Copperstain Cliff
Copperstain Cliff is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 3,460 m. East Crestone Peak stands 4,359 m to the south-southwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Colony Baldy, a peak 1.0 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3460 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Frontier Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Colony Baldy: 1.0 mi
- Little Baldy Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Horn Peak: 1.5 mi
- Mount Adams: 2.0 mi
- Fluted Peak: 2.1 mi
- Baca Grande Park: 6.9 mi
- Little Pearl Pocket Park: 7.2 mi
- Hermit Park: 10.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 10.2 mi
- Summit Park: 10.2 mi
- Patton Spring: 14.9 mi
- Bailey Spring: 15.1 mi
- Cedar Spring: 15.7 mi
- Trover Spring: 16.6 mi
- Blue Spring: 18.6 mi
- USFS CORNER: 8.6 mi
- The 38th Parallel: 18.5 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 24.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Hooper Town Park: 24.7 mi
- Crestone Town Hall: 7.2 mi
- All Aboard Westcliffe: 10.3 mi
- SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 11.1 mi
- Beckwith Ranch: 12.9 mi
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 14.9 mi
- Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area: 23.2 mi
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 21.7 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 23.9 mi
- Phantom Terrace: 4.4 mi
- Venable Falls: 4.9 mi
- Double Dipper: 10.5 mi
- Hot Springs: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Copperstain Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Crestone Peak | SSW 197° | 4,359 m | 2.9 mi |
| Crestone Peak | SSW 198° | 4,359 m | 3.0 mi |
| Crestone Needle | S 188° | 4,329 m | 3.0 mi |
| Kit Carson Mountain | SW 224° | 4,319 m | 2.7 mi |
| Challenger Point | SW 227° | 4,294 m | 2.8 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | SSE 162° | 4,289 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Adams | W 269° | 4,248 m | 2.0 mi |
| Columbia Point | SW 219° | 4,242 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crestone 2 SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358927935
Day trips start here
- Great Sand Dunes National Park · 19 mi
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