- Elevation, modelled
- 1,833 m
- Tallest summit within 17.5 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 15.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour20.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8093, -104.7672
Van Diest Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled 1,833 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 21 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Van Diest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 278° | 4,302 m | 15.1 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 280° | 4,073 m | 16.0 mi |
| Devil's Playground | WNW 283° | 3,984 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 273° | 3,837 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | W 266° | 3,780 m | 15.5 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | W 264° | 3,768 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Rosa | WSW 249° | 3,507 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Big Chief | WSW 246° | 3,404 m | 12.2 mi |
- 20.6 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 29 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Centennial Park: 0.5 mi
- Monterey Park: 0.6 mi
- MSgt. Roy P. Benavidez Park: 0.6 mi
- James H. Smith Park: 0.8 mi
- Prairie Grass Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
- Boeing KC-97: 2.2 mi
- McDonnell F-101 Voodoo: 3.4 mi
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: 3.6 mi
- F-106A Delta Dart: 3.6 mi
- F-4C Phantom: 3.6 mi
Peaks
- Skinner Hill: 4.6 mi
- Mount Cutler: 6.1 mi
- The Horns: 6.4 mi
- Austin Bluffs: 6.6 mi
- Muscoco Mountain: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 42
- Green Dinosaur: 0.7 mi
- Dinosauar: 0.8 mi
- The Virgin Mary: 2.1 mi
- Sculpture garden: 2.6 mi
- The Virgin Mary: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 33
- Colorado Memorial Shrine: 1.2 mi
- Peace Officers' Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Nikola Tesla Historic Marker: 2.5 mi
- IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Spencer Penrose: 3.5 mi
Gardens: 32
- Hillside Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 3.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.8 mi
- Linnemann/Labyrinth Garden: 4.0 mi
- Palmer Garden: 4.0 mi
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 18
- Council Grounds: 4.4 mi
- South Canyon: 4.5 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 4.5 mi
- East Canyon: 4.6 mi
- Seven Castles: 4.6 mi
Springs: 11
- Tahama Spring: 3.9 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 8.5 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 8.8 mi
- Navajo Spring: 8.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Hill: 6.4 mi
- Weimer: 6.4 mi
- Hull: 6.4 mi
- Shorty: 6.4 mi
- Bridal Veil: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Concrete Coyote: 2.8 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 4.6 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 4.7 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Point Sublime: 5.9 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 6.4 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 9.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 10.0 mi
- Windy Point: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Franceville: 9.2 mi
- Husted: 15.2 mi
- Lytle: 15.3 mi
- Gwillimsville: 20.1 mi
- Altman: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 4 mi
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