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Sundance Mountain

Sundance Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sundance Mountain rises to 2,502 m in Colorado. Raspberry Mountain stands 3,225 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Chautauqua Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 23 miles off.

The story

mountain in El Pason County, Colorado, United States

Wikidata Q49080043, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2502 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.12138, -104.92915

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Glen Park: 0.7 mi
  • Santa Fe Open Space: 1.5 mi
  • Limbach Park: 3.6 mi
  • Limbach Park: 3.6 mi
  • Lavelett Park: 3.7 mi
Attractions
  • Sidney Harrison Plane Crash Site: 2.6 mi
  • Camel and Llama Rides: 7.5 mi
  • Maze: 7.5 mi
  • Elephant Experience: 7.6 mi
  • Colorado Renaissance Festival: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 39
  • Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 7.9 mi
  • Honor Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Senior Class Crest: 8.1 mi
  • Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 8.1 mi
  • St. Clare: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail: 2.3 mi
  • Core Values Ramp: 8.1 mi
  • Wall of Fallen Graduates: 8.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 33
Picnic sites: 23
Museums: 20
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 10
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Sundance Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Raspberry MountainSW 215°3,225 m18.1 mi
Thunder ButteWNW 284°2,991 m14.8 mi
Ormes PeakS 181°2,963 m11.8 mi
Devils HeadNW 316°2,936 m13.3 mi
Bald MountainSSW 207°2,881 m10.7 mi
Mount ManitouS 186°2,877 m17.8 mi
Blodgett PeakS 174°2,873 m11.3 mi
Signal ButteWSW 255°2,869 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3519:5020:30
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1615:5916:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293137435363686658473529
Precip in0.90.71.53.22.43.02.73.01.61.31.01.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 193236 — Sundance Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358928618

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