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Grizzly Creek

Grizzly Creek from directly overhead

Grizzly Creek is a rest area in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,784 m. Mount Sopris stands 3,841 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. 143 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Colorado Department of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.56053, -107.25184
Around it

143 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
  • Lookout Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Buck Point: 7.9 mi
  • Storm King Mountain: 8.2 mi
  • Willow Peak: 8.2 mi
  • Baxter Peak: 8.6 mi
Parks: 50
  • Lookout Mountain Park: 2.8 mi
  • Centennial Park: 4.0 mi
  • A E Axtell Park: 4.1 mi
  • Sayre Park: 4.2 mi
  • Two Rivers Park: 4.3 mi
Hot springs: 8
Cliffs: 8
Museums: 5
Springs: 3
Historic sites: 3
Gardens: 3
  • The Peace Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Eagle Community Gardens: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 2.1 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 3.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Deep Lake Day Use: 14.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grizzly Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SoprisSSE 167°3,841 m21.2 mi
W MountainNNE 16°3,624 m22.5 mi
Shingle PeakN 6°3,615 m23.7 mi
Turret PeakN 8°3,498 m21.9 mi
Blair MountainNNW 331°3,492 m18.4 mi
Timber MountainNNW 346°3,476 m23.8 mi
White River PlateauNNW 333°3,466 m15.0 mi
Hunns PeakNNW 345°3,420 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4320:0020:41
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2716:0616:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F253241485867747265523826
Precip in1.71.61.32.32.11.01.01.52.22.11.71.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shoshone, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/373542275

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