Fairchild Mountain
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Fairchild Mountain rises to 4,116 m in Colorado. Hagues Peak stands 4,133 m to the northeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ace 4, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Fairchild Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Mummy Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,508-foot (4,117 m) thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.6 miles (15.5 km) northwest (bearing 311°) of the Town of Estes Park in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named after Lucius Fairchild, an American Civil War veteran who had served as Governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Minister to Spain.
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Wikidata Q5430083, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4116.18 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
- 11.9 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
- 16.6 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
Overlooks nearby
- Medicine Bow Curve · 5 mi
- Horseshoe Park · 5 mi
- Mushroom Rocks · 5 mi
- Rock Cut · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ypsilon Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Hagues Peak: 1.5 mi
- East Desolation Peak: 1.5 mi
- West Desolation Peak: 1.6 mi
- Rowe Peak: 1.8 mi
- Chasm Falls: 3.6 mi
- Thousand Falls: 4.0 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 4.2 mi
- Lost Falls: 5.7 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 6.4 mi
- Ace 4: 1.1 mi
- Ace 3: 1.1 mi
- Ace 2: 1.1 mi
- Ace 1: 1.1 mi
- Lava Cliffs: 5.6 mi
- Stormy Peaks B17 Crash: 6.8 mi
- old sawmill: 7.2 mi
- Kevin Scott Glendenning Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 8.9 mi
- Jeffrey Christensen: 8.9 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park: 9.6 mi
- Bond Park: 9.8 mi
- Baldwin Park: 9.9 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park: 13.8 mi
- Town Square Park: 17.0 mi
- Endovalley: 3.8 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 9.5 mi
- Sprague Lake: 10.6 mi
- Beaver Creek Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Beaver Creek: 11.2 mi
- Freelan Oscar Stanley: 9.7 mi
- Columbine: 9.7 mi
- Cross: 9.7 mi
- The YMCA Kids: 10.1 mi
- The Free Spirit: 10.1 mi
- Old Fall River Road: 3.3 mi
- Wind River Ranch: 13.6 mi
- Peak-to-Peak Highway: 24.2 mi
- Peak-to-Peak Highway: 24.7 mi
- Peak-to-Peak Highway: 24.7 mi
- Bedsprings: 13.1 mi
- Jacob Spring: 13.1 mi
- Lookout Springs: 14.0 mi
- Nelson Spring: 16.7 mi
- Wilson Spring: 17.1 mi
- Knoll-Willows Open Space: 9.8 mi
- Narrows Park: 22.0 mi
- Button Rock Preserve: 22.8 mi
- Rawah Wilderness: 23.6 mi
- Homestead Museum: 7.7 mi
- Estes Park Museum: 10.6 mi
- Kauffman House Museum: 17.1 mi
- Mrs. Walsh's Garden: 9.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 9.9 mi
- Legett Columbarium Garden: 10.1 mi
- Surprise Beach: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Fairchild Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagues Peak | NE 40° | 4,133 m | 1.5 mi |
| Ypsilon Mountain | SW 230° | 4,098 m | 1.2 mi |
| Rowe Peak | NNE 33° | 4,084 m | 1.8 mi |
| Gibraltar Peak | NE 41° | 4,084 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mummy Mountain | ENE 78° | 4,079 m | 2.2 mi |
| Rowe Mountain | NNE 23° | 4,018 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Chiquita | SW 217° | 3,978 m | 2.1 mi |
| East Desolation Peak | W 280° | 3,947 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:56 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:56 | 16:40 |
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 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 33 | 42 | 52 | 59 | 56 | 50 | 38 | 28 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hourglass Rsvr, 8 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358911737
Day trips start here
- Estes Park · 10 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park · 10 mi
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