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Comforter Mountain

Comforter Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Comforter Mountain rises to 2,497 m in Colorado. Niwot Mountain stands 3,497 m to the west-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cornerstone, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Colorado, United States of America

Wikidata Q49021597, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2497 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.00276, -105.42111

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 4.2 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 4.5 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.2 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.3 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.6 mi
Parks
  • Chipeta Park: 5.3 mi
  • Nederland Community Library Area: 5.5 mi
  • Private Pond: 5.6 mi
  • Eben G. Fine Park: 6.7 mi
  • The Peoples' Crossing: 6.7 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 58
  • The Cornerstone: 0.4 mi
  • Practice Rock: 0.4 mi
  • The Beer Can: 0.4 mi
  • Bowling Alley: 0.4 mi
  • Boulderado: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 58
  • Wallstreet Gold Extraction Company Mill: 2.9 mi
  • Mason Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark: 7.3 mi
  • Arbor: 7.5 mi
  • En Memoria de Los Seis de Boulder: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves: 51
Museums: 37
Gardens: 33
  • Fortune Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 7.9 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Barbeque: 9.1 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Boulder Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Calypso Cascades: 16.0 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 21.0 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Comforter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Niwot MountainWNW 299°3,497 m8.0 mi
Starr PeakS 179°3,198 m7.5 mi
Thorodin MountainS 182°3,195 m8.0 mi
Caribou HillW 259°3,187 m9.0 mi
Boulder County HillW 259°3,109 m7.8 mi
Mineral MountainWSW 252°3,109 m9.0 mi
Pomeroy MountainW 266°3,054 m8.3 mi
Tennessee MountainSW 236°3,039 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3419:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:2115:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282835404858656255443529
Precip in0.70.91.92.72.91.92.02.12.01.41.00.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gross Rsvr, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 178579 — Comforter Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358913037

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