Mount Bailey
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Mount Bailey rises to 2,767 m in Colorado. Mount Blue Sky stands 4,350 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is McGraw Memorial Park, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mount Bailey is a mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 9,089-foot (2,770 m) peak is located 1.0 mile (1.6 km) northeast (bearing 48°) of the community of Bailey in Park County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q6919557, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2767 m
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carol Karlin Overlook · 18 mi
- Panorama Point · 19 mi
- Buffalo Herd Overlook · 22 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crow Hill: 1.1 mi
- Insmont Hill: 2.0 mi
- Grouse Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Lone Rock: 3.3 mi
- Split Rock: 3.9 mi
- Beaver Ranch Park: 10.9 mi
- Flying J Ranch Park: 10.9 mi
- James Q Newton Park: 11.0 mi
- Legualt Mountain Community Park (Private): 12.3 mi
- Denver Mountain Park Site: 13.2 mi
- Geneva Creek Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Scraggy View Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Willow Bend Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Bridge Crossing Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Duck Creek Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Little Scraggy Trailhead: 11.9 mi
- Abyss Trailhead: 15.0 mi
- Mount Blue Sky Summit: 15.4 mi
- Stronia Springs Reservoir: 18.0 mi
- Echo Mountain: 18.8 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 16.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 16.7 mi
- Sculpture: 16.8 mi
- Statue: 16.8 mi
- Oliver: 17.5 mi
- McGraw Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Old Mill: 8.4 mi
- Ralph Carr Memorial Highway: 15.8 mi
- William H. Major Memorial Building: 16.7 mi
- Lenny's Rest: 18.1 mi
- Janice Ford Memorial Dye Garden: 21.3 mi
- Community Supported Agricultural Washstand: 21.3 mi
- Cut Flower Garden: 21.3 mi
- Riparian Demonstration Garden: 21.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 21.3 mi
- Sasquatch Outpost: 1.0 mi
- Hiwan Homestead Museum: 17.1 mi
- Tiny Town: 18.1 mi
- Morrison Natural History Museum: 21.5 mi
- Colorado Music Hall of Fame: 21.9 mi
- Abyss Lake Scenic Area: 15.7 mi
- Classification Natural Resource Protection: 19.9 mi
- Alkire Greenbelt: 21.7 mi
- Powderhorn Meadows Greenbelt: 21.9 mi
- Country West Greenbelt: 22.4 mi
- Red Wall: 7.8 mi
- Meditation Rock: 11.7 mi
- Angel's Ridge: 17.4 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 18.4 mi
- Pavillion Point: 23.3 mi
- Tarryall: 20.3 mi
- Mount Vernon: 23.3 mi
- Dakan: 24.4 mi
- Saints John: 25.0 mi
- Elk Falls: 6.7 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 11.5 mi
- The Chutes: 15.6 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 19.1 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 21.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Mount Bailey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Blue Sky | NW 321° | 4,350 m | 15.5 mi |
| Rosalie Peak | NW 321° | 4,138 m | 12.5 mi |
| Epaulet Mountain | NW 319° | 4,126 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Logan | WNW 301° | 3,922 m | 10.7 mi |
| Kataka Mountain | NW 306° | 3,796 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bandit Peak | NW 318° | 3,793 m | 11.5 mi |
| Kenosha Mountains | WSW 247° | 3,787 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bison Mountain | S 190° | 3,777 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 42 | 31 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bailey, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358919877
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- Idaho Springs · 23 mi
- Golden · 27 mi
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