Gypsum Bluff
Gypsum Bluff is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,940 m. Spruce Mountain stands 2,964 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Round Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1940 m
How to reach it
96 named places within 25 miles
- Little Round Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Hog Point: 4.5 mi
- Blue Springs Point: 5.7 mi
- Biscuit Rock: 6.5 mi
- Burro Creek Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 9.0 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 9.2 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 9.8 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 10.3 mi
- Moab trail rte 3: 10.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 18.5 mi
- DP Spring: 20.5 mi
- Steamboat Spring: 21.5 mi
- Music Mountain: 21.1 mi
- Wildcat Wall: 21.2 mi
- Zappa Wall: 21.8 mi
- Uravan: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gypsum Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Mountain | ESE 105° | 2,964 m | 13.2 mi |
| Uncompahgre Butte | NE 37° | 2,945 m | 8.2 mi |
| Windy Point | E 99° | 2,915 m | 11.0 mi |
| Monument Hill | ENE 67° | 2,898 m | 7.5 mi |
| Long Point Mountain | ENE 58° | 2,856 m | 9.0 mi |
| Snipe Mountain | NE 38° | 2,844 m | 11.0 mi |
| Wolf Hill | N 357° | 2,818 m | 14.6 mi |
| Pace Point | WNW 283° | 2,788 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 62 | 73 | 79 | 77 | 68 | 55 | 43 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Uravan, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358921987
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