CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass
CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass is a rest area in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 3,232 m. Pacific Peak stands 4,227 m to the southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Vail Pass Summit, a peak 0.9 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 4.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colorado Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall Overlook · 12 mi
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vail Pass Summit: 0.9 mi
- Shrine Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Uneva Peak: 2.3 mi
- Sneva Peak: 2.5 mi
- Ptarmigan Hill: 3.2 mi
- Eagles Landing: 3.8 mi
- Saw Mill Falts: 4.0 mi
- T11: 4.2 mi
- Frisco Historic Park & Museum: 7.0 mi
- Meadow Creek Park: 7.6 mi
- Three Cowboys: 9.6 mi
- Syncline: 9.7 mi
- Lydia First Violin: 9.7 mi
- Athena First Flute: 9.7 mi
- Tom’s Baby: 9.7 mi
- Alpine Super Slide: 8.7 mi
- Gold Runner Alpine Coaster: 8.7 mi
- Holy Cross Adventure Course: 10.8 mi
- Thunder Cat Cave: 10.9 mi
- Forest Flyer: 11.0 mi
- The Children's Garden: 11.0 mi
- Schoolhouse Garden: 11.0 mi
- Silk Road Garden: 11.0 mi
- Primula Garden: 11.0 mi
- Perennial Borders: 11.0 mi
- Frisco Historic Park & Museum: 7.1 mi
- Lomax Placer Mine: 9.3 mi
- Red White and Blue Fire Museum: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Top Exploratorium: 9.7 mi
- Edwin Carter Discovery Center: 9.7 mi
- Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument: 7.9 mi
- Vail Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
- Sons of Norway: 9.7 mi
- Frank & Theta Brown: 9.7 mi
- Soldiers of the Summit: 9.7 mi
- Willow Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- East Vail Falls: 9.0 mi
- Continental Falls: 10.3 mi
- Booth Falls: 11.1 mi
- Cataract Falls: 21.5 mi
- Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Williams Fork: 20.9 mi
- Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Hand Cart Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Rocky Point: 11.4 mi
- Target Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Eagle Roost: 20.6 mi
- Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 7.8 mi
- Sweet Beach Cove: 9.4 mi
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Vail Nature Center: 10.9 mi
- Edwards Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Edwards: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Peak | SE 145° | 4,227 m | 8.8 mi |
| Crystal Peak | SE 139° | 4,213 m | 8.5 mi |
| Atlantic Peak | SSE 148° | 4,211 m | 9.3 mi |
| Peak 10 | SE 134° | 4,150 m | 8.5 mi |
| Father Dyer Peak | SE 138° | 4,144 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Silverthorne | N 10° | 4,072 m | 8.8 mi |
| East Thorn | NNE 13° | 4,065 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Valhalla | N 0° | 4,017 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 21 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 40 | 26 | 18 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vail, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/373544889
Day trips start here
- Breckenridge · 10 mi
- Vail · 11 mi
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