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Timpas Picnic Area

Timpas Picnic Area from directly overhead

Timpas Picnic Area is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,347 m. O V Mesa stands 1,650 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Jack Point, a cliff 8.3 miles away. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
USDA Forest Service
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.82355, -103.77135
Around it

34 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 8
  • Merker Hills: 13.8 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 14.3 mi
  • Miller Mesa: 18.3 mi
  • Tater Hill: 21.8 mi
  • Dave Wright Hill: 21.9 mi
Parks: 8
  • Reynolds Park: 15.2 mi
  • Babcock Park: 15.4 mi
  • Tippy Martinez Softball Field: 16.0 mi
  • Potter Park: 16.0 mi
  • City Park: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Historic sites: 4
  • AT&SF Locomotive 1024: 16.4 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 16.4 mi
  • Dolores Mission: 16.4 mi
  • Santa Fe Trail: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 4
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Southwest Chief train mural: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Timpas Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
O V MesaSSE 166°1,650 m22.0 mi
Tater HillSW 225°1,621 m21.8 mi
Clark HillSSE 150°1,611 m24.7 mi
Cedar HillS 185°1,564 m14.3 mi
Merker HillsSW 218°1,520 m13.8 mi
Dave Wright HillSE 133°1,446 m21.9 mi
Meredith HillNNE 24°1,342 m23.7 mi
Miller MesaENE 66°1,320 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3419:4220:21
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:0815:5916:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303442506071777466523930
Precip in0.50.41.11.41.81.42.21.51.00.90.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Junta 17 WSW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1176981146

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