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Caribou Hill

Caribou Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Caribou Hill rises to 3,187 m in Colorado. North Arapaho Peak stands 4,100 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Caribou, a ghost town 0.5 miles away. Colorado River Headwaters passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Colorado, United States of America

Wikidata Q49018130, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3187 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.97832, -105.58861

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • Caribou Street: 4.0 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 4.1 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 4.1 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 4.3 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 4.3 mi
Parks
  • Nederland Community Library Area: 4.2 mi
  • Chipeta Park: 4.5 mi
  • Private Pond: 6.0 mi
  • Idlewild Park: 10.8 mi
  • Confluence Park: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 58
  • Overhung Wall: 6.6 mi
  • Surprising Crag: 6.6 mi
  • Clocktower: 6.6 mi
  • The Visor: 6.7 mi
  • Castle Rock: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Jane Dragon: 4.2 mi
  • Cloud Busters: 11.2 mi
  • Repurposing the Globe: 11.8 mi
  • Peche: 11.9 mi
  • Tempus: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Magic Schoolbus: 4.5 mi
  • Wallstreet Gold Extraction Company Mill: 11.1 mi
  • Abandoned Steamroller: 11.1 mi
  • Hugh McCammon Barns: 11.7 mi
  • Mason Memorial: 12.0 mi
Museums: 32
Waterfalls: 22
  • Boulder Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Calypso Cascades: 15.0 mi
  • Ouzel Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 15.6 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Fortune Community Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Rose Crown: 10.7 mi
  • Fox Den: 10.9 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 22.3 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Caribou Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Arapaho PeakNW 316°4,100 m4.7 mi
Apache PeakNNW 329°4,097 m6.5 mi
Navajo PeakNNW 329°4,087 m6.0 mi
South Arapaho PeakNW 312°4,067 m4.3 mi
Kiowa PeakNNW 339°4,010 m5.2 mi
Arikaree PeakNNW 331°4,008 m5.4 mi
Old BaldyNW 316°3,974 m3.7 mi
Shoshoni PeakNNW 337°3,949 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3519:5520:35
September equinox06:5118:2519:01
December solstice07:2115:5816:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202026313949555346362720
Precip in2.72.83.74.83.82.03.02.52.02.22.32.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder 14 W, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358916476

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