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Culebra Peak

Culebra Peak, a peak in Colorado
Culebra Peak, a peak in ColoradoDavid Herrera from Albuquerque, NM, Bernalillo · CC BY 2.0
Culebra Peak, a peak in Colorado
David Herrera from Albuquerque, NM, Bernalillo · CC BY 2.0
Culebra Peak, a peak in Colorado
David Herrera from Albuquerque, NM, Bernalillo · CC BY 2.0
Culebra Peak, a peak in Colorado
David Herrera from Albuquerque, NM, Bernalillo · CC BY 2.0
Culebra Peak, a peak in Colorado
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Culebra Peak rises to 4,283 m in Colorado. Red Mountain stands 4,237 m to the south-southeast, 0.7 miles off. Scenic Highway of Legends passes 8.2 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

About

The story

Culebra Peak (Spanish for "snake") is the highest summit of the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,053.2-foot (4,283 m) fourteener is located on private land, 14.2 miles (22.8 km) east-southeast (bearing 113°) of San Luis in Costilla County, Colorado, United States. Culebra Peak is the southernmost fourteener in the Rocky Mountains.

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Wikidata Q5192894, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4283 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.12234, -105.18580

Overlooks nearby

Around it

59 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
  • Red Mountain: 0.7 mi
  • Vermejo Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Miranda Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Lomo Liso Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Purgatoire Peak: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • The Stone Wall: 7.4 mi
  • The Stone Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Sawtooth Rock: 19.7 mi
  • Devils Stairsteps: 22.2 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
Parks: 2
  • Spanish Peaks State Wildlife Area: 21.5 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 24.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Apishapa Arche: 18.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Culebra Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainSSE 160°4,237 m0.7 mi
Vermejo PeakS 189°4,186 m2.0 mi
Purgatoire PeakSSW 202°4,167 m3.7 mi
West Spanish PeakNNE 31°4,140 m20.5 mi
Spanish PeaksNNE 33°4,136 m21.1 mi
Trinchera PeakN 6°4,118 m11.6 mi
Cuatro PeakN 10°4,113 m9.6 mi
Miranda PeakNNE 28°4,095 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4219:4620:25
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1116:0716:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222737435160656357463324
Precip in0.40.50.40.60.70.81.51.31.00.90.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis 1 S, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358928448

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