East Buffalo Peak
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East Buffalo Peak rises to 4,057 m in Colorado. Mount Harvard stands 4,396 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is West Buffalo Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 5.3 miles off.
The story
East Buffalo Peak, elevation 13,310 ft (4,060 m), is a summit in the Mosquito Range of central Colorado. East Buffalo Peak and West Buffalo Peak compose what is called Buffalo Peaks.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49026851, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,057 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
- 11.0 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 19 mi
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 25 mi
- Waterfall Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Buffalo Peak: 0.9 mi
- Marmot Peak: 3.2 mi
- Jones Hill: 4.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Midland Hill: 10.1 mi
- Antero: 10.7 mi
- Rock Pile: 12.9 mi
- The Chute: 13.0 mi
- The Stairs: 13.2 mi
- Whale's Tail: 13.3 mi
- River Park: 9.8 mi
- McPhelemy Park: 10.1 mi
- Columbine Park: 10.2 mi
- Antero Reservoir Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
- Millie Crymble Park: 10.5 mi
- South Park City: 17.4 mi
- Temple Israel: 20.4 mi
- Tabor Home Museum: 20.5 mi
- Alma Fire House & Mining Museum: 20.6 mi
- The Leadville Heritage Museum: 20.7 mi
- Antero Junction: 8.9 mi
- Vicksburg: 14.3 mi
- Garo: 14.4 mi
- Winfield: 17.8 mi
- Oro City: 18.7 mi
- Clear Grit Mill: 17.5 mi
- Stringtown Smelters: 20.6 mi
- The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 20.6 mi
- Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Dog Memorial: 23.5 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Emerald Lake: 19.6 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 24.5 mi
- Hartsel Hot Springs: 17.1 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 20.4 mi
- Cloud City Farm & Community Garden: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of East Buffalo Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Harvard | WSW 249° | 4,396 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Princeton | SSW 204° | 4,329 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Belford | W 262° | 4,329 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mount Yale | SW 228° | 4,328 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Oxford | W 263° | 4,316 m | 12.4 mi |
| Missouri Mountain | W 259° | 4,290 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Columbia | WSW 240° | 4,285 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Sherman | N 349° | 4,280 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buena Vista 2S, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 189259 — East Buffalo Peak, Chaffee County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358924882
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