Elephant Rock
Elephant Rock rises to 2,247 m in Colorado. Thunder Butte stands 2,991 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Fe Open Space, a park 0.6 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 24 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in El Paso County, Colorado, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027644, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,247 m
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 25 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Santa Fe Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Glen Park: 1.5 mi
- Lavelett Park: 2.0 mi
- Monument Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Limbach Park: 2.1 mi
- Sidney Harrison Plane Crash Site: 4.5 mi
- Camel and Llama Rides: 7.5 mi
- Maze: 7.6 mi
- USAFA Terrazzo: 7.6 mi
- Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel: 7.6 mi
- Ben Lomand Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Sundance Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Chautauqua Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Monument Rock: 2.2 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 7.4 mi
- Honor Wall: 7.5 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 7.6 mi
- Senior Class Crest: 7.6 mi
- Sinclair Dinosaur: 10.0 mi
- #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail: 2.2 mi
- Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Core Values Ramp: 7.5 mi
- Wall of Fallen Graduates: 7.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Labyrinth: 9.8 mi
- The Labyrinth: 11.6 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- The Children's Garden: 15.4 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 15.5 mi
- Memorial Grove: 2.8 mi
- Corporate Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 9.4 mi
- The Homestead: 12.6 mi
- Topaz Point Picnic Ground: 15.5 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 7.2 mi
- Dungeon Museum: 7.6 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 15.5 mi
- Castle Rock Museum: 17.7 mi
- Miramont Castle: 18.0 mi
- Ute Chief Spring: 17.7 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 18.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 18.0 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 18.0 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 18.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 17.3 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 22.8 mi
- Hill: 23.3 mi
- Weimer: 23.3 mi
- Hull: 23.3 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 19.0 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 19.4 mi
- Hidden Mesa Open Space: 20.8 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 21.0 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 19.0 mi
- Ship Rock: 20.7 mi
- Windy Point: 22.2 mi
- Point Sublime: 22.4 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 23.5 mi
- Gwillimsville: 6.4 mi
- Husted: 7.5 mi
- Dakan: 12.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elephant Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Butte | WNW 283° | 2,991 m | 16.9 mi |
| Ormes Peak | SSW 192° | 2,963 m | 11.9 mi |
| Devils Head | NW 311° | 2,936 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Manitou | SSW 193° | 2,877 m | 18.0 mi |
| Blodgett Peak | S 185° | 2,873 m | 11.1 mi |
| Signal Butte | WSW 257° | 2,869 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Deception | W 261° | 2,849 m | 9.2 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | SSW 191° | 2,816 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358928627
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- Colorado Springs · 20 mi
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