Memorial Grove
Memorial Grove is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,180 m. Devil's Playground stands 3,984 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pikes Peak Ranger District, U.S. Forest Service
How to reach it
- 22.5 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 23 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monument Rock: 0.6 mi
- Mount Herman: 1.2 mi
- Raspberry Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Fall Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Chautauqua Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Dirty Woman Creek Park: 1.7 mi
- Limbach Park: 1.8 mi
- Limbach Park: 1.8 mi
- Tri-Lakes Baseball Park: 2.0 mi
- Monument Sculpture Park: 2.0 mi
- Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel: 5.0 mi
- USAFA Terrazzo: 5.0 mi
- Air Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy Visitor Center: 5.0 mi
- Sidney Harrison Plane Crash Site: 5.5 mi
- Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 4.8 mi
- Honor Wall: 4.9 mi
- Senior Class Crest: 5.0 mi
- Brigadier General Robinson Risner Statue: 5.0 mi
- St. Clare: 8.1 mi
- #BeLikeTim: Tim Watkins Memorial Trail: 0.9 mi
- Core Values Ramp: 5.0 mi
- Wall of Fallen Graduates: 5.0 mi
- Air Warrior Combat Memorial: 5.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Labyrinth: 7.9 mi
- The Labyrinth: 9.1 mi
- Mount Saint Francis Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- The Children's Garden: 13.4 mi
- Dr Loomis Memorial Iris Trial Gardens: 13.5 mi
- Main Pavilions A and B: 6.9 mi
- Corporate Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- The Homestead: 11.0 mi
- Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 13.2 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry: 5.5 mi
- Dungeon Museum: 10.2 mi
- Space Foundation Discovery Center: 12.9 mi
- Miramont Castle: 15.3 mi
- Race Car Museum Outlet: 15.4 mi
- Ute Chief Spring: 15.0 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 15.2 mi
- Soda Spring: 15.3 mi
- Cheyenne Spring: 15.3 mi
- Stratton Spring: 15.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 14.5 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 20.1 mi
- Hill: 20.7 mi
- Weimer: 20.7 mi
- Hull: 20.7 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 16.5 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 16.9 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 18.6 mi
- Hidden Mesa Open Space: 23.5 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 16.4 mi
- Windy Point: 19.4 mi
- Point Sublime: 19.7 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 22.1 mi
- Ship Rock: 22.2 mi
- Husted: 5.0 mi
- Gwillimsville: 7.1 mi
- Dakan: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Memorial Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devil's Playground | SSW 211° | 3,984 m | 17.4 mi |
| Raspberry Mountain | SW 225° | 3,225 m | 16.8 mi |
| Marys Mountain | SSW 192° | 3,004 m | 17.4 mi |
| Thunder Butte | WNW 292° | 2,991 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | S 191° | 2,988 m | 16.9 mi |
| Ormes Peak | S 190° | 2,963 m | 9.1 mi |
| Devils Head | NW 320° | 2,936 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SW 222° | 2,881 m | 9.0 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/790567812
Day trips start here
- Colorado Springs · 17 mi
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