Cheyenne Mountain
Cheyenne Mountain rises to 2,915 m in Colorado. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Horns, a peak 1.6 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 13 miles off.
The story
Cheyenne Mountain, occasionally referred to as Cheyenne Benchmark, is a 9,565 foot high (2,915-meter) mountain in El Paso County, Colorado, south of downtown Colorado Springs located in the Western North American Great Plains and is part of Pike National Forest. It has three peaks with the highest one reaching 9,200 feet The mountains closest neighbor, Pikes Peak, is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in North America, east of its longitude. Cheyenne Mountain is located in the southern edge of the Colorado Front Range, of the Rockies. Cheyenne Mountain consists almost primarily of coarse-grained, igneous rocks, that was emplaced by 1,524 meters (5,000 ft) of magma under the surface of the Earth, causing igneous intrusions into older rocks, creating the entire mass to form into granite during solidification, causing the formation of a mountain, from the process erosion. Most of the mountains eastern flank is protected land managed by the state Colorado Parks and Wildlife. There is almost no human development in the protected land—cattle grazing and ranching are the primary agricultural uses—The northern 520 acres of the land are managed by a private investment company. The protected land of Pikes National Forest located in the U.S state of Colorado and near the atenea farm is open to the public for recreational purposes. Common vegetation includes rocky mountain juniper (juniperus scopulorum), in addition to western wheatgrass (pascopyrum), ponderosa pine (pinus ponderosa) and mountain mahogany (cercocarpus). Fauna includes wild turkey, red crossbill, rock dove, and common raven which are native to Cheyenne Mountain, and the surrounding region. Native mammals include mule deer, american black bear, striped skunk, and rock squirrel.
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Wikidata Q1071445, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2915 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 25 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Horns: 1.6 mi
- Saint Peters Dome: 1.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Gray Back Peak: 2.1 mi
- Goat Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Tiger: 2.7 mi
- Domestic Goats: 2.7 mi
- snow leopard: 2.7 mi
- Giraffe Feeding Experience: 2.8 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 3.8 mi
- Glen Oaks Park: 2.8 mi
- Oak Meadows Park: 3.1 mi
- Seven Falls Park: 3.3 mi
- Broadmoor Bluffs Park: 3.5 mi
- Columbine Trail: 3.8 mi
- Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 3.7 mi
- Children Holding Hands: 4.3 mi
- The Epicenter: 6.8 mi
- Trailblazer: 7.0 mi
- Fannie Mae Duncan: 7.1 mi
- Mountaineer Train Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Tank: 4.7 mi
- Nelson Camp: 4.8 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 7.1 mi
- Pikes Peak Range Riders Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Bear Sculpture Garden: 2.7 mi
- Shipping Container Farm: 2.7 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 6.8 mi
- The Secret Garden: 7.2 mi
- Rock Garden: 7.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 2.5 mi
- Point Sublime: 4.0 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 7.3 mi
- Windy Point: 9.3 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 17.7 mi
- Penrose Heritage Museum: 4.2 mi
- World Figure Skating Museum: 4.3 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 6.9 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 7.2 mi
- Ghost Town Wild West Museum: 7.2 mi
- Prairie Skipper Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Turkey Roost Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Elk Run Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- South Canyon: 11.1 mi
- Tahama Spring: 7.7 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 8.6 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 8.6 mi
- Navajo Spring: 8.6 mi
- Iron Spring: 8.6 mi
- Ramona: 3.0 mi
- Feather: 3.0 mi
- Bridal Veil: 3.0 mi
- Shorty: 3.0 mi
- Hull: 3.1 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 2.4 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 6.6 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 7.4 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 7.9 mi
- Aiken Canyon Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Lytle: 9.3 mi
- Altman: 13.6 mi
- Franceville: 16.0 mi
- Husted: 18.8 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo North (Closed): 21.4 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo South: 24.6 mi
- Dakota Hot Springs: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Cheyenne Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | NW 309° | 4,302 m | 11.3 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | NW 309° | 4,073 m | 12.4 mi |
| Devil's Playground | NW 311° | 3,984 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | NW 307° | 3,837 m | 9.6 mi |
| Sentinel Point | WNW 301° | 3,814 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WNW 292° | 3,780 m | 10.1 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WNW 302° | 3,768 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Rosa | WNW 288° | 3,507 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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 | 26 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358944247
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 7 mi
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