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Spruce Mountain
Mountain/Rock
Spruce Mountain 

Page Type: Mountain/Rock

Location: Colorado, United States, North America

Lat/Lon: 39.15530°N / 104.89800°E

County: El Paso

Activities: Hiking

Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Elevation: 7605 ft / 2318 m

 

Page By: sarah.simon

Created/Edited: May 23, 2007 / Jun 13, 2007

Object ID: 295491

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Table of Contents

Overview

Getting There

Red Tape

Weather

Images

Overview

 
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View from near the summit
Not so much a mountain as a butte, Spruce Mountain provides a nice day outing that is close to home for many along the Front Range (particularly the northern Colorado Springs area or southern Denver). Convenient to I-25, the hike to Spruce Mountain treats the hiker to cool breezes and wide-open views with minimal sacrifice.

Spruce Mountain is part of the 3,000 acre Greenland Ranch Open Space. This rolling "Marlborough Man" country dotted with buttes is especially lovely in the fall when the grasses turn golden and the scrub oak rust a lovely red. From the summit, look for snow dusted Pikes Peak to your south-southwest.

Colorado Rank: Unranked
Prominance: 265 feet

Getting There

 
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Enjoying wide open views from near the summit
From I-25 take Exit #163 (County Line Road). Turn left and drive 2.5 miles to a T intersection. Turn right on Spruce Mountain Road and drive 3.6 miles to a dirt parking lot on the left.

See the Upper Loop on Spruce Mountain route for trail details.

Red Tape

Douglas County Open Space welcomes horses and bicyles. Dogs must be on a leash.

Weather

Zone Forecast for Monument, CO

Images




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