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Potato Hill

Potato Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Potato Hill rises to 1,641 m in Colorado. Kenny Mountain stands 2,830 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Colorado, United States of America

Wikidata Q49063723, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1641 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.16582, -105.24082

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
Parks
  • McCall Lake Nature Area: 3.4 mi
  • Lyons Dirt Jump Bike Park: 3.8 mi
  • Bohn Park: 3.9 mi
  • Blue Skies Park: 4.0 mi
  • Sandstone Park: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Cliffs
  • The Atoll: 5.0 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 12.1 mi
  • Front Porch: 13.3 mi
  • Main Blob Rock: 13.7 mi
  • East Blob Rock: 13.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 59
Gardens: 31
  • Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 4.0 mi
  • Boulder County Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Longmont Memorial Rose Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Second Start Community Garden: 7.8 mi
Museums: 29
Waterfalls: 23
  • Boulder Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Beaches: 5
  • Carter Lake Swim Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 19.0 mi
  • Heron Cove: 22.0 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Willows Landing: 22.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Wilson Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 17.3 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Nelson Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Potato Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kenny MountainNW 313°2,830 m12.7 mi
Big John MountainW 280°2,765 m11.6 mi
Walker MountainWSW 242°2,682 m10.0 mi
Overland MountainWSW 253°2,651 m10.1 mi
Bueno MountainWSW 252°2,633 m9.7 mi
Miller RockW 264°2,633 m11.1 mi
Bald MountainWSW 258°2,627 m8.8 mi
Cannon MountainW 261°2,624 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5420:35
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2115:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293242485767737163503930
Precip in0.60.61.22.02.01.71.72.01.31.00.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmont 2 ESE, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 178328 — Potato Hill, Boulder County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358912688

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