Crater Peak
Crater Peak rises to 3,447 m in Colorado. Huntsman Mountain stands 3,590 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Darline, a peak 0.8 miles away. Grand Mesa passes 15 miles off.
The story
Crater Peak is the highest summit of Grand Mesa in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 11,333-foot (3,454 m) peak is located on the drainage divide separating Grand Mesa National Forest and Gunnison National Forest, 12.3 miles (19.8 km) north-northwest (bearing 342°) of the Town of Paonia in Delta County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q5182631, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3447 m
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Grand Mesa, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cedaredge Overlook · 17 mi
- Land of Lakes Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Darline: 0.8 mi
- Mount Hatten: 1.1 mi
- Priest Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Doughty Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 5.0 mi
- German Creek Springs: 15.9 mi
- Reynolds Creek Springs: 16.7 mi
- Stephens Spring: 17.2 mi
- Upper Reynolds Creek Springs: 17.2 mi
- Kauer Spring: 17.3 mi
- Lombard Slides: 2.8 mi
- Windy Point: 5.2 mi
- Iron Point: 7.6 mi
- The Big Slide: 14.3 mi
- Baxter Point: 14.4 mi
- Paonia River Park: 12.0 mi
- Paonia Park: 12.3 mi
- Northfork Miners Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Poulos Park: 12.4 mi
- Paonia Reservoir State Recreation Area: 18.1 mi
- Bowie Schoolhouse Museum: 12.0 mi
- Paonia Museum: 12.0 mi
- Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum: 17.0 mi
- Redstone Museum: 24.8 mi
- Meadows Group Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Ward Way Picnic Site: 16.7 mi
- Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 22.0 mi
- Needle Rock: 22.6 mi
- Hayes Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
- Redstone Coke Oven Historic District: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Crater Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsman Mountain | ENE 58° | 3,590 m | 19.1 mi |
| Coal Mountain | SSE 151° | 3,567 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Lamborn | SSE 155° | 3,474 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mount Hatten | WNW 300° | 3,446 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Darline | SSE 159° | 3,445 m | 0.8 mi |
| Leon Peak | WNW 286° | 3,425 m | 10.1 mi |
| Chalk Mountain | N 2° | 3,399 m | 5.0 mi |
| Priest Mountain | W 273° | 3,351 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 33 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paonia 1SW, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 175445 — Crater Peak, Delta County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358910136
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