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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
4159 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
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
Attractions: 49
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 10.3 mi
  • The Mailbox: 10.5 mi
  • Alpine Slide: 11.5 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 12.6 mi
  • Abyss Trailhead: 15.3 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: 20
  • 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
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 16.3 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Willow Creek falls: 18.8 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 18.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 16.4 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 PeakS 187°4,352 m6.0 mi
Torreys PeakS 190°4,351 m5.4 mi
Mount EdwardsS 175°4,218 m5.8 mi
Argentine PeakS 169°4,186 m7.6 mi
Mount ParnassusW 268°4,139 m1.0 mi
Pettingell PeakW 276°4,104 m5.4 mi
Engelmann PeakN 6°4,077 m1.7 mi
Grizzly PeakSSW 204°4,064 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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