Craig Point
Craig Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,350 m. Mount Wilson stands 4,344 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Spring, a spring 2.7 miles away. San Juan Skyway passes 9.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2350 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gold Point · 23 mi
- Look Out Point · 29 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wrights Mesa: 6.3 mi
- Iron Springs Mesa: 6.9 mi
- Oak Hill: 7.3 mi
- Little Baldy: 7.9 mi
- Coyote Knob: 8.6 mi
- Norwood Town Park: 6.1 mi
- San Miguel County Fairgrounds and Regional Park: 6.5 mi
- Lone Cone State Wildlife Area: 20.5 mi
- Dry Creek Basin State Wildlife Area: 20.9 mi
- Ridgway Town Park: 22.9 mi
- Ames Falls: 24.4 mi
- Upper Twin Falls: 24.5 mi
- Upper Twin Falls: 24.5 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 24.6 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 24.6 mi
- Haskill Hill: 8.9 mi
- Lavender Point: 21.4 mi
- The Rincon: 24.3 mi
- Bassnet Point: 24.7 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 13.4 mi
- 90 Road: 19.5 mi
- Legends Of The West: 23.1 mi
- Little Hawaii Grotto: 24.6 mi
- Mud Spring: 2.7 mi
- Turkey Plot Spring: 7.1 mi
- Galloway Spring: 9.6 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 23.0 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 23.8 mi
- Dallas: 23.7 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 24.0 mi
- Bike path access: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Craig Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | SSE 153° | 4,344 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Sneffels | ESE 112° | 4,315.4 m | 22.6 mi |
| El Diente Peak | SSE 155° | 4,310 m | 22.1 mi |
| Wilson Peak | SSE 151° | 4,274 m | 21.3 mi |
| Gladstone Peak | SSE 152° | 4,230 m | 22.3 mi |
| Dallas Peak | ESE 117° | 4,168 m | 21.5 mi |
| Fowler Peak | SSE 154° | 4,114 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mears Peak | ESE 116° | 4,097 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
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 | 24 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 51 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood #2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358922157
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