Mount Meeker
Mount Meeker rises to 4,227 m in Colorado. Longs Peak stands 4,346 m to the northwest, 0.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ships Prow Tower, a peak 0.3 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
Mount Meeker is a high mountain summit of the Twin Peaks Massif in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,916-foot (4,242 m) thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 4.8 miles (7.7 km) west by north (bearing 285°) of the community of Allenspark in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q8526744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,227 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
- 12.0 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
- 23.2 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
Overlooks nearby
- Many Parks Curve · 10 mi
- Horseshoe Park · 11 mi
- Forest Canyon Overlook · 12 mi
- Mushroom Rocks · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ships Prow Tower: 0.3 mi
- Longs Peak: 0.7 mi
- Mount Lady Washington: 1.0 mi
- Pagoda Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Storm Peak: 1.4 mi
- East Face: 0.7 mi
- Chasm View: 0.8 mi
- Tent Rocks: 3.5 mi
- The Crags: 5.8 mi
- Quickie Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park: 8.0 mi
- Rock Ledge Park: 8.3 mi
- Baldwin Park: 9.7 mi
- Bond Park: 9.9 mi
- Town Square Park: 11.3 mi
- Columbine Falls: 0.9 mi
- Lyric Falls: 1.7 mi
- Trio Falls: 2.1 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 2.3 mi
- Thunder Falls: 2.3 mi
- Rock Creek Ski Area (Historical): 6.8 mi
- Griffith Homestead 1923: 9.2 mi
- Brown Homestead 1918: 9.2 mi
- Walker Homestead 1914: 9.3 mi
- Sawmill: 9.9 mi
- The Free Spirit: 6.6 mi
- “Welcome” -Bear: 6.6 mi
- Reaching Out: 6.6 mi
- The YMCA Kids: 6.6 mi
- Columbine: 9.8 mi
- Estes Park Museum: 10.2 mi
- Kauffman House Museum: 11.3 mi
- Gold Hill Museum: 16.4 mi
- Lyons Redstone Museum: 17.8 mi
- James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum: 18.3 mi
- Wind River Ranch: 4.7 mi
- Schmoll's Knoll: 11.2 mi
- Aspen Bend: 11.3 mi
- Mariposa Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Outback Glades: 11.5 mi
- Legett Columbarium Garden: 6.7 mi
- Mrs. Walsh's Garden: 9.7 mi
- Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 17.7 mi
- Foothills Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Holiday Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Meeker Park Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Sprague Lake: 5.0 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 6.8 mi
- Endovalley: 11.7 mi
- Beaver Creek: 16.0 mi
- Lookout Springs: 5.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 5.7 mi
- Jacob Spring: 8.2 mi
- Wilson Spring: 8.8 mi
- Nelson Spring: 22.3 mi
- Knoll-Willows Open Space: 10.1 mi
- Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center: 11.4 mi
- Button Rock Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Narrows Park: 21.9 mi
- Cozens Ranch Open Space: 23.7 mi
- Surprise Beach: 14.0 mi
- Carter Lake Swim Beach: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Mount Meeker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longs Peak | NW 309° | 4,346 m | 0.7 mi |
| Chiefs Head Peak | W 272° | 4,121 m | 1.9 mi |
| Pagoda Mountain | W 274° | 4,082 m | 1.1 mi |
| Ships Prow Tower | NNW 341° | 4,074 m | 0.3 mi |
| Storm Peak | NW 325° | 4,060 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Alice | WSW 258° | 4,048 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Lady Washington | N 354° | 4,037 m | 1.0 mi |
| McHenrys Peak | WNW 290° | 4,036 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 58 | 51 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allenspark 3NW, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 178233 — Mount Meeker, Boulder County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358912567
Day trips start here
- Rocky Mountain National Park · 8 mi
- Estes Park · 10 mi
- Boulder · 24 mi
Take the scenic way to Mount Meeker.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.