Green Mountain
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Green Mountain rises to 3,174 m in Colorado. Bison Mountain stands 3,777 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Scraggy Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Green Mountain is a prominent mountain summit in the Kenosha Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 10,427-foot (3,178 m) peak is located in Pike National Forest, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) northwest (bearing 311°) of the community of Deckers, Colorado, United States, in Jefferson County.
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Wikidata Q14684539, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3174 m
How to reach it
- 22.6 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Panorama Point · 24 mi
- Carol Karlin Overlook · 25 mi
- Denver Basin Overlook · 26 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Scraggy Peak: 1.5 mi
- 8005: 1.6 mi
- 7948: 3.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 3.9 mi
- Buffalo Peak: 4.2 mi
- Beaver Ranch Park: 13.8 mi
- James Q Newton Park: 14.3 mi
- Nelson Ranch Open Space: 15.2 mi
- Legualt Mountain Community Park (Private): 15.7 mi
- Red Mesa Open Space: 16.2 mi
- Bridge Crossing Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Scraggy View Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Willow Bend Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Topaz Point Picnic Ground: 10.3 mi
- Cabin Ridge Picnic Ground: 10.4 mi
- McGraw Memorial Park: 11.5 mi
- Lenny's Rest: 12.6 mi
- Old Mill: 15.7 mi
- Titan Missile Test Facilities - Captive Test Stand D-2: 16.6 mi
- Titan Missile Test Facilities - Captive Test Stand D-1: 16.8 mi
- Classification Natural Resource Protection: 19.0 mi
- Powderhorn Meadows Greenbelt: 22.6 mi
- Westbury Greenbelt: 22.8 mi
- Alkire Greenbelt: 23.0 mi
- Kipling Villas Greenbelt: 23.2 mi
- Riparian Demonstration Garden: 20.0 mi
- Community Supported Agricultural Washstand: 20.0 mi
- Janice Ford Memorial Dye Garden: 20.0 mi
- Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield: 20.0 mi
- Carol Gossard Colorado Native Plant Garden: 20.0 mi
- Little Scraggy Trailhead: 3.5 mi
- Chicken Scratch Hill: 12.4 mi
- Stronia Springs Reservoir: 13.0 mi
- Longwater Rock: 13.4 mi
- Hackett Rock: 15.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 22.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 22.6 mi
- Sculpture: 22.6 mi
- Statue: 22.6 mi
- Gorillas: 23.0 mi
- Sasquatch Outpost: 11.6 mi
- Tiny Town: 21.0 mi
- Dungeon Museum: 22.0 mi
- Hiwan Homestead Museum: 23.1 mi
- Castle Rock Museum: 23.9 mi
- Red Wall: 15.2 mi
- Meditation Rock: 18.9 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 19.5 mi
- Wildcat Point: 23.2 mi
- The Chutes: 8.7 mi
- Elk Falls: 15.1 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 18.7 mi
- Swim Beach: 20.1 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Green Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bison Mountain | WSW 246° | 3,777 m | 11.6 mi |
| McCurdy Mountain | WSW 237° | 3,702 m | 10.8 mi |
| Windy Peak | W 269° | 3,636 m | 7.5 mi |
| Topaz Mountain | W 265° | 3,584 m | 15.1 mi |
| Buffalo Peak | WSW 240° | 3,526 m | 4.2 mi |
| South Tarryall Peak | SW 216° | 3,417 m | 12.8 mi |
| Pilot Peak | SSW 201° | 3,229 m | 14.0 mi |
| Crooked Top Mountain | NW 313° | 3,179 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358919959
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