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Tahama Spring

Tahama Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Tahama Spring is a spring in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,824 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Trees of the National Society Daughters of the American Colonist, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 19 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.84017, -104.82786

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Boulder Crescent Park: 0.2 mi
  • Carnegie Public Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Acacia Park: 0.4 mi
  • Antlers Park: 0.4 mi
  • Palmer Center Plaza: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Bear Creek Peak: 4.3 mi
  • Austin Bluffs: 4.5 mi
  • The Mesa: 4.5 mi
  • Mount Cutler: 4.5 mi
  • Mays Peak: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Our Lady of Fatima: 0.3 mi
  • Alan’s Odd Duck: 0.3 mi
  • Airing: 0.5 mi
  • Hank: 0.5 mi
  • Adaman Mural: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 33
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 21
  • South Canyon: 3.8 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Kinnickinnick: 4.0 mi
  • Sentinel Point: 4.1 mi
  • Council Grounds: 4.1 mi
Springs: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Weimer: 4.9 mi
  • Hull: 4.9 mi
  • Shorty: 4.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Tahama Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakW 270°4,302 m11.6 mi
Little Pikes PeakW 273°4,073 m12.5 mi
Devil's PlaygroundW 277°3,984 m13.2 mi
Sachett MountainW 263°3,837 m10.6 mi
Sentinel PointW 270°3,814 m14.9 mi
Sheep MountainWSW 255°3,780 m12.6 mi
Almagre MountainWSW 249°3,768 m9.6 mi
Mount RosaSW 227°3,507 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3519:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1515:5916:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341485767727063514032
Precip in0.30.30.81.42.02.33.13.01.30.80.40.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs28.331.337.658.010361.962.266.148.133.432.629.8

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Monument Creek AT Bijou St. AT Colo. Springs, CO, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Western Honey Bee303 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel218 obs
  • Red-shouldered Bug179 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider160 obs
  • Asiatic Wall Jumping Spider149 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle143 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse130 obs
  • Mule Deer125 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/3120031356

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