Mountain Lion
Mountain Lion is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,706 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the west, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake, a picnic site 1.3 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Denver Water
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 14 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 14 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 14 mi
- Panorama Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Turkshead Peak: 2.1 mi
- Warren Peak: 2.5 mi
- Waterton: 3.6 mi
- Carpenter Peak: 3.9 mi
- Stronia Springs Reservoir: 2.7 mi
- Wall of Healing: 9.5 mi
- Ring of Remembrance: 9.6 mi
- Little Scraggy Trailhead: 11.2 mi
- Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 12.5 mi
- Stacy Place Park: 2.7 mi
- Chatfield Farms Park: 2.9 mi
- Cavaletti Park: 3.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Park: 3.3 mi
- Marmot Ridge Park: 3.4 mi
- Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield: 5.5 mi
- Carol Gossard Colorado Native Plant Garden: 5.6 mi
- Riparian Demonstration Garden: 5.6 mi
- Kim Sterne Survival Garden: 5.6 mi
- Community Supported Agricultural Washstand: 5.6 mi
- Gorillas: 8.5 mi
- Gorillas: 8.5 mi
- Danny Dietz Memorial: 11.2 mi
- Windmill: 12.4 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 13.1 mi
- Tiny Town: 10.3 mi
- SpaceX Falcon 9 DISH Network Rocket: 11.1 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 11.5 mi
- Morrison Natural History Museum: 12.6 mi
- Old Stone House: 13.4 mi
- Rattlesnake: 1.3 mi
- Great Blue Heron: 1.9 mi
- Mule Deer: 2.2 mi
- Bighorn Sheep: 2.7 mi
- Catfish Flats: 4.9 mi
- Classification Natural Resource Protection: 5.0 mi
- Westbury Greenbelt: 8.9 mi
- Powderhorn Meadows Greenbelt: 9.2 mi
- Kipling Villas Greenbelt: 9.2 mi
- Weaver Park: 9.3 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 7.4 mi
- Wildcat Point: 11.1 mi
- Red Wall: 14.1 mi
- Meditation Rock: 14.7 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 16.6 mi
- The Chutes: 6.7 mi
- Lee Gulch: 10.4 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 14.7 mi
- Elk Falls: 15.3 mi
- Swim Beach: 5.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 19.4 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 19.4 mi
- Mount Vernon: 15.6 mi
- Dakan: 16.6 mi
- Arapahoe: 21.0 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 13.5 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Mountain Lion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Peak | W 276° | 2,854 m | 8.0 mi |
| Little Scraggy Peak | SW 215° | 2,798 m | 13.4 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | WNW 304° | 2,785 m | 10.3 mi |
| Legault Mountain | WNW 300° | 2,757 m | 8.3 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | NW 312° | 2,711 m | 9.3 mi |
| Campbell Mountain | S 180° | 2,707 m | 13.1 mi |
| Long Scraggy Peak | SSW 203° | 2,681 m | 9.7 mi |
| Crow Hill | WNW 300° | 2,638 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kassler, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/462602796
Day trips start here
- Denver · 20 mi
- Golden · 20 mi
- Arvada · 23 mi
- Idaho Springs · 28 mi
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