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Wagon Trail Park

Wagon Trail Park from directly overhead

Wagon Trail Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,713 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Garland & Saratoga Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.62859, -105.09986

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Garland & Saratoga Park: 0.2 mi
  • Garrison And Union Park: 0.3 mi
  • Southwest Auto Park: 0.5 mi
  • Quincy Lakes Park: 0.6 mi
  • Johnson Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Ring of Remembrance: 2.0 mi
  • Wall of Healing: 2.0 mi
  • Bandimere Speedway: 5.1 mi
  • Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 5.2 mi
  • Concretion: 5.9 mi
Peaks
  • Rebel Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 2.4 mi
  • Stafford Hogback: 3.6 mi
  • Mount Glennon: 4.6 mi
  • Silver Cliff: 5.6 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Picnic sites: 50
  • Sister City Park: 2.1 mi
  • Stone House Picnic Shelter: 2.5 mi
  • Whitetail: 3.4 mi
  • Muskrat Meadows: 3.7 mi
  • Cottontail: 4.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lee Gulch: 6.3 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 15.3 mi
  • The Chutes: 17.6 mi
  • Elk Falls: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 6.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Wagon Trail Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Riley PeakSW 224°2,854 m13.9 mi
Berrian MountainWSW 244°2,785 m11.4 mi
Legault MountainSW 233°2,757 m11.0 mi
Doublehead MountainWSW 242°2,711 m9.7 mi
Crow HillSW 227°2,638 m10.5 mi
Huebner PeakSW 218°2,633 m10.8 mi
Bear MountainW 268°2,630 m10.1 mi
High PeakSW 225°2,611 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3419:5220:32
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333341475667737163504133
Precip in0.50.71.22.12.71.92.11.81.31.00.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marston Fltr PLT, 2 mi away.

  • Mallard49 obs
  • Canada Goose39 obs
  • Bald Eagle38 obs
  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake36 obs
  • American Coot35 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird34 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk33 obs
  • Great Blue Heron31 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/50796592

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