# Raspberry Butte

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/raspberry-butte/
- Also known as: Monkey Face; Raspberry Mountain; Monkey Face Mountain
- Kind: Landmark rocks, buttes and mountains
- Status: Living today
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.2197, -104.909 (USGS GNIS point for the feature itself (a few hundred feet))

- Updated: 2026-10-07

## What we know

Larkspur's double-humped landmark west of town: 'Monkey-face is the common name, "Raspberry Mountain" the actual one' (Jackson, in the Larkspur Historical Society's Book 1, S-0005, pp. 234, 240; Cannon, p. 93), and a photo of the Larkspur School is captioned 'Monkey Face - [Raspberry] Mountain' (p. 303). It is named among the town's landmarks in the Larkspur Historic Committee's 1989 letter to the state preservation board (p. 441). GNIS lists a separate summit, 'Monkey Face,' about 700 yards east of this one (39.21956, -104.90119).

## Where it was

USGS GNIS summit 'Raspberry Butte', Douglas County (2021 Colorado file, S-0007). Good to a few hundred feet.

## Sources

- S-0005: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0005
- S-0006: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0006
- S-0007: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0007
- S-0045: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0045

## Nearby

- [Stensma child's grave](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/stensma-childs-grave/): 0.8 mi south
- [Lincoln Fur Farm](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/lincoln-fur-farm/): 0.9 mi southeast
- [Abbe Ranch House](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/abbe-ranch-house/): 1.1 mi west
- [Stone Canyon Cemetery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/stone-canyon-cemetery/): 1.2 mi south
- [Frink House](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/frink-house/): 1.3 mi east
- [American Federation of Human Rights headquarters](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/american-federation-of-human-rights-headquarters/): 1.3 mi northeast

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.