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CDOT Rest Area: Shaw Creek

CDOT Rest Area: Shaw Creek from directly overhead

CDOT Rest Area: Shaw Creek is a rest area in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,483 m. Bennett Peak stands 4,026 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaw Mesa, a peak 1.5 miles away. Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Colorado Department of Transportation

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Getting there

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Coordinates37.68037, -106.54607
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Shaw Mesa: 1.5 mi
  • Agua Ramon Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Del Norte Peak: 6.3 mi
  • Beaver Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • Sentinel Peak: 7.8 mi
Parks: 14
  • Brown Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
  • Coller Wildlife Area: 9.4 mi
  • Voss Park: 10.5 mi
  • Centennial Park: 10.6 mi
  • North Park: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 2
  • Rio Grande County Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Creede Underground Mining Museum: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Elephant Rocks: 13.2 mi
  • Creede Fork: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Columbine Pinic Ground: 14.7 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Ground: 17.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • La Garita Arch: 12.9 mi
Gardens: 1
Rest areas: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • San Juan Batista Monument: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of CDOT Rest Area: Shaw Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bennett PeakSSE 156°4,026 m14.9 mi
Mesa MountainNNW 343°3,954 m16.2 mi
Pintada MountainSSE 148°3,911 m14.9 mi
North MountainSSW 191°3,868 m16.2 mi
Table MountainWSW 249°3,859 m18.1 mi
Windy MountainSSE 152°3,845 m16.8 mi
Grayback MountainS 182°3,842 m15.1 mi
Sawtooth MountainWSW 246°3,833 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:18
June solstice05:4619:5320:32
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:1816:1116:52

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212736435261656457463323
Precip in0.40.40.70.80.80.61.51.71.10.80.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DEL Norte 3ene, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/373339449

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