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Badger Mountain

Badger Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Badger Mountain rises to 3,434 m in Colorado. Bison Mountain stands 3,777 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Top view, a attraction 1.2 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 14 miles off.

The story

Badger Mountain is a mountain summit in the South Park Hills of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,295-foot (3,443 m) peak is located in Pike National Forest, 9.6 miles (15.5 km) northwest by west (bearing 300°) of the community of Lake George in Park County, Colorado, United States. Badger mountain is the most prominent mountain of the Puma Hills area, overlooking nearby Wilkerson Pass. It borders the edge of the Lost Creek Wilderness. Badger Mountain road allows motor vehicles access to the summit.

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Wikidata Q4840850, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3434 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.04888, -105.51278

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pulver Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Round Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Stoll Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Round Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Martlnad Peak: 4.9 mi
Parks: 11
  • Elevenmile State Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
  • Florissant Children's Park: 14.5 mi
  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: 15.7 mi
  • Horse Park: 19.7 mi
  • Divide Regional Park: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Top view: 1.2 mi
  • Longwater Rock: 11.4 mi
  • Chicken Scratch Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Hackett Rock: 11.7 mi
  • The Big Stump: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Idlewilde Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Barksdale Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Bridge Crossing Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • The Tooth: 9.5 mi
  • Elevenmile Dome: 9.6 mi
Museums: 2
Hot springs: 1
Historic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Badger Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bison MountainN 3°3,777 m13.1 mi
McCurdy MountainNNE 11°3,702 m12.0 mi
Windy PeakNNE 13°3,636 m18.0 mi
North Tarryall PeakNNW 344°3,629 m18.9 mi
Topaz MountainNNW 347°3,584 m16.7 mi
Buffalo PeakNNE 26°3,526 m17.5 mi
Thirtynine Mile MountainS 189°3,517 m15.1 mi
Farnum PeakNNW 343°3,466 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3719:5220:32
September equinox06:5018:2619:01
December solstice07:1816:0116:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161929374656626053423018
Precip in0.30.30.60.91.41.22.22.21.10.60.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake George 8 SW, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358920097

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