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Weir Gulch Park

Weir Gulch Park from directly overhead

Weir Gulch Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,623 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Flow, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.71335, -105.04735

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Westwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gold Crown Foundation: 0.8 mi
  • Westwood Park: 0.8 mi
  • South Sheridan Field Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ray Ross Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Easy Crane Games: 1.6 mi
  • Casa Bonita: 2.3 mi
  • Twister III Rollercoaster: 2.9 mi
  • Brain Drain: 2.9 mi
  • Half Pipe: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Colfax-Lakewood Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Lakewood-Colfax Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Lamar Station: 1.9 mi
  • USS Grayling (SS-209) Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Totem Pole: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 47
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 2.6 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 2.8 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 3.1 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 3.1 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 3.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lee Gulch: 9.4 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 20.2 mi
  • The Chutes: 23.9 mi
  • Elk Falls: 24.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 10.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Weir Gulch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomWNW 294°2,969 m17.6 mi
Berrian MountainSW 230°2,785 m17.0 mi
Legault MountainSW 223°2,757 m17.0 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 228°2,711 m15.4 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 298°2,686 m16.9 mi
Centennial ConeW 279°2,640 m16.8 mi
Crow HillSW 219°2,638 m16.8 mi
Huebner PeakSSW 214°2,633 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:40

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, 2 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee74 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider51 obs
  • field bindweed37 obs
  • Four-spotted Moth27 obs
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee26 obs
  • Differential Grasshopper26 obs
  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake25 obs
  • European Paper Wasp25 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/88406387

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