Sundance Mountain
Sundance Mountain rises to 2,502 m in Colorado. Thunder Butte stands 2,991 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Chautauqua Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 23 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in El Pason County, Colorado, United States.
Wikidata Q49080043, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,502 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 23 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glen Park: 0.7 mi
- Santa Fe Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Limbach Park: 3.6 mi
- Lavelett Park: 3.7 mi
- Monument Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- 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
- Chautauqua Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Ben Lomand Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Raspberry Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Elephant Rock: 2.1 mi
- Monument Rock: 2.7 mi
- 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
- #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
- Labyrinth: 11.0 mi
- The Labyrinth: 12.1 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- The Children's Garden: 16.5 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 16.6 mi
- Memorial Grove: 3.1 mi
- Corporate Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 8.6 mi
- Topaz Point Picnic Ground: 13.8 mi
- The Homestead: 14.0 mi
- Dungeon Museum: 7.5 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 8.5 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 16.0 mi
- Castle Rock Museum: 17.8 mi
- Miramont Castle: 18.1 mi
- Ute Chief Spring: 17.8 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 18.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 18.1 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 18.1 mi
- Stratton Spring: 18.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 17.4 mi
- The Chutes: 22.0 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 23.0 mi
- Hill: 23.6 mi
- Weimer: 23.6 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 19.6 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 19.9 mi
- Hidden Mesa Open Space: 21.3 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 21.7 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 19.4 mi
- Windy Point: 21.8 mi
- Point Sublime: 22.7 mi
- Ship Rock: 22.7 mi
- Wildcat Point: 24.3 mi
- Husted: 8.1 mi
- Gwillimsville: 8.4 mi
- Dakan: 10.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sundance Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Butte | WNW 284° | 2,991 m | 14.8 mi |
| Ormes Peak | S 181° | 2,963 m | 11.8 mi |
| Devils Head | NW 316° | 2,936 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Manitou | S 186° | 2,877 m | 17.8 mi |
| Blodgett Peak | S 174° | 2,873 m | 11.3 mi |
| Signal Butte | WSW 255° | 2,869 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Deception | WSW 257° | 2,849 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | S 185° | 2,816 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
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
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 20 mi
Take the scenic way to Sundance Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.