Whale Watch Mesa
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Whale Watch Mesa is a picnic site in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,994 m. Black Mountain stands 3,271 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Arington Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 5 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 5 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 5 mi
- Panorama Point · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arington Park: 0.8 mi
- North Ranch Park: 1.4 mi
- Stafford Hogback: 1.5 mi
- Valley Park: 2.2 mi
- Brannon Gearhart Park: 2.5 mi
- Bradford-Perley House: 1.0 mi
- Summer White House Site: 2.7 mi
- Walker Home Ruins: 2.7 mi
- Veterans Monument at Ken Caryl Ranch: 4.8 mi
- City of Lakewood: 5.4 mi
- Mount Lindo: 1.1 mi
- Tin Cup: 1.2 mi
- Silver Cliff: 1.3 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.5 mi
- Stafford Hogback: 1.6 mi
- Alkire Greenbelt: 2.3 mi
- Country West Greenbelt: 3.1 mi
- Powderhorn Meadows Greenbelt: 3.1 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 3.6 mi
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt: 3.6 mi
- Bandimere Speedway: 3.7 mi
- Trading Post: 3.9 mi
- Geological Nonconformity (1400 Ma): 4.1 mi
- Concretion: 4.7 mi
- Volcanic Ash Deposit: 4.7 mi
- Spirit: 3.9 mi
- CCC Worker: 4.1 mi
- Windmill: 4.6 mi
- Mother Cabrini Vending Machine: 7.1 mi
- Station 1: 7.1 mi
- Jefferson Green Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Janice Ford Memorial Dye Garden: 6.1 mi
- Market Garden: 6.1 mi
- Community Supported Agricultural Washstand: 6.1 mi
- Plant Select Garden: 6.1 mi
- Tiny Town: 1.9 mi
- Morrison Natural History Museum: 2.8 mi
- Colorado Music Hall of Fame: 4.1 mi
- Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center: 5.0 mi
- Trek Through Time Exhibit Hall: 5.6 mi
- Eagle Eye Shelter: 2.8 mi
- Cottontail: 3.3 mi
- Muskrat Meadows: 3.4 mi
- Whitetail: 3.6 mi
- LOB19: 5.3 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 2.5 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 6.9 mi
- Meditation Rock: 10.2 mi
- The East Quarry: 11.4 mi
- Red Wall: 12.5 mi
- Mount Vernon: 5.8 mi
- Arapahoe: 11.5 mi
- Russell Gulch: 21.9 mi
- Nevadaville: 22.4 mi
- Lee Gulch: 10.3 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 10.4 mi
- Elk Falls: 13.9 mi
- The Chutes: 15.8 mi
- Swim Beach: 7.2 mi
- Swim Beach: 18.5 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 18.5 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 3.7 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Whale Watch Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | WSW 245° | 3,271 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Pence | WNW 291° | 3,014 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bergen Peak | WNW 290° | 2,957 m | 11.7 mi |
| Riley Peak | SSW 210° | 2,854 m | 9.9 mi |
| Berrian Mountain | SW 236° | 2,785 m | 6.6 mi |
| Legault Mountain | SW 218° | 2,757 m | 6.5 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | SW 230° | 2,711 m | 5.0 mi |
| Centennial Cone | NW 318° | 2,640 m | 13.4 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 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 33 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marston Fltr PLT, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Golden · 10 mi
- Arvada · 14 mi
- Denver · 14 mi
- Idaho Springs · 20 mi
- Boulder · 29 mi
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