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Mount Alto Picnic Area

Mount Alto Picnic Area from directly overhead

Mount Alto Picnic Area is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,572 m. Mount Audubon stands 4,026 m to the west-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.04775, -105.44154

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • Oceanic Wall: 3.1 mi
  • Dream Dome: 3.2 mi
  • Lost Angel Wall: 3.2 mi
  • Wake Up Wall: 3.2 mi
  • Midnight Rock: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 3.9 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 3.9 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 4.0 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 4.0 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 4.0 mi
Parks
  • Chipeta Park: 6.9 mi
  • Nederland Community Library Area: 6.9 mi
  • Private Pond: 7.9 mi
  • The Peoples' Crossing: 8.1 mi
  • Eben G. Fine Park: 8.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves: 47
Museums: 36
Gardens: 31
  • Foothills Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Boulder Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Barbeque: 10.8 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Meeker Park Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 17.7 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Mount Alto Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AudubonWNW 291°4,026 m9.9 mi
Kiowa PeakW 270°4,010 m9.7 mi
Mount NotabonWNW 294°3,872.8 m9.7 mi
Mount AlbionW 266°3,833 m9.3 mi
Little Pawnee PeakWNW 284°3,753 m9.8 mi
Niwot MountainW 277°3,497 m5.9 mi
Bald MountainWSW 248°3,455 m9.7 mi
Klondike MountainWSW 241°3,277 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3419:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2115:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202026313949555346362720
Precip in2.72.83.74.83.82.03.02.52.02.22.32.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder 14 W, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/220513045

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