Blair Mountain
Blair Mountain rises to 3,492 m in Colorado. Flat Top Mountain stands 3,766 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is White River Plateau, a peak 3.4 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 17 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Blair Mountain is the highest summit of the White River Plateau in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 11,465-foot (3,495 m) peak is located in White River National Forest, 17.5 miles (28.2 km) north by west (bearing 344°) of the City of Glenwood Springs in Garfield County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q14684319, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3492 m
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Flat Tops Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ripple Creek Overlook · 22 mi
- Ripple Creek Overlook Interpretive Site · 22 mi
131 named places within 25 miles
- White River Plateau: 3.4 mi
- Clinetop Mesa: 3.7 mi
- Hunns Peak: 4.5 mi
- Spring Hill: 6.2 mi
- Fowler Peak: 6.3 mi
- Rifle Mountain Park: 15.6 mi
- Vix Park: 15.8 mi
- Alder Park: 16.0 mi
- Key Williams Park: 16.1 mi
- Hot Shot Park: 16.1 mi
- Meadow Creek Point: 9.6 mi
- Windy Point: 10.0 mi
- Deep Creek Point: 11.0 mi
- Clark Point: 11.1 mi
- Windy Point: 13.4 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 16.6 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 16.7 mi
- Sacred Waters: 17.6 mi
- Sacred Waters: 17.6 mi
- Yampah Source Spring: 17.6 mi
- Deep Lake Spring: 6.3 mi
- Broken Rib Spring: 12.6 mi
- Cocktail Spring: 17.6 mi
- New Castle Historical Museum: 16.6 mi
- Frontier Historical Society Museum: 18.0 mi
- Silt Historical Museum: 21.1 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 17.6 mi
- Grizzly Creek: 18.4 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 18.6 mi
- Doc Holliday Grave: 18.4 mi
- Kid Curry Grave: 18.4 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 18.7 mi
- Carbonate: 5.2 mi
- Deep Lake Day Use: 6.3 mi
- Rifle Falls: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blair Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 49° | 3,766 m | 23.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | ENE 60° | 3,733 m | 17.5 mi |
| Derby Peak | NE 51° | 3,716 m | 19.8 mi |
| Dome Peak | NE 55° | 3,713 m | 23.8 mi |
| Trappers Peak | NE 41° | 3,650 m | 13.5 mi |
| W Mountain | ENE 70° | 3,624 m | 15.9 mi |
| Shingle Peak | ENE 56° | 3,615 m | 13.4 mi |
| Big Marvine Peak | NNE 21° | 3,614 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 30 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood Spgs #2, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358908594
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