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Meadows Group Picnic Area

Meadows Group Picnic Area from directly overhead

Meadows Group Picnic Area is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,441 m. Crater Peak stands 3,447 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Boque Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Grand Mesa passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Colorado Parks & Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.22177, -107.78017

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Boque Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Campbell Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Baldridge Point: 3.6 mi
  • Lenna Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Two Peak: 5.0 mi
Parks: 19
  • Cottonwood Park: 20.9 mi
  • Turkey Trail Park: 21.1 mi
  • Centennial Park: 21.6 mi
  • Beasly Park: 21.6 mi
  • Moki Park: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
Museums: 2
  • Rifle Heritage Museum: 21.5 mi
  • Silt Historical Museum: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Cross and Statue at Entrance: 21.8 mi
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Ward Way Picnic Site: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • CDOT Rest Area: Rifle: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Meadows Group Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crater PeakSSE 153°3,447 m14.1 mi
Mount HattenSSE 156°3,446 m13.1 mi
Mount DarlineSSE 154°3,445 m14.8 mi
Leon PeakSSW 199°3,425 m10.4 mi
Chalk MountainSE 139°3,399 m9.9 mi
South Mamm PeakNNW 336°3,358 m11.3 mi
Priest MountainSSE 169°3,351 m12.6 mi
Haystack MountainNNW 327°3,340 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4620:0120:42
September equinox07:0018:3519:10
December solstice07:2816:1016:52

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161523293849555246352415
Precip in2.93.63.13.02.11.12.02.22.52.62.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonham Rsvr, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/804333563

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