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.
The story
mountain in Colorado, United States of America
Wikidata Q49043527, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2291 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 19.7 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 |
| Bald Mountain | SSW 206° | 2,881 m | 18.6 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 |
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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