Cook Mountain
Cook Mountain rises to 2,302 m in Colorado. Mount Meeker stands 4,227 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Aquilla Cook Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Colorado, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49021804, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,302 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
- 22.7 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
Overlooks nearby
- Many Parks Curve · 17 mi
- Horseshoe Park · 17 mi
- Forest Canyon Overlook · 20 mi
- Mushroom Rocks · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smithy Mountain: 1.3 mi
- South Sheep Mountain: 1.3 mi
- North Sheep Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Button Rock Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Coffintop Mountain: 2.9 mi
- The Atoll: 4.5 mi
- The Crags: 8.5 mi
- Tent Rocks: 9.9 mi
- Quickie Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Slamdance Buttress: 10.0 mi
- Rock Ledge Park: 4.6 mi
- LaVern M. Johnson Park: 6.9 mi
- Sandstone Park: 7.2 mi
- Lyons Dirt Jump Bike Park: 7.2 mi
- Bohn Park: 7.2 mi
- Button Rock Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center: 7.0 mi
- Knoll-Willows Open Space: 12.7 mi
- Narrows Park: 15.8 mi
- National Center for Atmospheric Research: 18.1 mi
- The Clarifier art project: 7.4 mi
- Reaching Out: 12.2 mi
- “Welcome” -Bear: 12.2 mi
- The Free Spirit: 12.2 mi
- The YMCA Kids: 12.3 mi
- Aquilla Cook Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Elise Hoerath Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Mitch Brackett Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Walker Homestead 1914: 6.7 mi
- Griffith Homestead 1923: 6.8 mi
- Copeland Falls: 8.7 mi
- Lower Copeland Falls: 8.8 mi
- Upper Copeland Falls: 8.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 9.1 mi
- Calypso Cascades: 9.9 mi
- Lyons Redstone Museum: 7.2 mi
- Gold Hill Museum: 10.7 mi
- Estes Park Museum: 12.0 mi
- James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum: 12.3 mi
- Agricultural Heritage Center: 13.1 mi
- Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 7.1 mi
- Legett Columbarium Garden: 12.2 mi
- Mrs. Walsh's Garden: 12.7 mi
- Holiday Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Foothills Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Outback Glades: 6.6 mi
- Schmoll's Knoll: 6.7 mi
- wrecked vintage car: 6.9 mi
- Creekside: 7.2 mi
- Lions Den Bank: 7.2 mi
- Meeker Park Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Mount Alto Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Sprague Lake: 12.9 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 13.0 mi
- Barbeque: 17.4 mi
- Carter Lake Swim Beach: 13.5 mi
- Lake Loveland Swim beach: 21.4 mi
- Surprise Beach: 23.5 mi
- Heron Cove: 24.7 mi
- Mussel Beach: 24.8 mi
- Wilson Spring: 5.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 6.5 mi
- Lookout Springs: 8.2 mi
- Jacob Spring: 9.1 mi
- Nelson Spring: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Cook Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Meeker | WNW 281° | 4,227 m | 10.8 mi |
| Saint Vrain Mountain | WSW 248° | 3,703 m | 10.3 mi |
| Meadow Mountain | WSW 251° | 3,546 m | 9.2 mi |
| Twin Sisters Peaks | NW 309° | 3,454 m | 7.7 mi |
| Estes Cone | WNW 302° | 3,356 m | 10.1 mi |
| Twin Sisters Mountain | NW 309° | 3,325 m | 7.8 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | W 274° | 3,262 m | 8.5 mi |
| Lightning Peak | NW 304° | 3,221 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:56 | 16:40 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 58 | 51 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allenspark 3NW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 178272 — Cook Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358912607
Day trips start here
- Estes Park · 13 mi
- Boulder · 15 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park · 18 mi
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