Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 1,690 m in Colorado. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 2,709 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49035601, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,690 m
How to reach it
- 24.0 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
- 25.0 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Buffalo Herd Overlook · 28 mi
- Many Parks Curve · 29 mi
- Hawk Watch · 29 mi
- Horseshoe Park · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tom Watson Park: 2.1 mi
- Whistle Stop Park: 2.7 mi
- Niwot Park: 3.2 mi
- Gunbarrel Estates Park: 3.2 mi
- Meadow Creek Apartment: 3.2 mi
- Niwot Sculpture Park: 3.0 mi
- Golden Days: 6.1 mi
- Listening Stones: 6.3 mi
- Lefthand's Compass: 7.0 mi
- Geographic Center of Boulder: 7.1 mi
- The Atoll: 8.2 mi
- Raptor Nesting Site: 8.8 mi
- Front Porch: 9.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 11.4 mi
- East Blob Rock: 11.5 mi
- Table Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Potato Hill: 3.9 mi
- Gun Barrel Hill: 4.8 mi
- Red Hill: 5.4 mi
- Valmont Butte: 5.6 mi
- Magnus White Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Fort Chambers memorial: 4.8 mi
- Elise Hoerath Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Mitch Brackett Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Site of the state preparatory school builders first high school 1895 1937: 6.9 mi
- Bullhead Gulch Open Space: 8.6 mi
- Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.6 mi
- National Center for Atmospheric Research: 9.7 mi
- Greenlee Wildlife Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Kneebone Open Space: 9.8 mi
- Shelby American Car Museum: 3.4 mi
- Dougherty Museum: 6.6 mi
- Sombrero Marsh Environmental Center: 7.0 mi
- Longmont Museum and Culture Center: 7.0 mi
- Museum of Boulder at Tebo Center: 7.0 mi
- Holiday Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Foothills Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Boulder County Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Hawthorn Community Gardens: 6.0 mi
- Zen Walking Garden: 6.1 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tasting Room: 3.6 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tour: 3.6 mi
- White Rocks: 4.8 mi
- wrecked vintage car: 6.1 mi
- VT Pumpkin Patch: 6.5 mi
- Boulder Falls: 12.1 mi
- Copeland Falls: 19.3 mi
- Lower Copeland Falls: 19.4 mi
- Upper Copeland Falls: 19.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 19.6 mi
- Barbeque: 8.1 mi
- Mount Alto Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Meeker Park Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Wilson Spring: 16.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.8 mi
- Lookout Springs: 20.2 mi
- Jacob Spring: 20.8 mi
- Carter Lake Swim Beach: 15.9 mi
- Lake Loveland Swim beach: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 240° | 2,709 m | 11.8 mi |
| Walker Mountain | W 265° | 2,682 m | 9.8 mi |
| Overland Mountain | W 274° | 2,651 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bueno Mountain | W 275° | 2,633 m | 10.1 mi |
| Miller Rock | WNW 282° | 2,633 m | 12.2 mi |
| Cannon Mountain | WNW 281° | 2,624 m | 11.1 mi |
| Nugget Hill | W 260° | 2,609 m | 8.4 mi |
| Fairview Peak | WNW 284° | 2,600 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 35 | 43 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 178711 — Haystack Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358913351
Day trips start here
- Boulder · 7 mi
- Arvada · 23 mi
- Estes Park · 24 mi
- Golden · 24 mi
- Denver · 28 mi
- Idaho Springs · 30 mi
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