- Elevation, modelled
- 1,911 m
- Tallest summit within 15.9 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 13.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour16.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 38.7330, -104.8261
Prairie Skipper Picnic Area is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled 1,911 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Roost Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 16 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Prairie Skipper Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | WNW 302° | 4,302 m | 13.9 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | WNW 303° | 4,073 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | WNW 300° | 3,837 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WNW 289° | 3,780 m | 13.0 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WNW 294° | 3,768 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Rosa | WNW 283° | 3,507 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Big Chief | W 272° | 3,404 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cow Mountain | W 277° | 3,392 m | 14.0 mi |
- 16.2 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 28 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glen Oaks Park: 1.4 mi
- Founder's Field: 1.8 mi
- Oak Meadows Park: 1.9 mi
- Broadmoor Glen Park: 1.9 mi
- Broadmoor Bluffs Park: 2.0 mi
- The Horns: 2.8 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Goat Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Gray Back Peak: 4.3 mi
- Mount Cutler: 4.7 mi
- Domestic Goats: 3.0 mi
- Giraffe Feeding Experience: 3.0 mi
- Tiger: 3.0 mi
- snow leopard: 3.1 mi
- Helen Hunt Falls: 5.7 mi
- Children Holding Hands: 2.3 mi
- Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 4.4 mi
- Dinosauar: 5.6 mi
- Green Dinosaur: 5.7 mi
- The Epicenter: 6.5 mi
- Tank: 1.8 mi
- Mountaineer Train Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Peace Officers' Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Welcome to Colorado Springs: 6.9 mi
- First Stake Of The Fountain Colony: 7.0 mi
- Shipping Container Farm: 3.0 mi
- Bear Sculpture Garden: 3.0 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 6.0 mi
- Rock Garden: 7.1 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.2 mi
- Penrose Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
- World Figure Skating Museum: 4.4 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 6.7 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 6.7 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 7.0 mi
- Point Sublime: 5.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 5.4 mi
- Dakota Hogback: 8.1 mi
- Windy Point: 11.9 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 15.4 mi
- Turkey Roost Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Elk Run Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- South Canyon: 10.1 mi
- Council Grounds: 10.2 mi
- Tahama Spring: 7.4 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 9.8 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 9.9 mi
- Navajo Spring: 10.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 10.0 mi
- Ramona: 4.4 mi
- Feather: 4.4 mi
- Bridal Veil: 4.4 mi
- Shorty: 4.4 mi
- Hill: 4.4 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 0.6 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 6.0 mi
- Fountain Creek Regional Park: 7.2 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 7.5 mi
- Mesa Open Space: 7.9 mi
- Lytle: 9.3 mi
- Franceville: 13.3 mi
- Altman: 16.6 mi
- Husted: 19.4 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo North (Closed): 19.4 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo South: 22.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 9 mi away.
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