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Golden Age Hill

Golden Age Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Golden Age Hill rises to 2,551 m in Colorado. Niwot Mountain stands 3,497 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairview Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Colorado, United States of America

Wikidata Q49032206, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2551 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.12304, -105.36555

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dakota Ridge Park: 5.7 mi
  • Foothills Community Park: 6.2 mi
  • Holiday Park: 6.3 mi
  • Primos Park: 6.7 mi
  • Crestview Park: 6.8 mi
Cliffs
  • The Atoll: 6.0 mi
  • Oceanic Wall: 8.1 mi
  • Dream Dome: 8.2 mi
  • Lost Angel Wall: 8.2 mi
  • Wall of Winter Warmth: 8.3 mi
Artworks
  • One-on-One: 8.5 mi
  • Hearts on a swing: 8.6 mi
  • The Clarifier art project: 8.6 mi
  • Geographic Center of Boulder: 9.0 mi
  • Boulder Six: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 56
Waterfalls: 31
  • Boulder Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 12.4 mi
Museums: 30
Gardens: 30
  • Foothills Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Barbeque: 10.7 mi
  • Meeker Park Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Sprague Lake: 18.7 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 14.5 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Golden Age Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Niwot MountainWSW 246°3,497 m10.8 mi
Burnt MountainWSW 239°2,820 m6.5 mi
Bald MountainSW 214°2,782 m8.1 mi
Big John MountainNW 316°2,765 m7.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSSW 203°2,709 m7.2 mi
Walker MountainSW 234°2,682 m2.8 mi
Overland MountainW 270°2,651 m3.1 mi
Twin Sisters PeakS 186°2,650 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3319:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2419:00
December solstice07:2115:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 178611 — Golden Age Hill, Boulder County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358913060

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