Carbonate Mountain
Carbonate Mountain rises to 4,070 m in Colorado. Mount Antero stands 4,351 m to the north-northeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Cyclone Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 11 miles off.
The story
Carbonate Mountain is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,670-foot (4,167 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 5.4 miles (8.7 km) north (bearing 3°) of the community of Garfield in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q5038009, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,070 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cyclone Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Calico Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Tabeguache Peak: 1.8 mi
- Cronin Peak: 1.9 mi
- Grizzly Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 11.7 mi
- Hoover Ranch Park: 13.4 mi
- Chipeta Park: 13.8 mi
- South Park: 13.9 mi
- Poncha Springs Disk Golf Park: 14.0 mi
- Alpine Station Historic Town: 6.7 mi
- Monarch Scenic Tram: 9.4 mi
- The Squeeze: 16.0 mi
- Rock Pile: 16.5 mi
- Whale's Tail: 16.6 mi
- Mary Murphy Mine: 4.5 mi
- Alpine: 5.9 mi
- St. Elmo: 6.3 mi
- Whitepine: 8.4 mi
- Tincup: 13.6 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 6.2 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 6.2 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 6.2 mi
- The Salida Museum: 16.5 mi
- Hancock: 4.2 mi
- Train Caboose: 17.0 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 17.2 mi
- The Palisades: 6.3 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Windy Point: 22.2 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 12.3 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 15.2 mi
- Mod Buffalo: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Carbonate Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Antero | NNE 32° | 4,351 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Princeton | NNE 15° | 4,329 m | 8.7 mi |
| Tabeguache Peak | E 95° | 4,317 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Shavano | ESE 104° | 4,315 m | 2.5 mi |
| Cronin Peak | N 2° | 4,207 m | 1.9 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | NW 310° | 4,171 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Aetna | SW 214° | 4,160 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount White | NE 51° | 4,159 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:06 | 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 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salida, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 189301 — Carbonate Mountain, Chaffee County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358924962
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