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Red Mountain Overlook

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Looking north-east from Red Mountain Overlook. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.
Overview · Assembled from verified data

Red Mountain Overlook sits at 10,651 feet along the San Juan Skyway, facing 30 degrees with the land dropping 299 feet within 600 meters of the viewpoint. Brown Mountain rises to the east at 2.0 miles and 12,334 feet, while Ironton Park lies northeast at 2.2 miles and 9,772 feet. Abrams Mountain is visible farther northeast at 4.6 miles, reaching 12,796 feet; it sits on the shared boundary of Ouray and San Juan counties, four miles south of Ouray, within the Uncompahgre National Forest, and historic mines are located on its slopes. Telluride is 6.3 miles west-northwest, Ouray is 7.6 miles north-northeast, and Mountain Village is 8.5 miles west. Sunrise and sunset vary through the year: near the March equinox the sun rises at 07:15 and sets at 19:23; at the June solstice sunrise is 05:50 and sunset 20:37; at the September equinox sunrise is 06:59 and sunset 19:09; and at the December solstice sunrise is 07:24 and sunset 16:56. Molas Pass is the previous lookout along the byway, and Look Out Point follows next.

Access
On the byway
Elevation
10,651 ft
View
Northeast · 30°
Relief
299 ft drop
In view
3 named features
Photos · Real imagery only
Million Dollar Highway
Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
One more colorful valley on San Juan Skyway. If you haven't seen it by yourself you can hardly believe it's real. Deutsche Beschreibung Ein weiteres farbenfrohes Tal am San Juan Skyway. Wenn Du es nicht mal selber gesehen hast, kann man kaum glauben, dass es Realität ist.
Tobias from Germany · CC BY 2.0 · source
Snow Covered Mountains Along Colorado's "Million Dollar Highway," US Route 550.
Alan Stark from Goodyear, AZ, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Snow Covered Mountains Along Colorado's "Million Dollar Highway," US Route 550.
Alan Stark from Goodyear, AZ, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Inside of the Red Mountain Mining District, an abandoned mining cabin sits surrounded by trees alongside Red Mountain, in between the towns of Silverton, & Ouray.
D&RG Railfan · CC BY 3.0 · source
Yankee Girl Mine headframe as viewed looking southwest. 2026.
Shadnlyd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
In view · Named features

What you’re looking at

Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.

  • Brown Mountain12,334 fteast · 2.0 mi
  • Ironton Park9,772 ftnortheast · 2.2 mi
  • Abrams Mountain12,796 ftnortheast · 4.6 mi
When to look · Sun at this latitude

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox07:1519:2318:48
June solstice05:5020:3719:58
September equinox06:5919:0918:35
December solstice07:2416:5616:14

Local time (America/Denver). Computed for this exact position.

Getting there · Position and access

Where it is

  • Telluride6.3 mi west-northwest
  • Ouray7.6 mi north-northeast
  • Mountain Village8.5 mi west
← Before it: Molas PassAfter it: Look Out Point →
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Abrams Mountain · WikipediaCC BY-SA

Abrams Mountain, also known as Mount Abram or Mount Abrams, is a 12,801-foot-elevation (3,902-meter) mountain summit located on the shared boundary of Ouray County with San Juan County in southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated four miles south of the town of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the San Juan Mountains, which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and is west of the Continental Divide. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 3,800 feet above Uncompahgre Gorge in 1.5 mile. Historic mines are located on the slopes of Abrams Mountain. This iconic feature of the Ouray landscape can be seen for many miles while driving Highway 550 south from Montrose toward Ouray, and it dominates the San Juan Skyway from Red Mountain Pass to Ironton Park.

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Common questions

How high is Red Mountain Overlook?

Red Mountain Overlook sits at about 10,651 feet (3,246 m).

What can you see from Red Mountain Overlook?

From Red Mountain Overlook: Brown Mountain (E, 2.0 mi); Ironton Park (NE, 2.2 mi); Abrams Mountain (NE, 4.6 mi).

What is the nearest town to Red Mountain Overlook?

Telluride, 6.3 miles WNW of Red Mountain Overlook.

What is the next lookout after Red Mountain Overlook?

Look Out Point is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Red Mountain Overlook.

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