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Bard Peak

Bard Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Bard Peak rises to 4,159 m in Colorado. Grays Peak stands 4,352 m to the south, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Robeson Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 23 miles off.

About

The story

Bard Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,647-foot (4,160 m) thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west-northwest (bearing 293°) of the Town of Silver Plume in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.

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Wikidata Q4860046, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4,159 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.72052, -105.80427

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Robeson Peak: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Parnassus: 1.0 mi
  • Engelmann Peak: 1.7 mi
  • Woods Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Silver Plume Mountain: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Dinger Park: 4.3 mi
  • Gateway Park: 5.8 mi
  • Library Corner Park: 5.8 mi
  • City Park: 5.8 mi
  • Georgetown Greenway Park: 5.9 mi
Artworks: 36
  • Historic Georgetown Span Sign Structure: 5.7 mi
  • The Goat: 6.5 mi
  • Jim Bridger: 6.6 mi
  • Cloud Busters: 14.6 mi
  • Peche: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 19
  • George Rowe Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Hamill House Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 5.8 mi
  • Georgetown Energy Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Summit Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 4.1 mi
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 10.5 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Fox Den: 11.5 mi
  • Rose Crown: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 10.3 mi
  • The Mailbox: 10.5 mi
  • Alpine Slide: 11.5 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 12.6 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 16.3 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 18.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Willow Creek falls: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Bard Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakS4,352 m6.0 mi
Torreys PeakS4,351 m5.4 mi
Mount EdwardsS4,218 m5.8 mi
Argentine PeakS4,186 m7.6 mi
Mount ParnassusW4,139 m1.0 mi
Pettingell PeakW4,104 m5.4 mi
Engelmann PeakN4,077 m1.7 mi
Grizzly PeakSSW4,064 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3619:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2619:02
December solstice07:2216:0016:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733384757636154443326
Precip in0.80.91.42.32.11.52.52.21.51.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Georgetown, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 181861 — Bard Peak, Clear Creek County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358918205

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