- Elevation, modelled
- 2,607 m
- Tallest summit within 16.4 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 12.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour1.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9119, -105.2563
Barksdale Picnic Area is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled 2,607 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, a park 1.1 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 1.2 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Barksdale Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | ESE 113° | 4,302 m | 12.4 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | ESE 112° | 4,073 m | 11.4 mi |
| Devil's Playground | ESE 108° | 3,984 m | 10.5 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | ESE 117° | 3,837 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sentinel Point | ESE 121° | 3,814 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | SE 127° | 3,780 m | 13.6 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | ESE 120° | 3,768 m | 16.4 mi |
| Cow Mountain | SE 139° | 3,392 m | 14.1 mi |
- 1.2 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 1 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: 1.1 mi
- Florissant Children's Park: 2.6 mi
- Divide Regional Park: 5.7 mi
- Community Park: 10.9 mi
- Lions Park: 12.0 mi
- Twin Rocks: 1.5 mi
- Granite Hills: 2.9 mi
- Grouse Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 3.9 mi
- Lone Eagle: 3.9 mi
- Shale Outcrop: 1.6 mi
- The Big Stump: 1.7 mi
- COLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER: 2.7 mi
- Pancake Rocks: 10.2 mi
- Halfway Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Back to Kansas: 13.1 mi
- Rita the Rock Planter: 14.7 mi
- Big Red Chair: 18.9 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 20.7 mi
- Honor Wall: 20.8 mi
- The Labyrinth: 20.6 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- The Secret Garden: 22.0 mi
- westside community garden: 22.5 mi
- Heritage Garden: 23.4 mi
- Elevenmile Dome: 7.7 mi
- The Tooth: 7.7 mi
- Windy Point: 14.3 mi
- Quarry Wall: 18.7 mi
- Peg Leg Wall: 19.0 mi
- America the Beautiful: 12.5 mi
- Abandoned cabin: 14.7 mi
- abandoned bull pen: 15.1 mi
- Gresson Ore Sorting: 15.3 mi
- Nelson Camp: 18.7 mi
- Pikes Peak Historical Society Museum: 2.9 mi
- Outlaws & Law Men Jail Museum: 12.1 mi
- Heritage Center: 12.2 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 12.3 mi
- Cripple Creek District Museum: 12.3 mi
- Iron Spring: 18.1 mi
- Ute Chief Spring: 18.3 mi
- Twin Spring: 18.4 mi
- Stratton Spring: 18.5 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 18.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 18.0 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 20.8 mi
- Bridal Veil: 22.2 mi
- Shorty: 22.2 mi
- Hull: 22.2 mi
- Idlewilde Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 14.3 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 15.6 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 22.8 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 22.8 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 24.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 60 | 58 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Florissant Fossil Beds, 2 mi away.
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