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Button Rock Mountain

Button Rock Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Button Rock Mountain rises to 2,574 m in Colorado. Meadow Mountain stands 3,546 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Button Rock, a peak 0.9 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Colorado, United States of America

Wikidata Q49017308, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2574 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.25360, -105.38555

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Button Rock: 0.9 mi
  • Danny Boy Peak: 1.3 mi
  • Popes Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Pflum Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Cook Mountain: 2.7 mi
Cliffs
  • The Atoll: 4.8 mi
  • The Crags: 7.9 mi
  • Quickie Cliff: 9.2 mi
  • Slamdance Buttress: 9.2 mi
  • Crag of Fear: 9.2 mi
Parks
  • LaVern M. Johnson Park: 6.2 mi
  • Sandstone Park: 6.5 mi
  • Bohn Park: 6.7 mi
  • Lyons Dirt Jump Bike Park: 6.7 mi
  • Rock Ledge Park: 7.0 mi
Attractions
  • wrecked vintage car: 7.1 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 8.6 mi
  • Wind River Ranch: 8.7 mi
  • Outback Glades: 9.3 mi
  • Schmoll's Knoll: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 57
Nature reserves: 49
Historic sites: 46
  • Aquilla Cook Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Walker Homestead 1914: 5.0 mi
  • Irvin Homestead 1917: 5.2 mi
  • Griffith Homestead 1923: 5.2 mi
  • Sawmill: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Copeland Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Columbine Falls: 11.3 mi
Museums: 27
Gardens: 24
Picnic sites: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Carter Lake Swim Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 19.0 mi
  • Heron Cove: 22.4 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Willows Landing: 22.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Wilson Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 7.8 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Nelson Spring: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Button Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meadow MountainWSW 241°3,546 m11.2 mi
Twin Sisters PeaksWNW 289°3,454 m7.4 mi
Estes ConeWNW 287°3,356 m10.0 mi
Twin Sisters MountainWNW 289°3,325 m7.4 mi
Lookout MountainW 259°3,262 m9.6 mi
Lightning PeakWNW 290°3,221 m10.4 mi
Horsetooth PeakW 261°3,152 m9.3 mi
Thunder PeakWNW 293°3,089 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3319:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:2115:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232531344453595851413124

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allenspark 3NW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 202515 — Button Rock Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358943147

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