Dome Mountain
Dome Mountain rises to 4,078 m in Colorado. Handies Peak stands 4,285 m to the northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Alpine Loop passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Dome Mountain is a 13,379-foot-elevation (4,078-meter) summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q49025357, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,078 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Alpine Loop
- 5.4 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunnyside Mill Ruins Viewpoint · 2 mi
- Arrastra Gulch · 3 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Oh Point (Odom Point) · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tower Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Macomber Peak: 1.6 mi
- Emery Peak: 2.2 mi
- Storm Peak: 2.6 mi
- Eureka Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Old Hundred Boarding House: 2.5 mi
- Old Hundred Tram Station: 2.5 mi
- Mayflower Mill: 2.7 mi
- Old Hundred Mine: 2.7 mi
- Sound Democrat Mill: 3.5 mi
- Mother Cline Slide: 8.9 mi
- Deep South: 11.0 mi
- South Park: 11.0 mi
- New Funtier: 11.2 mi
- Grad School: 11.3 mi
- Silver Lake Mine Complex: 4.7 mi
- Christ of the Mines Shrine: 5.1 mi
- Animas Forks: 5.1 mi
- Corkscrew Gulch Turntable: 6.2 mi
- Red Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Upper Ingram Falls: 9.8 mi
- Lower Ingram Falls: 9.8 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 10.1 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
- Clear Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
- Silverton Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Ironton Park: 6.5 mi
- Molas Park: 8.9 mi
- Women's Club Mini-Park: 11.7 mi
- Fellin Park: 12.2 mi
- Eureka: 2.3 mi
- Animas Forks: 5.2 mi
- Guston: 6.2 mi
- Red Mountain Town: 6.3 mi
- Ironton: 6.6 mi
- Marian Shrine: 5.0 mi
- historic mine cart: 11.8 mi
- historic hanging mine car: 11.9 mi
- historic mineshaft winch: 12.0 mi
- Russ Brown Gallery: 19.3 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Lake City Museum: 19.2 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 21.8 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 20.2 mi
- Bike path access: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Dome Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handies Peak | NE 55° | 4,285 m | 6.3 mi |
| Jones Mountain | ENE 58° | 4,215 m | 4.7 mi |
| Half Peak | E 88° | 4,209 m | 7.3 mi |
| Niagara Peak | ENE 61° | 4,202 m | 4.1 mi |
| American Peak | ENE 61° | 4,184 m | 5.5 mi |
| Wood Mountain | NNE 30° | 4,158 m | 6.9 mi |
| Gravel Mountain | NNE 25° | 4,136 m | 7.5 mi |
| Crown Mountain | ENE 69° | 4,120 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 17 | 24 | 33 | 42 | 51 | 57 | 54 | 48 | 38 | 25 | 14 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silverton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 187612 — Dome Mountain, San Juan County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358923253
Day trips start here
- Southwestern Colorado · 11 mi
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