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Carbonate Hill

Carbonate Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Carbonate Hill rises to 3,245 m in Colorado. Mount Cameron stands 4,335 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pyrenees Mine Headframe, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 0.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Lake County, Colorado, United States of America

Wikidata Q49018096, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3245 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.24249, -106.27586

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 27
Artworks: 20
Museums: 17
Parks: 17
  • Bob Zaitz Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ice Palace Park: 1.2 mi
  • Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 8.3 mi
  • Alma Town Park & Disc Golf Course: 11.8 mi
  • T11: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 1.7 mi
  • Stringtown Smelters: 1.8 mi
  • Clear Grit Mill: 2.8 mi
  • Dog Memorial: 4.6 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Continental Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Ryks Waterfall: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Carbonate Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CameronNE 49°4,335 m11.1 mi
Mount BrossNE 54°4,321.6 m11.1 mi
Mount DemocratNE 47°4,314.5 m9.9 mi
Mount ShermanESE 102°4,280 m5.8 mi
Gemini PeakE 95°4,243 m5.8 mi
Horseshoe MountainSE 129°4,235 m6.2 mi
Traver PeakNE 40°4,223 m10.5 mi
Dyer MountainE 92°4,214 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4019:5520:36
September equinox06:5318:2919:04
December solstice07:2216:0416:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171825314150555347372517
Precip in1.00.91.01.41.10.81.71.91.10.90.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leadville Lake CO AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 180163 — Carbonate Hill, Lake County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358914956

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