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Veterans Park

Veterans Park from directly overhead

Veterans Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,622 m. Berrian Mountain stands 2,785 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1622 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.68632, -104.96339

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Gardens
  • Washington Park Mount Vernon Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Vernon Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Ruby Hill Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • community garden: 2.3 mi
  • Craig Garden: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Pope Saint John Paul II: 0.9 mi
  • Eugene Field Cottage: 1.2 mi
  • Wynken, Blynken and Nod Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Totem Pole: 3.2 mi
  • City of Chennai: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 5.3 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 6.1 mi
  • Willow Springs Open Space: 7.4 mi
  • Weaver Park: 8.3 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 8.6 mi
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 44
  • Picnic Site 4: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 1.2 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 2.1 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lee Gulch: 7.4 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 23.5 mi
  • The Chutes: 23.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Veterans Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berrian MountainWSW 243°2,785 m19.7 mi
Legault MountainWSW 237°2,757 m19.2 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 242°2,711 m18.0 mi
Crow HillSW 233°2,638 m18.7 mi
Huebner PeakSW 228°2,633 m18.8 mi
Bear MountainWSW 256°2,630 m17.9 mi
High PeakSW 232°2,611 m18.0 mi
Independence MountainWSW 258°2,539 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Flicker270 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird210 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel197 obs
  • Mallard187 obs
  • House Finch187 obs
  • Western Honey Bee178 obs
  • Canada Goose160 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider140 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/282833966

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