Chrysolite Mountain
Chrysolite Mountain rises to 3,843 m in Colorado. Mount Antero stands 4,351 m to the east, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Murphy Mine, a ghost town 0.3 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Colorado, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020573, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,843 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
- 28.5 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Mamma: 1.5 mi
- Grizzly Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Pomeroy Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Mount Arps: 2.7 mi
- Boulder Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 12.9 mi
- Columbine Park: 16.7 mi
- McPhelemy Park: 16.7 mi
- Millie Crymble Park: 16.7 mi
- River Park: 17.2 mi
- Alpine Station Historic Town: 3.8 mi
- Monarch Scenic Tram: 11.8 mi
- The Squeeze: 16.9 mi
- Rock Pile: 17.4 mi
- Whale's Tail: 17.6 mi
- Mary Murphy Mine: 0.3 mi
- St. Elmo: 2.7 mi
- Alpine: 4.5 mi
- Whitepine: 9.0 mi
- Tincup: 9.5 mi
- Hancock: 2.0 mi
- Train Caboose: 21.1 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 21.2 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 22.1 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 2.6 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 2.6 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 2.6 mi
- The Salida Museum: 20.6 mi
- The Palisades: 3.9 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 15.7 mi
- White Water Spring: 23.1 mi
- Prospector Spring: 23.5 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 17.8 mi
- Mod Buffalo: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Chrysolite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Antero | E 84° | 4,351 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Princeton | NE 43° | 4,329 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Yale | N 8° | 4,328 m | 12.4 mi |
| Tabeguache Peak | ESE 119° | 4,317 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Shavano | ESE 120° | 4,315 m | 6.5 mi |
| Cronin Peak | ESE 102° | 4,207 m | 3.4 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | SE 127° | 4,171 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Aetna | SSE 167° | 4,160 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buena Vista 2S, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 189306 — Chrysolite Mountain, Chaffee County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358924994
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