 mi
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site: 1.8 mi
- Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain: 1.9 mi
Peaks
- Bear Creek Peak: 3.0 mi
- Iron Mountain: 3.0 mi
- The Mesa: 3.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.5 mi
Artworks: 42
- Cougar Statue: 1.5 mi
- Paul Best Victory Bell: 1.6 mi
- Trailblazer: 1.8 mi
- Langer Sundial: 1.8 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 1.9 mi
Historic sites: 33
- For the Unborn: 0.4 mi
- Pioneer Park Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Trees of the National Society Daughters of the American Colonist: 1.7 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 1.7 mi
- Pikes Peak Range Riders Memorial: 2.0 mi
Gardens: 32
- The Secret Garden: 0.7 mi
- westside community garden: 0.7 mi
- Heritage Garden: 1.5 mi
- Horticultural Art Society Demonstration Garden: 1.5 mi
- The Pinetum: 1.6 mi
Museums: 24
- Old Colorado City History Center Museum: 0.3 mi
- Ghost Town Wild West Museum: 0.7 mi
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 1.7 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 1.8 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 2.0 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- South Canyon: 4.8 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 5.0 mi
- Sentinel Point: 5.1 mi
- Lazy Land: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Dakota Hogback: 1.3 mi
- Point Sublime: 3.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.8 mi
- Windy Point: 9.2 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 14.0 mi
Springs: 11
- Tahama Spring: 1.7 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 3.0 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 3.3 mi
- Navajo Spring: 3.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 3.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Rainbow Falls: 4.0 mi
- Hill: 4.9 mi
- Weimer: 4.9 mi
- Hull: 4.9 mi
- Shorty: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 2.9 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 8.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Husted: 11.2 mi
- Franceville: 14.3 mi
- Altman: 16.9 mi
- Lytle: 17.1 mi
- Gwillimsville: 17.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 6 mi away.
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