Culebra Peak
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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. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
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.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,283 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
Overlooks nearby
54 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- The Stone Wall: 7.4 mi
- Sawtooth Rock: 19.7 mi
- Devils Stairsteps: 22.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.8 mi
- Big Wall: 23.9 mi
- Shrine of the Stations of the Cross: 14.5 mi
- Grotto of Our Lady of Guadalupe: 14.6 mi
- Spanish Peaks State Wildlife Area: 21.5 mi
- Veteran's Park: 24.5 mi
- Apishapa Arche: 18.2 mi
- Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center: 24.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Mountain | SSE 160° | 4,237 m | 0.7 mi |
| Vermejo Peak | S 189° | 4,186 m | 2.0 mi |
| Purgatoire Peak | SSW 202° | 4,167 m | 3.7 mi |
| West Spanish Peak | NNE 31° | 4,140 m | 20.5 mi |
| Spanish Peaks | NNE 33° | 4,136 m | 21.1 mi |
| Trinchera Peak | N 6° | 4,118 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cuatro Peak | N 10° | 4,113 m | 9.6 mi |
| Miranda Peak | NNE 28° | 4,095 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:07 | 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 | 22 | 27 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 57 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis 1 S, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358928448
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