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Pieplant Mill

Pieplant Mill from directly overhead

Pieplant Mill is a historic site in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 3,142 m. Mount Harvard stands 4,396 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzly Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 14 miles off.

The story

hamlet in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States

Wikidata Q122548510, matched on coordinates and name (0 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
3142 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.93805, -106.55947

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Grizzly Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Jenkins Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Winfield Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Virginia Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Granite Mountain: 4.7 mi
Parks: 50
  • Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 20.6 mi
  • Ute Childrens Park: 21.6 mi
  • Ajax Park: 21.7 mi
  • Snyder Park: 21.8 mi
  • Anderson Park: 21.8 mi
Museums: 10
  • St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 19.9 mi
  • American House Hotel Parlor: 19.9 mi
  • Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 19.9 mi
  • Aspen Art Museum: 22.1 mi
  • Marx • Phelan Building: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Attractions: 6
  • Oliver's Cabin: 9.4 mi
  • Columbine Mine: 12.3 mi
  • Interlaken: 14.9 mi
  • Ashcroft Ghost Town: 15.2 mi
  • Alpine Station Historic Town: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 3
  • White Water Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Hot Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Hot Spring: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Ryks Waterfall: 13.0 mi
  • Judd Falls: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Chromatic Gate: 23.0 mi
  • Knight and Dragon: 23.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Hancock: 23.2 mi
  • Stringtown Smelters: 24.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • CBCS Community Garden: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Pieplant Mill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HarvardE 94°4,395.6 m12.9 mi
La Plata PeakNE 36°4,372 m7.8 mi
Mount BelfordE 82°4,329.1 m10.8 mi
Mount OxfordE 81°4,315.9 m12.0 mi
Missouri MountainE 86°4,289.8 m9.7 mi
Huron PeakE 85°4,270.2 m6.5 mi
Grizzly PeakNNW 344°4,258 m7.5 mi
Mount HopeNE 53°4,249 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:18
June solstice05:4219:5620:36
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2216:0616:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101422334352575649392612
Precip in1.71.51.31.61.50.92.02.21.61.41.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taylor Park, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/151535380

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