Badger Mountain
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
- 3,434 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Gold Belt Tour, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Valley Overlook · 15 mi
- Geologic Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pulver Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Stoll Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Martlnad Peak: 4.9 mi
- Schoolmarm Mountain: 6.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- Idlewilde Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Barksdale Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Bridge Crossing Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- The Tooth: 9.5 mi
- Elevenmile Dome: 9.6 mi
- Pikes Peak Historical Society Museum: 14.0 mi
- Sasquatch Outpost: 24.8 mi
- Hartsel Hot Springs: 15.2 mi
- McGraw Memorial Park: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Badger Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bison Mountain | N 3° | 3,777 m | 13.1 mi |
| McCurdy Mountain | NNE 11° | 3,702 m | 12.0 mi |
| Windy Peak | NNE 13° | 3,636 m | 18.0 mi |
| North Tarryall Peak | NNW 344° | 3,629 m | 18.9 mi |
| Topaz Mountain | NNW 347° | 3,584 m | 16.7 mi |
| Buffalo Peak | NNE 26° | 3,526 m | 17.5 mi |
| Thirtynine Mile Mountain | S 189° | 3,517 m | 15.1 mi |
| Farnum Peak | NNW 343° | 3,466 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 42 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358920097
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