Ghost town · Colorado
St. Elmo
St. Elmo is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 3,036 m. Mount Antero stands 4,351 m to the east-southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Evans Firewall & Savard Building, a museum 0.1 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 14 miles off.
ghost town in Colorado
How to reach it
Coordinates38.70472, -106.34500
- 13.6 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
- 25.8 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Mamma: 2.5 mi
- Chrysolite Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Boulder Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Emma Burr Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Sawmill Hill: 4.4 mi
Parks: 13
- Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 12.0 mi
- McPhelemy Park: 14.8 mi
- Columbine Park: 14.8 mi
- Millie Crymble Park: 15.0 mi
- River Park: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 9
- Alpine Station Historic Town: 5.6 mi
- Monarch Scenic Tram: 14.5 mi
- The Squeeze: 15.6 mi
- Rock Pile: 16.1 mi
- Whale's Tail: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Mary Murphy Mine: 2.5 mi
- Alpine: 3.2 mi
- Tincup: 7.9 mi
- Whitepine: 11.6 mi
- Winfield: 20.1 mi
Museums: 4
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 0.1 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 0.1 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 0.1 mi
- The Salida Museum: 22.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Hancock: 4.6 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 19.8 mi
- Train Caboose: 22.4 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
- The Palisades: 6.0 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Browns Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Twin Falls: 16.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 17.7 mi
Springs: 1
- White Water Spring: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 1
- Mod Buffalo: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of St. Elmo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Antero | ESE 112° | 4,351 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Princeton | ENE 61° | 4,329 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Yale | N 10° | 4,328 m | 9.8 mi |
| Tabeguache Peak | SE 137° | 4,317 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Shavano | SE 136° | 4,315 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cronin Peak | SE 135° | 4,207 m | 4.8 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | SSE 156° | 4,171 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Aetna | S 171° | 4,160 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buena Vista 2S, 14 mi away.
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