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Baker Mountain

Baker Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Baker Mountain rises to 3,779 m in Colorado. Grays Peak stands 4,352 m to the south-southeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cupid, a peak 1.5 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3,779 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.66526, -105.83057

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 59
  • Dinger Park: 5.7 mi
  • Library Corner Park: 7.6 mi
  • City Park: 7.8 mi
  • Gateway Park: 7.8 mi
  • Triangle Park: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 33
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 19
  • George Rowe Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Hamill House Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 7.6 mi
  • Georgetown Energy Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Summit Historical Museum: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 11.6 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 6.6 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 11.3 mi
  • The Mailbox: 14.3 mi
  • Alpine Slide: 15.5 mi
  • Country Boy Mine: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Willow Creek falls: 16.5 mi
  • Continental Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Elk Falls: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 13.3 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 15.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Baker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakSSE4,352 m2.3 mi
Torreys PeakSSE4,351 m1.6 mi
Mount EdwardsSE4,218 m2.8 mi
Square Top MountainSE4,201 m6.1 mi
Argentine PeakSE4,186 m4.6 mi
Bard PeakNNE4,159 m4.1 mi
Mount ParnassusN4,139 m3.8 mi
Pettingell PeakNW4,104 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3719:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2116:0016:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222227334252575649392922
Precip in1.01.22.02.82.11.52.82.61.61.41.31.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cabin Creek, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 181832 — Baker Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358918178

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