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CDOT Rest Area: Hayden

CDOT Rest Area: Hayden from directly overhead

CDOT Rest Area: Hayden is a rest area in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,909 m. Black Mountain stands 3,299 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gnat Hill, a peak 3.2 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates40.50009, -107.37488

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gnat Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Breeze Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Buck Peak: 6.0 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Hillberry Mountain: 10.5 mi
Parks: 10
  • East Park: 8.0 mi
  • Heier Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
  • City Park: 8.9 mi
  • Sherwood Forest: 8.9 mi
  • Alice Pleasant Park: 9.1 mi
Museums: 2
  • Hayden Heritage Center: 6.0 mi
  • Museum of Northwest Colorado: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of CDOT Rest Area: Hayden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainN 358°3,299 m20.1 mi
Mount OliphantN 360°3,248 m21.7 mi
West Bears Ears PeakNNE 19°3,224 m20.3 mi
Mount WelbaN 358°3,222 m23.0 mi
Buck PointN 1°3,209 m22.4 mi
East Bears Ears PeakNNE 20°3,199 m20.1 mi
Cougar MountainNNE 11°3,150 m19.3 mi
Dunckley Flat TopsSSE 154°3,074 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4020:0320:44
September equinox06:5818:3219:08
December solstice07:3016:0316:47

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192434445361686658463320
Precip in1.81.41.42.11.81.11.11.31.71.61.51.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayden, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/373329600

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