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Whitepine

Whitepine from directly overhead

Whitepine is a ghost town in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,960 m. Mount Antero stands 4,351 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is West Point Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 17 miles off.

ghost town in Colorado

What the record says

Founded
1880

How to reach it

Coordinates38.54167, -106.39361

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • West Point Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Lake Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Contact Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Stella Mountain: 2.5 mi
Parks: 9
  • Hoover Ranch Park: 17.0 mi
  • South Park: 17.0 mi
  • Poncha Springs Disk Golf Park: 17.1 mi
  • Chipeta Park: 17.4 mi
  • Little River Ranch Park: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Monarch Scenic Tram: 4.9 mi
  • Alpine Station Historic Town: 6.9 mi
  • Riverboat Works: 22.1 mi
  • Limekiln: 23.6 mi
  • The Squeeze: 24.4 mi
Springs: 6
  • Prospector Spring: 17.5 mi
  • East Parlin Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Valdez Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Sage Hen Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 4
  • St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 11.4 mi
  • American House Hotel Parlor: 11.5 mi
  • Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 11.5 mi
  • The Salida Museum: 20.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Browns Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Twin Falls: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Whitepine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnteroNE 41°4,351.4 m12.1 mi
Tabeguache PeakNE 53°4,316.7 m9.6 mi
Mount ShavanoENE 57°4,315 m9.9 mi
Mount OuraySE 132°4,233 m12.3 mi
Cronin PeakNE 37°4,207 m9.9 mi
Grizzly MountainNNE 32°4,171 m8.5 mi
Mount AetnaNE 52°4,160 m5.0 mi
Mount WhiteNE 47°4,159 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4219:5420:34
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2016:0716:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141727374554605850392715
Precip in1.31.31.21.51.20.81.61.61.31.00.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sargents, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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