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Nugget Hill

Nugget Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Nugget Hill rises to 2,609 m in Colorado. Niwot Mountain stands 3,497 m to the west-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Butzel Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Colorado, United States of America

Wikidata Q49057701, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2609 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.09110, -105.38138

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
Parks
  • Dakota Ridge Park: 5.2 mi
  • Foothills Community Park: 5.5 mi
  • Holiday Park: 5.8 mi
  • Maxwell Lake Park: 6.0 mi
  • Primos Park: 6.1 mi
Cliffs
  • Oceanic Wall: 5.8 mi
  • Dream Dome: 5.8 mi
  • Lost Angel Wall: 5.9 mi
  • Wake Up Wall: 5.9 mi
  • Wall of Winter Warmth: 5.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 57
Nature reserves: 55
Museums: 33
Gardens: 30
  • Foothills Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 6.8 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 27
  • Boulder Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Barbeque: 9.6 mi
  • Meeker Park Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 16.0 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 17.6 mi
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Nugget Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Niwot MountainWSW 256°3,497 m9.3 mi
Burnt MountainWSW 257°2,820 m4.9 mi
Bald MountainSW 220°2,782 m5.9 mi
Big John MountainNNW 331°2,765 m8.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSSW 204°2,709 m4.9 mi
Walker MountainWNW 290°2,682 m1.5 mi
Hurricane HillSW 216°2,669 m9.7 mi
Overland MountainNW 314°2,651 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3319:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:2115:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358913009

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