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Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain, a peak in Colorado
Lookout Mountain, a peak in ColoradoJeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0
Lookout Mountain, a peak in Colorado
Steve Hicks from Liverpool, UK · CC BY 2.0
Lookout Mountain, a peak in Colorado
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Lookout Mountain, a peak in Colorado
Mathew Benjamin Brady · Public domain
Lookout Mountain, a peak in Colorado
Ewing Galloway · Public domain
Lookout Mountain, a peak in Colorado
Todd Carpenter from Chicago · CC BY 2.0

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Lookout Mountain rises to 2,260 m in Colorado. Santa Fe Mountain stands 3,209 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Bill's Grave, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway runs past it.

About

The story

Lookout Mountain is a foothill on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 7,377-foot (2,249 m) peak is located in Lookout Mountain Park, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west-southwest (bearing 245°) of downtown Golden in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6675490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2260 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.72903, -105.23743

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Buffalo Bill's Grave: 0.2 mi
  • Mines Centennial Bellm: 1.7 mi
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus: 1.8 mi
  • United States Marine Corps Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Shopping Center Sign: 2.8 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Lookout Mountain Park: 0.3 mi
  • Colorow Mountain Park: 0.7 mi
  • Apex Park: 0.9 mi
  • Beverly Heights Park: 1.0 mi
  • Heritage Dells Park: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Colorado School of Mines "M": 1.1 mi
  • North Sponsor Village: 2.8 mi
  • Vickery Hospitality: 2.9 mi
  • True Value Hospitality: 2.9 mi
  • Honnen Hospitality: 3.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Cliffs: 53
Picnic sites: 51
  • Food Court: 2.9 mi
  • First Class Zone/Food Court: 3.0 mi
  • Food Court: 3.0 mi
  • Food Court: 3.1 mi
  • LOB19: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Maxwell Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Lee Gulch: 16.2 mi
  • Elk Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 21.1 mi
  • The Chutes: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 5.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 14.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Lookout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Fe MountainW 264°3,209 m12.5 mi
Mount JudgeWSW 250°3,132 m12.4 mi
Hicks MountainWSW 243°3,073 m12.1 mi
Ely HillWNW 298°3,048 m11.0 mi
Mount PenceWSW 250°3,014 m10.7 mi
Snyder MountainWSW 249°2,996 m11.1 mi
Centralia MountainNW 314°2,982 m9.8 mi
Mount TomNW 315°2,969 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3419:5320:33
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1915:5816:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333441475667737162504032
Precip in0.60.81.32.42.62.12.01.91.41.10.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakewood, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358918562

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