Redstone, Colorado Weather
Redstone, Colorado — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Redstone, Pitkin County.
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About Redstone, Colorado
Redstone sits in a broad valley, a ribbon of civilization unspooling between the imposing shoulders of the Elk Mountains. It lies 46.3 miles north-west of Bayamón, PR (from Bayamón, PR: bearing 305°T), and is situated 15.4 miles south of Carbondale. The Crystal River, a restless, clear artery, flows with an insistent murmur, its banks lined with cottonwoods that shed gold in the autumn and whisper secrets on the summer breeze. The land itself is a study in rugged grace, slopes rising sharply from the valley floor, cloaked in the deep green of spruce and fir, their peaks often dusted with snow even as wildflowers bloom in the meadows below. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, has a peculiar quality, a softened luminescence that seems to leach the harshness from the jagged rock faces and imbue the entire landscape with a quiet, enduring beauty. This quiet beauty belies a history deeply rooted in resourcefulness and a boom-and-bust cycle. Redstone owes its early existence, and its name, to the rich veins of coal that once fueled industries far from this secluded valley. The echoes of that past are still visible in the sturdy, stone buildings that line the main street, remnants of a time when miners and their families made their lives here, their fortunes tied to the earth’s dark bounty. Today, the economy of Redstone has shifted, drawing sustenance from the allure of the surrounding wilderness, from the anglers who cast lines into the Crystal River and the hikers who tread the mountain trails, their presence a gentle counterpoint to the enduring silence of the peaks. The distinctive red sandstone architecture, a legacy of that coal-mining era, lends a unique character to the town, a constant, visible reminder of its origins.
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| Location | Redstone, Pitkin County, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39.180819°N, 107.239773°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 81623 |
| Area Code | 719 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Redstone, Colorado Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Redstone, Colorado, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Redstone includes coordinates 39.180819°N, 107.239773°W, situated in Pitkin County. ZIP code 81623. Telephone area code: 719. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
