Larkspur Butte
Larkspur Butte rises to 2,291 m in Colorado. Thunder Butte stands 2,991 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Larkspur Park, a park 0.9 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Colorado, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49043527, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,291 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Larkspur Park: 0.9 mi
- Twin Ponds Common Area: 7.5 mi
- North Park: 7.5 mi
- Santa Fe Open Space: 7.8 mi
- Quarry Mesa Open Space: 7.9 mi
- Corner Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Monkey Face: 1.9 mi
- Hunt Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Raspberry Butte: 2.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 2.3 mi
- Maze: 1.7 mi
- Camel and Llama Rides: 1.7 mi
- Colorado Renaissance Festival: 1.8 mi
- Elephant Experience: 1.9 mi
- Sidney Harrison Plane Crash Site: 8.0 mi
- Corporate Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Memorial Grove: 10.3 mi
- Cabin Ridge Picnic Ground: 13.4 mi
- Topaz Point Picnic Ground: 13.6 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 16.6 mi
- #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail: 9.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
- The Homestead: 10.6 mi
- Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Core Values Ramp: 15.0 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 15.0 mi
- Honor Wall: 15.0 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 15.1 mi
- Senior Class Crest: 15.1 mi
- Sinclair Dinosaur: 16.6 mi
- Hidden Mesa Open Space: 13.3 mi
- Hungry Horse Open Space: 16.3 mi
- West Big Dry Natural Area: 20.4 mi
- Dad Clark Natural Area: 20.8 mi
- East Fork Natural Area: 20.9 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 15.5 mi
- Labyrinth: 16.5 mi
- The Labyrinth: 19.1 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 19.2 mi
- The Children's Garden: 22.2 mi
- Dungeon Museum: 1.9 mi
- Castle Rock Museum: 10.2 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 14.0 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 22.8 mi
- Wings Over The Rockies Exploration of Flight: 23.6 mi
- Gwillimsville: 10.0 mi
- Dakan: 10.7 mi
- Husted: 15.0 mi
- Bijou Basin: 24.1 mi
- Wildcat Point: 17.3 mi
- Ship Rock: 19.2 mi
- The Chutes: 19.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 24.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Larkspur Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Butte | WSW 258° | 2,991 m | 18.1 mi |
| Ormes Peak | S 191° | 2,963 m | 19.4 mi |
| Devils Head | W 281° | 2,936 m | 12.8 mi |
| Blodgett Peak | S 187° | 2,873 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Deception | SW 230° | 2,849 m | 13.6 mi |
| Soldier Mountain | SW 221° | 2,798 m | 15.1 mi |
| Dakan Mountain | W 274° | 2,797 m | 10.7 mi |
| Devils Kitchen | S 191° | 2,785 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358928540
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- Colorado Springs · 27 mi
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