Dotsero Crater
Dotsero Crater rises to 2,086 m in Colorado. Sheep Mountain stands 3,733 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Blowout Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Colorado River Headwaters passes 25 miles off.
The story
Dotsero Crater is an elongate, 2,300 ft (700 m) long by 1,300 ft (400 m) wide, maar incised into sedimentary strata of the side of a mountain, called Blowout Hill, and local, irregular, mountainous topography. At an elevation of 7,316 ft (2,230 m), its north rim lies about 330 ft (100 m) higher than its south rim. Dotsero Crater is about 1,300 ft (400 m) deep. It is part of a maar and scoria cone complex in which the associated scoria cones are constructed along a NNE-SSW line on either side of the maar and is perched near the upper edge of steep sided canyons about 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor of the Eagle River. The axis of the maar and scoria cone complex aligns with the axis of a local syncline. Associated with the maar and scoria cones is a lahar and 2 mi (3.2 km)-long lava flow. Dotsero Crater lies northeast of Dotsero, Colorado near the junction of the Colorado River and the Eagle River.
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Wikidata Q5299483, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,086 m
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Blowout Hill: 1.6 mi
- Red Hill: 3.0 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 6.0 mi
- Willow Peak: 7.2 mi
- Big Red Hill: 8.0 mi
- Hanging Lake Park: 9.0 mi
- Dotsero Wildlife Area: 9.8 mi
- Eby Creek Mesa HOA park: 10.6 mi
- Brush Creek Park: 10.9 mi
- Eagle Town Park: 11.0 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 9.7 mi
- Grizzly Creek: 13.5 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 15.3 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Edwards: 21.4 mi
- Edwards Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Hells Gate: 5.8 mi
- Windy Point: 14.6 mi
- Hangmans Rock: 17.1 mi
- Seven Castles: 19.3 mi
- Yampah Source Spring: 17.1 mi
- Sacred Waters: 17.1 mi
- Glenwood Hot Springs Grand Pool: 17.2 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 21.3 mi
- Broken Rib Spring: 10.6 mi
- Deep Lake Spring: 16.2 mi
- Cocktail Spring: 17.1 mi
- Eagle County Historical Museum: 11.0 mi
- Frontier Historical Society Museum: 17.5 mi
- Powers Art Center: 18.8 mi
- Kid Curry Grave: 17.3 mi
- Doc Holliday Grave: 17.4 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 17.7 mi
- Eagle Community Gardens: 11.0 mi
- The Peace Garden: 20.2 mi
- Deep Lake Day Use: 16.1 mi
- Meadows Day Use Area: 17.1 mi
- Carbonate: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Dotsero Crater. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Mountain | NNW 344° | 3,733 m | 18.8 mi |
| Derby Peak | NNW 348° | 3,716 m | 22.1 mi |
| Dome Peak | N 358° | 3,713 m | 22.7 mi |
| Red Table Mountain | SE 140° | 3,665 m | 21.9 mi |
| Trappers Peak | NNW 329° | 3,650 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Thomas | SE 137° | 3,644 m | 22.8 mi |
| W Mountain | NNW 340° | 3,624 m | 15.7 mi |
| Craig Peak | ESE 118° | 3,619 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 32 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shoshone, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358908693
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