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South Boulder Peak

South Boulder Peak, a peak in Colorado
South Boulder Peak, a peak in ColoradoWendell Smith · CC BY 3.0

South Boulder Peak rises to 2,598 m in Colorado. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the west-southwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

South Boulder Peak is a mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 8,541-foot (2,603 m) peak is located in Boulder Mountain Park, 5.2 miles (8.3 km) south-southwest of downtown Boulder in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49075722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2,598 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.95375, -105.29946

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Boulder Mountain Park: 1.4 mi
  • Shanahan Ridge Park: 2.6 mi
  • Bear Creek Park: 2.7 mi
  • Harlow Platts Community Park: 3.0 mi
  • Bill Bower Park: 3.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites: 57
  • En Memoria de Los Seis de Boulder: 3.2 mi
  • Arbor: 3.3 mi
  • Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark: 3.3 mi
  • Marshall Fire -Robert Sharpe: 3.6 mi
  • Baseline marker: 3.8 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Waterwise Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Centennial Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves: 50
Cliffs: 49
  • Front Porch: 1.7 mi
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 2.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.4 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 5.7 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Barbeque: 4.0 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 16
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Boulder Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 22.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Crystal Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 24.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of South Boulder Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakWSW3,198 m7.6 mi
Thorodin MountainSW3,195 m8.1 mi
Tremont MountainSW3,163 m9.5 mi
Centralia MountainSSW2,982 m9.4 mi
Mount TomSSW2,969 m9.9 mi
Miramonte MountainSW2,915 m7.3 mi
Blue MountainSSW2,846 m5.7 mi
Mount ThomasSW2,845 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:5018:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282835404858656255443529
Precip in0.70.91.92.72.91.92.02.12.01.41.00.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gross Rsvr, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358916575

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