Monument Rock
Monument Rock rises to 2,198 m in Colorado. Devil's Playground stands 3,984 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 23 miles off.
The story
mountain in El Paso County, Colorado, United States of America
Wikidata Q49051268, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2198 m
How to reach it
- 22.8 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 23 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Herman: 1.2 mi
- Raspberry Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Fall Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Chautauqua Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Elephant Rock: 2.2 mi
- Limbach Park: 1.6 mi
- Limbach Park: 1.6 mi
- Dirty Woman Creek Park: 1.8 mi
- Monument Sculpture Park: 1.8 mi
- Monument Trailhead Park: 1.9 mi
- Sidney Harrison Plane Crash Site: 5.1 mi
- Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel: 5.5 mi
- USAFA Terrazzo: 5.6 mi
- Air Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center: 5.6 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 5.4 mi
- Honor Wall: 5.5 mi
- Senior Class Crest: 5.6 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 5.6 mi
- St. Clare: 8.6 mi
- #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail: 0.5 mi
- Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Core Values Ramp: 5.5 mi
- Wall of Fallen Graduates: 5.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Labyrinth: 8.4 mi
- The Labyrinth: 9.6 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- The Children's Garden: 13.8 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 13.9 mi
- Memorial Grove: 0.6 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 7.3 mi
- Corporate Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- The Homestead: 11.4 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 13.7 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 5.9 mi
- Dungeon Museum: 9.7 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 13.5 mi
- Miramont Castle: 15.8 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 15.9 mi
- Ute Chief Spring: 15.5 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 15.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 15.8 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 15.8 mi
- Stratton Spring: 15.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 15.1 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 20.7 mi
- Hill: 21.2 mi
- Weimer: 21.2 mi
- Hull: 21.2 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 17.0 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 17.4 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 19.1 mi
- Hidden Mesa Open Space: 23.0 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 17.0 mi
- Windy Point: 19.9 mi
- Point Sublime: 20.3 mi
- Ship Rock: 22.0 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 22.5 mi
- Husted: 5.5 mi
- Gwillimsville: 7.0 mi
- Dakan: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Monument Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devil's Playground | SSW 210° | 3,984 m | 17.9 mi |
| Cameron Cone | S 189° | 3,263 m | 17.9 mi |
| Raspberry Mountain | SW 223° | 3,225 m | 17.2 mi |
| Marys Mountain | SSW 192° | 3,004 m | 17.9 mi |
| Thunder Butte | WNW 290° | 2,991 m | 16.7 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | S 191° | 2,988 m | 17.4 mi |
| Ormes Peak | S 190° | 2,963 m | 9.6 mi |
| Devils Head | NW 319° | 2,936 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358928636
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- Colorado Springs · 18 mi
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