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Boulder Falls

Boulder Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Boulder Falls is a waterfall in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,116 m. Niwot Mountain stands 3,497 m to the west-northwest, 8.6 miles off. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
21 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.00577, -105.40645

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Wallstreet Gold Extraction Company Mill: 2.4 mi
  • Mason Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark: 6.5 mi
  • Arbor: 6.7 mi
  • En Memoria de Los Seis de Boulder: 6.7 mi
Attractions
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.0 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.3 mi
  • Boulder Star: 5.9 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.9 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 6.1 mi
Parks
  • Eben G. Fine Park: 5.9 mi
  • The Peoples' Crossing: 5.9 mi
  • Chipeta Park: 6.1 mi
  • Fortune Park: 6.2 mi
  • Boulder Mountain Park: 6.2 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 58
  • Boulder Falls: 0.0 mi
  • Plotinus Wall: 0.1 mi
  • Wall of Winter Warmth: 0.1 mi
  • Tonnere Tower: 0.1 mi
  • Vanishing Point: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves: 51
Museums: 39
Gardens: 35
  • Fortune Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 7.1 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Barbeque: 8.3 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Hidden Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Calypso Cascades: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 21.0 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Boulder Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Niwot MountainWNW 295°3,497 m8.6 mi
Starr PeakS 185°3,198 m7.8 mi
Thorodin MountainS 187°3,195 m8.2 mi
Boulder County HillW 259°3,109 m8.6 mi
Pomeroy MountainW 265°3,054 m9.1 mi
Tennessee MountainWSW 238°3,039 m9.4 mi
Eldorado MountainWSW 248°2,941 m9.0 mi
Miramonte MountainS 181°2,915 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3419:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:2115:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282835404858656255443529
Precip in0.70.91.92.72.91.92.02.12.01.41.00.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gross Rsvr, 6 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1.11.32.611.726.818.34.11.40.81.41.71.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Fourmile Creek AT Orodell, CO, 4 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/2601610962

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