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Vogel Canyon Picnic Area

Vogel Canyon Picnic Area from directly overhead

Vogel Canyon Picnic Area is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,337 m. O V Mesa stands 1,650 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dixie Bluffs, a cliff 8.7 miles away. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
US Forestry Service
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.76997, -103.51279
Around it

41 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 19
  • Miller Mesa: 11.4 mi
  • Dave Wright Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Mothers Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Lone Mesa: 16.3 mi
  • Kim Hill: 17.2 mi
Parks: 8
  • Tippy Martinez Softball Field: 14.1 mi
  • City Park: 14.4 mi
  • Potter Park: 15.0 mi
  • Santa Fe Plaza: 15.1 mi
  • Reynolds Park: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Dolores Mission: 10.0 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 14.5 mi
  • AT&SF Locomotive 1024: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 3
Museums: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Southwest Chief train mural: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
O V MesaSSW 207°1,650 m19.8 mi
Clark HillS 186°1,611 m17.9 mi
Cedar HillSW 236°1,564 m18.7 mi
Alexander MesaSE 127°1,525 m24.5 mi
Nelson HillSE 134°1,523 m23.1 mi
Merker HillsWSW 252°1,520 m23.7 mi
Long Canyon HillSSE 151°1,519 m19.2 mi
Lone MesaSE 131°1,515 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3319:4120:20
September equinox06:4318:1818:53
December solstice07:0715:5816:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544526273787667544232
Precip in0.50.41.01.61.81.82.42.10.91.10.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Junta 20 S, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/284445204

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