Devils Head
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Devils Head rises to 2,936 m in Colorado. Buffalo Peak stands 3,526 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Topaz Point Picnic Ground, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 27 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Devils Head is a mountain summit in the Rampart Range of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The 9,749-foot (2,971 m) peak is located in Pike National Forest, 14.2 miles (22.9 km) southwest by south (bearing 210°) of the community of Sedalia in Douglas County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q5267408, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,936 m
How to reach it
- 27.4 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Valley Overlook · 26 mi
- Geologic Overlook · 26 mi
- Panorama Point · 29 mi
- Denver Basin Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nelson Ranch Open Space: 10.5 mi
- Manitou Park Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Larkspur Park: 11.9 mi
- Red Mesa Open Space: 12.9 mi
- Young Open Space: 13.2 mi
- Campbell Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Dakan Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Turtle Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Noddle: 5.4 mi
- Noddle Heads: 5.8 mi
- Lenny's Rest: 11.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
- #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail: 15.5 mi
- Cherokee Castle: 16.2 mi
- Titan Missile Test Facilities - Captive Test Stand D-2: 17.1 mi
- Topaz Point Picnic Ground: 0.9 mi
- Cabin Ridge Picnic Ground: 1.5 mi
- Bridge Crossing Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Scraggy View Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Willow Bend Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 14.4 mi
- Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield: 19.9 mi
- Carol Gossard Colorado Native Plant Garden: 20.0 mi
- Kim Sterne Survival Garden: 20.0 mi
- Riparian Demonstration Garden: 20.0 mi
- Mini Moab: 8.1 mi
- Sidney Harrison Plane Crash Site: 10.8 mi
- Elephant Experience: 10.8 mi
- Colorado Renaissance Festival: 10.9 mi
- Camel and Llama Rides: 11.1 mi
- Dad Clark Natural Area: 19.4 mi
- West Big Dry Natural Area: 19.5 mi
- Classification Natural Resource Protection: 19.7 mi
- East Fork Natural Area: 19.9 mi
- Hidden Mesa Open Space: 19.9 mi
- Gorillas: 20.5 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 20.6 mi
- Honor Wall: 20.7 mi
- Senior Class Crest: 20.8 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 20.8 mi
- Dungeon Museum: 10.9 mi
- Castle Rock Museum: 15.0 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 21.8 mi
- Sasquatch Outpost: 22.4 mi
- Pikes Peak Historical Society Museum: 24.0 mi
- Dakan: 2.5 mi
- Gwillimsville: 20.7 mi
- Husted: 20.9 mi
- Tarryall: 22.2 mi
- The Chutes: 9.1 mi
- Lee Gulch: 23.0 mi
- Elk Falls: 23.8 mi
- Wildcat Point: 17.5 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 22.0 mi
- Red Wall: 23.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Devils Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Peak | W 274° | 3,526 m | 14.3 mi |
| Green Mountain | WNW 286° | 3,174 m | 11.1 mi |
| Thunder Butte | SW 220° | 2,991 m | 8.0 mi |
| The Castle | WNW 283° | 2,954 m | 15.5 mi |
| Signal Butte | SSW 205° | 2,869 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Deception | SSE 169° | 2,849 m | 11.4 mi |
| Little Scraggy Peak | WNW 292° | 2,798 m | 10.0 mi |
| Soldier Mountain | S 169° | 2,798 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheesman, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 183572 — Devils Head, Douglas County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358919988
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