Diamond Peak
Diamond Peak rises to 2,946 m in Colorado. Pine Mountain stands 2,865 m to the northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bishop Peak, a peak 2.6 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
The story
Diamond Peak is a prominent mountain summit in the Green River Basin of the U.S. state of Colorado. The 9,665-foot (2,946 m) peak is located 51.0 miles (82.1 km) northwest by west (bearing 306°) of the community of Maybell in Moffat County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q14684442, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,946 m
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway, National
- 27.5 mi off the Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway, National
58 named places within 25 miles
- Bishop Peak: 2.6 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Cold Spring Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Butte: 7.7 mi
- Buck Knoll: 7.9 mi
- Browns Park Waterfowl Management Area: 12.6 mi
- Marshall Draw Wildlife Management Area: 16.3 mi
- Clay Basin Wildlife Management Area: 18.4 mi
- Sears Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 20.4 mi
- Edith Aspden Park: 21.4 mi
- Four J Rim: 6.7 mi
- Rifes Rim: 13.0 mi
- Laney Rim: 19.6 mi
- Vermillion Bluffs: 20.6 mi
- Kinney Rim: 21.5 mi
- Three Corners Monument: 9.6 mi
- Doc Parson Place: 15.2 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 12.8 mi
- Bridgeport: 14.5 mi
- Browns Park Waterfowl Area: 14.7 mi
- John Jarvie Ranch Historic Site (BLM): 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Diamond Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | NW 315° | 2,865 m | 8.2 mi |
| Little Mountain | WNW 293° | 2,761 m | 23.5 mi |
| Kleins Hill | WNW 288° | 2,755 m | 8.1 mi |
| Buck Knoll | WNW 282° | 2,745 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bender Mountain | WNW 282° | 2,741 m | 11.4 mi |
| Zenobia Peak | S 179° | 2,741 m | 23.7 mi |
| Willow Creek Butte | WNW 286° | 2,736 m | 10.5 mi |
| Wild Mountain | SSW 206° | 2,696 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:07 | 16:51 |
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 | 31 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jarvie RCH, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358906634
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