Berrian Mountain
Berrian Mountain rises to 2,785 m in Colorado. Meridian Hill stands 3,503 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Denver Mountain Park Site, a park 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Berrian Mountain is a mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 9,151-foot (2,789 m) peak is located 0.9 miles (1.5 km) north-northeast (bearing 17°) of the community of Aspen Park in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q4894686, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,785 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Panorama Point · 7 mi
- Carol Karlin Overlook · 9 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 10 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Doublehead Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Legault Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Crow Hill: 3.3 mi
- Kinney Peak: 3.5 mi
- Yegge Peak: 3.6 mi
- Denver Mountain Park Site: 0.4 mi
- Legualt Mountain Community Park (Private): 1.6 mi
- Flying J Ranch Park: 2.6 mi
- Hobbs Peak Park: 2.7 mi
- James Q Newton Park: 3.0 mi
- Old Mill: 5.5 mi
- William H. Major Memorial Building: 5.6 mi
- Walker Home Ruins: 6.5 mi
- Bradford-Perley House: 7.0 mi
- Summer White House Site: 7.1 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 5.5 mi
- Oliver: 7.4 mi
- Dinosaur Play Sculpture: 7.7 mi
- Spirit: 8.9 mi
- CCC Worker: 8.9 mi
- Trading Post: 8.9 mi
- Geological Nonconformity (1400 Ma): 8.9 mi
- Bandimere Speedway: 9.3 mi
- Volcanic Ash Deposit: 9.9 mi
- Concretion: 9.9 mi
- Janice Ford Memorial Dye Garden: 10.1 mi
- Community Supported Agricultural Washstand: 10.2 mi
- Cut Flower Garden: 10.2 mi
- Market Garden: 10.2 mi
- Plant Select Garden: 10.2 mi
- Tiny Town: 4.9 mi
- Hiwan Homestead Museum: 6.0 mi
- Morrison Natural History Museum: 8.3 mi
- Colorado Music Hall of Fame: 8.9 mi
- Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center: 10.0 mi
- Eagle Eye Shelter: 6.1 mi
- Whale Watch Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Cottontail: 9.5 mi
- Muskrat Meadows: 9.6 mi
- Whitetail: 10.0 mi
- Alkire Greenbelt: 8.8 mi
- Classification Natural Resource Protection: 8.8 mi
- Powderhorn Meadows Greenbelt: 9.2 mi
- Country West Greenbelt: 9.5 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 10.0 mi
- Meditation Rock: 4.6 mi
- Red Wall: 6.0 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 6.0 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 11.8 mi
- The East Quarry: 15.8 mi
- Mount Vernon: 10.4 mi
- Arapahoe: 16.4 mi
- Russell Gulch: 20.2 mi
- Nevadaville: 21.0 mi
- Silver Creek: 22.8 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 4.6 mi
- Elk Falls: 7.3 mi
- The Chutes: 13.7 mi
- Lee Gulch: 15.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 11.2 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 24.6 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 8.0 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 14.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Berrian Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Hill | W 271° | 3,503 m | 10.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 254° | 3,271 m | 5.9 mi |
| Shadow Mountain | W 272° | 3,234 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Judge | NW 312° | 3,132 m | 11.7 mi |
| Hicks Mountain | NW 310° | 3,073 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Pence | NW 320° | 3,014 m | 11.0 mi |
| Snyder Mountain | NW 317° | 2,996 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bergen Peak | NW 324° | 2,957 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 29 | 36 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evergreen, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 182549 — Berrian Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358919241
Day trips start here
- Golden · 14 mi
- Idaho Springs · 18 mi
- Arvada · 20 mi
- Denver · 20 mi
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