Crestone Peak
Crestone Peak rises to 4,359 m in Colorado. East Crestone Peak stands 4,359 m to the east-northeast, 0.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Crestone Peaks, a peak 0.1 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 13 miles off.
The story
Crestone Peak is the seventh-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,296.8-foot (4,358 m) fourteener is the highest summit of the Crestones and the second-highest summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range after Blanca Peak. The summit is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of Rio Grande National Forest, 5.0 miles (8.1 km) east by south (bearing 102°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. Crestone Peak rises 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above the east side of the San Luis Valley. It shares its name with the nearby Crestone Needle, another fourteener of the Crestones. 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. They are usually accessed from common trailheads. A 2021 survey found that the actual summit may be about 400 feet (120 m) to the east of the recognized summit, one-third of a foot taller.
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Wikidata Q5184628, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4359 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Frontier Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Crestone Peaks: 0.1 mi
- East Crestone Peak: 0.1 mi
- Crestone Needle: 0.5 mi
- Obstruction Peak: 0.8 mi
- Crestolita Peak: 1.0 mi
- Baca Grande Park: 5.9 mi
- Little Pearl Pocket Park: 6.5 mi
- Hermit Park: 13.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 13.1 mi
- Summit Park: 13.1 mi
- Patton Spring: 14.6 mi
- Bailey Spring: 14.8 mi
- Cedar Spring: 15.4 mi
- Trover Spring: 16.3 mi
- Mosca Spring: 16.7 mi
- USFS CORNER: 11.3 mi
- The 38th Parallel: 17.8 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 21.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.0 mi
- Hooper Town Park: 22.0 mi
- Crestone Town Hall: 6.5 mi
- All Aboard Westcliffe: 13.2 mi
- SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 14.0 mi
- Beckwith Ranch: 15.9 mi
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 18.9 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 21.1 mi
- Colorado Gators Reptile Park: 23.8 mi
- Copperstain Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Phantom Terrace: 6.4 mi
- Venable Falls: 7.5 mi
- Zapata Falls: 24.1 mi
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 12.0 mi
- Double Dipper: 13.4 mi
- Hot Springs: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Crestone Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Crestone Peak | ENE 75° | 4,359 m | 0.1 mi |
| Crestone Needle | ESE 107° | 4,329 m | 0.5 mi |
| Kit Carson Mountain | NW 314° | 4,319 m | 1.3 mi |
| Challenger Point | NW 309° | 4,294 m | 1.5 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | ENE 69° | 4,289 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Adams | NNW 339° | 4,248 m | 3.0 mi |
| Columbia Point | NW 320° | 4,242 m | 1.1 mi |
| Obstruction Peak | N 349° | 4,205.9 m | 0.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 192423 — Crestone Peak, Saguache County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358928025
Day trips start here
- Great Sand Dunes National Park · 17 mi
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