Columbia Point
Columbia Point rises to 4,242 m in Colorado. Crestone Peak stands 4,359 m to the southeast, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Kit Carson Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 13 miles off.
The story
Columbia Point is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,986-foot (4,263 m) thirteener is located 5.5 miles (8.8 km) east by south (bearing 102°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The Crestones are a cluster of high summits in the Sangre de Cristo Range, comprising Crestone Peak, Crestone Needle, Kit Carson Peak, Challenger Point, Humboldt Peak, and Columbia Point. Columbia Point is subpeak of Kit Carson Mountain. It was known informally as Kat Carson, but was officially named Columbia Point in 2003 to honor the seven astronauts who died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on February 1, 2003. With a topographic prominence over 300 ft (91 m), it qualifies as a separate summit under the standard cutoff, but it is not a well-known peak.
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Wikidata Q5149797, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4242 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Frontier Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kit Carson Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Challenger Point: 0.5 mi
- Obstruction Peak: 0.5 mi
- Crestone Peaks: 1.0 mi
- Crestone Peak: 1.1 mi
- Baca Grande Park: 5.1 mi
- Little Pearl Pocket Park: 5.6 mi
- Hermit Park: 12.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 12.8 mi
- Summit Park: 12.8 mi
- Patton Spring: 15.5 mi
- Bailey Spring: 15.7 mi
- Cedar Spring: 16.4 mi
- Trover Spring: 17.2 mi
- Mosca Spring: 17.6 mi
- USFS CORNER: 10.5 mi
- The 38th Parallel: 17.0 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 22.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Hooper Town Park: 22.1 mi
- Crestone Town Hall: 5.6 mi
- All Aboard Westcliffe: 12.8 mi
- SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 13.7 mi
- Beckwith Ranch: 15.2 mi
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 19.8 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 21.9 mi
- Colorado Gators Reptile Park: 24.0 mi
- Copperstain Cliff: 2.6 mi
- Phantom Terrace: 5.4 mi
- Venable Falls: 6.7 mi
- Zapata Falls: 25.0 mi
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 12.8 mi
- Double Dipper: 13.0 mi
- Hot Springs: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Columbia Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestone Peak | SE 140° | 4,359 m | 1.1 mi |
| East Crestone Peak | SE 136° | 4,359 m | 1.1 mi |
| Crestone Needle | SE 130° | 4,329 m | 1.5 mi |
| Kit Carson Mountain | WNW 284° | 4,319 m | 0.2 mi |
| Challenger Point | WNW 282° | 4,294 m | 0.5 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | E 95° | 4,289 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Adams | N 349° | 4,248 m | 2.0 mi |
| Obstruction Peak | E 93° | 4,205.9 m | 0.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
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 | 21 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crestone 2 SE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Great Sand Dunes National Park · 18 mi
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