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West-Bar-Val Wood Park

West-Bar-Val Wood Park from directly overhead

West-Bar-Val Wood Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,590 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridge of Recycling Fountains, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 9.6 miles off.

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Coordinates39.71396, -105.01309

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • Easy Crane Games: 1.3 mi
  • Twister III Rollercoaster: 2.3 mi
  • Brain Drain: 2.3 mi
  • Shipwreck Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Half Pipe: 2.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 46
  • Picnic Table: 1.6 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 1.6 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 2.3 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 2.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lee Gulch: 9.1 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 21.8 mi
  • The Chutes: 24.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 11.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of West-Bar-Val Wood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomWNW 292°2,969 m19.3 mi
Berrian MountainSW 234°2,785 m18.5 mi
Legault MountainSW 227°2,757 m18.3 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 232°2,711 m16.8 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 295°2,686 m18.5 mi
Centennial ConeW 278°2,640 m18.6 mi
Crow HillSW 223°2,638 m18.0 mi
Huebner PeakSW 218°2,633 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven82 obs
  • Mallard49 obs
  • Western Honey Bee48 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider48 obs
  • showy milkweed45 obs
  • Canada Goose40 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel38 obs
  • field bindweed38 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/91968255

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