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Seven Minute Spring

Seven Minute Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Seven Minute Spring is a spring in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,925 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Seven Minute Spring Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Gold Belt Tour passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.85866, -104.91171

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Seven Minute Spring Park: 0.0 mi
  • Mansions Park: 0.1 mi
  • Soda Springs Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mabel Willie Park: 0.6 mi
  • Schryver Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Iron Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Red Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Eagle Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Bear Creek Peak: 2.2 mi
Artworks: 42
Historic sites: 33
Gardens: 32
Museums: 24
  • Heritage Center: 0.1 mi
  • Miramont Castle: 0.6 mi
  • Race Car Museum Outlet: 0.9 mi
  • Old Colorado City History Center Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Ghost Town Wild West Museum: 3.0 mi
Cliffs: 23
Picnic sites: 21
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 5.2 mi
  • South Canyon: 7.6 mi
  • Lazy Land: 7.7 mi
  • Sentinel Point: 7.7 mi
Springs: 10
Waterfalls: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Ghost towns: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Seven Minute Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakW 260°4,302 m7.2 mi
Little Pikes PeakW 265°4,073 m8.0 mi
Devil's PlaygroundW 273°3,984 m8.6 mi
Sachett MountainWSW 247°3,837 m6.6 mi
Sentinel PointW 263°3,814 m10.5 mi
Sheep MountainWSW 240°3,780 m8.9 mi
Almagre MountainSW 224°3,768 m6.4 mi
Mount RosaSSW 195°3,507 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3519:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1516:0016:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733384656605853433326
Precip in0.71.01.93.12.52.13.93.91.91.20.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 4 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in May, leanest in Feb.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs9.29.110.215.632.829.120.920.915.813.211.69.9

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Fountain Creek Near Colorado Springs, Co., 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/336183657

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