Shirttail Peak
Shirttail Peak rises to 2,200 m in Colorado. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the west-southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Eldorado Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Colorado, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073393, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,200 m
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Buffalo Herd Overlook · 15 mi
- Hawk Watch · 17 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 19 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eldorado Mountain: 1.4 mi
- South Boulder Peak: 1.5 mi
- Bear Peak: 1.8 mi
- Nebel Horn: 2.3 mi
- Seal Rock: 2.4 mi
- Boulder Mountain Park: 2.8 mi
- Shanahan Ridge Park: 2.9 mi
- Harlow Platts Community Park: 3.4 mi
- Bear Creek Park: 3.4 mi
- Bill Bower Park: 3.7 mi
- NCAR Exhibits: 3.1 mi
- Neptune Museum: 4.0 mi
- Neptune Mountaineering: 4.0 mi
- Fiske Planetarium: 5.0 mi
- Museum of Natural History - Henderson Building: 5.1 mi
- Old Jake: 3.2 mi
- The Flower on the Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Appositio: 5.2 mi
- Grand Challenges in Global Health: 5.2 mi
- John Garrey Tippit Memorial Sundial: 5.2 mi
- Marshall Fire -Robert Sharpe: 3.3 mi
- En Memoria de Los Seis de Boulder: 4.4 mi
- Arbor: 4.5 mi
- Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark: 4.6 mi
- Baseline marker: 4.8 mi
- Centennial Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Waterwise Garden: 4.4 mi
- Centennial Garden: 4.4 mi
- Hickory Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Fortune Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- National Center for Atmospheric Research: 3.0 mi
- National Wildlife Refuge: 5.8 mi
- Davidson Mesa: 6.7 mi
- Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
- Bowes Open Space: 7.8 mi
- Front Porch: 2.9 mi
- Raptor Nesting Site: 4.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.7 mi
- The Amphitheatre: 7.0 mi
- Bitty Buttress: 7.0 mi
- Barbeque: 4.8 mi
- Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Mount Alto Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Boulder Star: 5.0 mi
- Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre: 5.1 mi
- Mork & Mindy Show House: 6.1 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tour: 9.4 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tasting Room: 9.4 mi
- Tungsten: 10.3 mi
- Arapahoe: 12.5 mi
- Serene: 15.1 mi
- Caribou: 15.7 mi
- Nevadaville: 16.1 mi
- Boulder Falls: 8.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 23.9 mi
- Copeland Falls: 23.9 mi
- Upper Copeland Falls: 23.9 mi
- Lower Copeland Falls: 23.9 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 20.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.8 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Shirttail Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr Peak | WSW 248° | 3,198 m | 7.5 mi |
| Thorodin Mountain | WSW 246° | 3,195 m | 7.9 mi |
| Tremont Mountain | WSW 239° | 3,163 m | 9.1 mi |
| Centralia Mountain | SSW 211° | 2,982 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Tom | SSW 202° | 2,969 m | 8.8 mi |
| Miramonte Mountain | WSW 245° | 2,915 m | 7.0 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SSW 213° | 2,846 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Thomas | WSW 241° | 2,845 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 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 | 28 | 28 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 65 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gross Rsvr, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 181179 — Shirttail Peak, Boulder County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358916571
Day trips start here
- Boulder · 6 mi
- Golden · 13 mi
- Arvada · 14 mi
- Idaho Springs · 18 mi
- Denver · 21 mi
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