Cronin Peak
Cronin Peak rises to 4,207 m in Colorado. Mount Antero stands 4,351 m to the east-northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cyclone Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 10 miles off.
The story
Cronin Peak is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,877-foot (4,230 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.9 miles (20.8 km) southwest by west (bearing 241°) of the community of Nathrop in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Cronin Peak was named in honor of Mary Cronin, who in 1934 become the first woman to climb all 53 Colorado fourteeners.
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Wikidata Q14684417, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4207 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
- 29.0 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cyclone Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Grizzly Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Boulder Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Carbonate Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount Mamma: 2.3 mi
- Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 10.4 mi
- Hoover Ranch Park: 14.5 mi
- Chipeta Park: 14.9 mi
- South Park: 15.1 mi
- Millie Crymble Park: 15.1 mi
- Alpine Station Historic Town: 6.8 mi
- Monarch Scenic Tram: 11.2 mi
- The Squeeze: 14.6 mi
- Rock Pile: 15.2 mi
- Whale's Tail: 15.3 mi
- Mary Murphy Mine: 3.7 mi
- Alpine: 4.0 mi
- St. Elmo: 4.8 mi
- Whitepine: 9.9 mi
- Tincup: 12.6 mi
- Hancock: 4.3 mi
- Train Caboose: 17.8 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 17.9 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 24.6 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 4.8 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 4.8 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 4.8 mi
- The Salida Museum: 17.3 mi
- The Palisades: 6.6 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Windy Point: 24.1 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 12.3 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 14.6 mi
- Mod Buffalo: 17.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Cronin Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Antero | ENE 56° | 4,351.4 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Princeton | NNE 18° | 4,329.3 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Yale | N 353° | 4,328 m | 13.2 mi |
| Tabeguache Peak | SE 140° | 4,316.7 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Shavano | SE 137° | 4,315 m | 3.4 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | WSW 247° | 4,171 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Aetna | SSW 203° | 4,160 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount White | E 87° | 4,159 m | 2.4 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 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358948210
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