California Peak
California Peak rises to 4,221 m in Colorado. Blanca Peak stands 4,374 m to the south-southeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Peaks, a peak 2.0 miles away. Scenic Highway of Legends passes 27 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
California Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,855-foot (4,223 m) thirteener is located on the Sierra Blanca Massif, 12.1 miles (19.5 km) north (bearing 4°) of the Town of Blanca, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating in Rio Grande National Forest and Alamosa County from San Isabel National Forest and Huerfano County.
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Wikidata Q14684351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,221 m
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
102 named places within 25 miles
- Twin Peaks: 2.0 mi
- Ellingwood Point: 2.2 mi
- Blanca Peak: 2.6 mi
- Iron Nipple: 2.8 mi
- Little Bear Peak: 3.3 mi
- Blanca Park: 12.3 mi
- Fort Garland Park: 13.3 mi
- Veteran's Park: 13.8 mi
- San Luis Lake SWA: 14.0 mi
- Mosca Community Park: 20.8 mi
- Denton Spring: 6.1 mi
- Mosca Spring: 8.3 mi
- Patton Spring: 21.6 mi
- Trover Spring: 21.6 mi
- Bailey Spring: 21.7 mi
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 6.2 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 6.5 mi
- Colorado Gators Reptile Park: 21.3 mi
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Number 169: 22.3 mi
- Hooper Town Park: 22.6 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 22.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.9 mi
- Japanese Memorial Garden: 23.1 mi
- Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center: 13.6 mi
- San Luis Valley Museum: 22.4 mi
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 13.9 mi
- Rio Grande Healthy Living Park: 21.9 mi
- Windy Point: 17.7 mi
- Hansen Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Zapata Falls: 3.0 mi
- Duncan: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of California Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanca Peak | SSE 164° | 4,374 m | 2.6 mi |
| Crestone Peak | N 349° | 4,359 m | 24.8 mi |
| East Crestone Peak | N 349° | 4,359 m | 24.8 mi |
| Crestone Needle | N 350° | 4,329 m | 24.6 mi |
| Ellingwood Point | S 171° | 4,282 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Lindsey | SE 125° | 4,282 m | 3.6 mi |
| Little Bear Peak | S 179° | 4,280 m | 3.3 mi |
| Crestone Peaks | N 349° | 4,185 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 63 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Great Sand Dunes NP & Preserve, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 192725 — California Peak, Alamosa County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358928215
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