CDOT Rest Area: Poudre
CDOT Rest Area: Poudre is a rest area in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,493 m. Lookout Mountain stands 3,230 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Hollow Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 3.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- CDOT
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
Named places within 25 miles
- Cottonwood Hollow Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Ponds Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Riverbend Ponds: 1.3 mi
- Cattail Chorus: 1.5 mi
- The Coterie: 1.8 mi
- Dovetail Park: 1.2 mi
- Stewart Case Park: 1.9 mi
- Edora Park: 2.2 mi
- English Ranch Park: 2.4 mi
- Traverse Park: 2.4 mi
- Campbell's Soup Can: 3.6 mi
- Meet The Challenge: 3.7 mi
- Public Service Company Electrical Substation: 3.7 mi
- Poetry: 3.9 mi
- Newton Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Bingham Hill: 8.9 mi
- Arthurs Rock: 9.5 mi
- Antelope Hill: 9.9 mi
- Horsetooth Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Goat Hill: 10.1 mi
- Torture Chamber: 7.2 mi
- Bootie Slab: 7.3 mi
- Piano Ridge: 7.3 mi
- Duncan's Ridge: 7.5 mi
- Bolt Wall: 7.7 mi
- Museo de las Tres Colonias: 3.3 mi
- Avenir Museum: 3.5 mi
- Allicar Museum: 3.5 mi
- Heritage Courtyard at Library Park: 3.7 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art: 4.0 mi
- Strauss Cabin: 1.8 mi
- Annie's Grave: 4.1 mi
- Don Lightbody: 4.1 mi
- Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado: 6.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Monfort Quadrangle: 4.0 mi
- FoCo Cafe Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Murphy Center Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Rolland Moore Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Tailholt Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Dixon Reservoir Beach: 7.0 mi
- Willows Landing: 8.1 mi
- Mussel Beach: 8.3 mi
- Heron Cove: 8.4 mi
- Lake Loveland Swim beach: 11.1 mi
- Skyline Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Homestead Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Eltuck Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Ouzel: 19.5 mi
- Century Park Picnic Site: 24.8 mi
- Blue Arena: 8.3 mi
- Public Apple Trees (autumn harvest): 13.3 mi
- Horsetooth Falls: 9.3 mi
- Grouse Hollow Falls: 17.4 mi
- Stout: 8.3 mi
- Nelson Spring: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of CDOT Rest Area: Poudre. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | W 265° | 3,230 m | 23.8 mi |
| East White Pine Mountain | W 277° | 3,111 m | 23.2 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | W 266° | 3,029 m | 22.4 mi |
| Storm Mountain | WSW 255° | 3,015 m | 20.6 mi |
| Crosier Mountain | WSW 248° | 2,809 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 237° | 2,722 m | 23.7 mi |
| Boiler Hill | W 263° | 2,697 m | 20.3 mi |
| Pole Hill | SW 236° | 2,647 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:53 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 32 | 41 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 37 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Collins 4 E, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/373357140
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- Estes Park · 30 mi
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