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South Table Mountain

South Table Mountain, a peak in Colorado
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South Table Mountain, a peak in Colorado
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South Table Mountain, a peak in Colorado
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South Table Mountain, a peak in Colorado
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South Table Mountain, a peak in Colorado
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South Table Mountain, a peak in Colorado
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South Table Mountain rises to 1,925 m in Colorado. Ely Hill stands 3,048 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is DeLong Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

About

The story

South Table Mountain is a mesa on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Castle Rock, the 6,338-foot (1,932 m) summit of the mesa, is located on private property in Jefferson County, Colorado, 0.56 miles (0.9 km) directly east (bearing 90°) of downtown Golden.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7568606, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,925 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.75545, -105.21063

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • DeLong Park: 0.5 mi
  • Vanover Park: 0.5 mi
  • Kafadar Commons: 0.6 mi
  • Parfet Park: 0.6 mi
  • Stratton Commons: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • Colorado School of Mines "M": 1.7 mi
  • North Sponsor Village: 3.8 mi
  • Vickery Hospitality: 3.9 mi
  • True Value Hospitality: 3.9 mi
  • Honnen Hospitality: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 56
Cliffs: 52
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 46
  • First Class Zone/Food Court: 3.9 mi
  • Food Court: 3.9 mi
  • Cottontail: 7.5 mi
  • Muskrat Meadows: 7.6 mi
  • Whitetail: 7.7 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 4
  • Maxwell Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Lee Gulch: 16.4 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Elk Falls: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 6.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of South Table Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ely HillWNW3,048 m11.6 mi
Mount PenceWSW3,014 m12.7 mi
Snyder MountainWSW2,996 m13.1 mi
Centralia MountainWNW2,982 m9.9 mi
Mount TomWNW2,969 m8.6 mi
Bergen PeakWSW2,957 m11.6 mi
Douglas MountainWNW2,927 m9.1 mi
Saddleback MountainWSW2,906 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3419:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1915:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333441475667737162504032
Precip in0.60.81.32.42.62.12.01.91.41.10.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakewood, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 202838 — South Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358943491

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