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Zuni And 51st Park

Zuni And 51st Park from directly overhead

Zuni And 51st Park is a park in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,621 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Berkeley Hills Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

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Coordinates39.78915, -105.01466

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Sister Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Commons Park Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Centennial Gardens: 2.6 mi
Artworks
  • Our Lady of Loretto: 0.9 mi
  • Sain Ignatius of Loyola, S.J.: 1.0 mi
  • Pedro Arrupe, S.J.: 1.0 mi
  • Matrixman: 1.6 mi
  • Elevated: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Picnic sites: 46
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 2.7 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 2.7 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 2.7 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 2.7 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 14.3 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 24.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 14.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Zuni And 51st Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centralia MountainW 278°2,982 m19.1 mi
Mount TomW 276°2,969 m18.0 mi
Douglas MountainW 270°2,927 m19.2 mi
Blue MountainWNW 290°2,846 m18.2 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 294°2,724 m17.4 mi
Grannys HeadW 279°2,686 m16.9 mi
Scar Top MountainWNW 297°2,675 m18.5 mi
Centennial ConeW 262°2,640 m18.5 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 solstice07:1915:5616:39

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
  • Red-winged Blackbird68 obs
  • Mallard63 obs
  • Western Honey Bee62 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider50 obs
  • showy milkweed46 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant40 obs
  • common dandelion39 obs
  • field bindweed39 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/93416208

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