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Lakemoor Community Picnic Area

Lakemoor Community Picnic Area from directly overhead

Lakemoor Community Picnic Area is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,354 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. Gold Belt Tour passes 1.3 miles off.

Community Picnic Area with access to fishing.

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Coordinates38.73896, -105.25837

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Booger Red Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Pisgah: 2.5 mi
  • Lookout Point: 2.8 mi
  • Red Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.1 mi
Parks
  • Mountain View Adventure Park: 3.4 mi
  • Lower Beaver Park: 11.6 mi
  • Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area: 12.1 mi
  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: 12.4 mi
  • Cathedral Park: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad: 4.7 mi
  • Mollie Kathleen Mine: 5.4 mi
  • Pancake Rocks: 9.2 mi
  • Shale Outcrop: 12.2 mi
  • Seep Springs Arch: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Rita the Rock Planter: 5.1 mi
  • Anklyosaurus: 17.1 mi
  • Allosaurus: 17.1 mi
  • Brachiosaurus: 17.1 mi
  • Back to Kansas: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Bear Sculpture Garden: 21.9 mi
  • Shipping Container Farm: 21.9 mi
  • The Secret Garden: 22.7 mi
  • westside community garden: 23.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Quarry Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Peg Leg Wall: 7.1 mi
  • Cactus Rose: 7.4 mi
  • Bank North: 7.5 mi
  • Gem Vault: 7.5 mi
Museums: 22
  • Outlaws & Law Men Jail Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Cripple Creek District Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Cripple Creek District Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Cripple Creek District Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Heritage Center: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Gresson Ore Sorting: 7.0 mi
  • America the Beautiful: 13.6 mi
  • Nelson Camp: 16.4 mi
  • George Eber Duclo: 20.5 mi
  • Mountaineer Train Memorial: 22.0 mi
Springs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Lakemoor Community Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
  • Barksdale Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Idlewilde Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 18.2 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 7
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Dakota Hot Springs: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Lakemoor Community Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakENE 59°4,302 m13.5 mi
Little Pikes PeakNE 54°4,073 m13.1 mi
Devil's PlaygroundNE 49°3,984 m13.3 mi
Sachett MountainENE 66°3,837 m13.8 mi
Sentinel PointNE 50°3,814 m10.9 mi
Sheep MountainENE 71°3,780 m11.6 mi
Almagre MountainENE 76°3,768 m14.7 mi
Mount Big ChiefE 90°3,404 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3719:5020:30
September equinox06:4918:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0216:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242532374758626054433324
Precip in0.50.61.31.71.81.83.23.41.70.90.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cripple Creek 3nnw, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1525577131

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