Red Elephant Point
Red Elephant Point is a cliff in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 2,826 m. Blair Mountain stands 3,492 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 12 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2826 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Flat Tops Trail
103 named places within 25 miles
- Big Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Horse Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Middle Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Snowdrift Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Coulter Mesa: 5.5 mi
- Rifle Mountain Park: 8.1 mi
- Rifle Gap State Park: 10.8 mi
- Hubbard Mesa Open OHV Area: 13.9 mi
- Davidson Park: 16.8 mi
- Moki Park: 16.9 mi
- Roan Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Clark Point: 11.8 mi
- Warner Point: 12.8 mi
- Deep Creek Point: 13.1 mi
- Meadow Creek Point: 14.1 mi
- Rifle Heritage Museum: 17.1 mi
- Silt Historical Museum: 18.1 mi
- New Castle Historical Museum: 20.9 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 16.9 mi
- Cross and Statue at Entrance: 16.9 mi
- Rifle Falls: 9.5 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Rifle: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Elephant Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Mountain | E 87° | 3,492 m | 21.4 mi |
| White River Plateau | E 94° | 3,466 m | 23.4 mi |
| Spring Hill | ESE 103° | 3,386 m | 22.2 mi |
| Flatiron Mountain | ESE 109° | 3,297 m | 24.4 mi |
| Clinetop Mesa | E 95° | 3,246 m | 19.4 mi |
| Fowler Peak | ENE 70° | 3,185 m | 19.0 mi |
| Burro Mountain | ENE 57° | 3,098 m | 14.7 mi |
| Camel Peak | NE 52° | 3,057 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:03 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rifle 3ene, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358908571
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