Ghost town · Colorado
Whitepine
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
- 16.8 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 21 mi
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
- The Palisades: 6.1 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Windy Point: 18.6 mi
- V Rock: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Mary Murphy Mine: 9.1 mi
- St. Elmo: 11.6 mi
- Alpine: 13.2 mi
- Tincup: 15.4 mi
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
- Hancock: 7.0 mi
- Train Caboose: 21.8 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Browns Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 1
- Mod Buffalo: 21.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 23.1 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Antero | NE 41° | 4,351 m | 12.1 mi |
| Tabeguache Peak | NE 53° | 4,317 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Shavano | ENE 57° | 4,315 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Ouray | SE 132° | 4,233 m | 12.3 mi |
| Cronin Peak | NE 37° | 4,207 m | 9.9 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | NNE 32° | 4,171 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Aetna | NE 52° | 4,160 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount White | NE 47° | 4,159 m | 11.6 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 | 07:20 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 58 | 50 | 39 | 27 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sargents, 10 mi away.
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