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Unity Gateway

Unity Gateway from directly overhead

Unity Gateway is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,732 m. Doublehead Mountain stands 2,711 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is 17 Mile House Farm Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 21 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.57778, -104.79739

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 17 Mile House Farm Park: 0.8 mi
  • Preservation Park: 1.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Park East: 1.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Park West: 1.4 mi
  • Arapahoe Road Trailhead at Cherry Creek: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • The Ridge: 3.6 mi
  • Clarke Farms: 3.7 mi
  • The Meadows: 3.7 mi
  • The Vista: 3.7 mi
  • Clarke Farms: 3.7 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 51
  • Highlands Point: 9.6 mi
  • Racoon Knob: 11.2 mi
  • Cherokee Mountain: 11.5 mi
  • Ruby Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 15.1 mi
Museums: 48
Nature reserves: 41
Picnic sites: 41
  • Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 5.3 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 8.5 mi
  • Good Times: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 10.7 mi
  • The Chutes: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doublehead MountainW 268°2,711 m24.7 mi
Crow HillW 261°2,638 m24.1 mi
Huebner PeakWSW 258°2,633 m23.4 mi
High PeakW 261°2,611 m23.3 mi
Sampson MountainWSW 257°2,524 m22.3 mi
Lone PeakW 274°2,518 m24.9 mi
Yegge PeakW 264°2,452 m23.1 mi
Bennett MountainSW 233°2,445 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:11
June solstice05:3319:5020:31
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
December solstice07:1715:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341475667737163503931
Precip in0.40.41.01.92.02.01.82.31.31.00.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Centennial AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7903193653

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