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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
3779 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.66526, -105.83057

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 60
  • 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
Attractions: 39
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 6.6 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 11.3 mi
  • Abyss Trailhead: 12.4 mi
  • The Mailbox: 14.3 mi
  • Alpine Slide: 15.5 mi
Artworks: 33
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 20
  • 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
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Willow Creek falls: 16.5 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Continental Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Elk Falls: 24.7 mi
Nature reserves: 3
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 8.7 miles of Baker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakSSE 162°4,352 m2.3 mi
Torreys PeakSSE 162°4,351 m1.6 mi
Mount EdwardsSE 136°4,218 m2.8 mi
Square Top MountainSE 145°4,201 m6.1 mi
Argentine PeakSE 142°4,186 m4.6 mi
Bard PeakNNE 20°4,159 m4.1 mi
Mount ParnassusN 6°4,139 m3.8 mi
Pettingell PeakNW 318°4,104 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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