Fishers Peak
Fishers Peak rises to 2,920 m in Colorado. Fishers Peak Mesa stands 2,887 m to the south-southeast, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Osita Point, a peak 1.2 miles away. Scenic Highway of Legends passes 5.4 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
The story
Fishers Peak is a spur of the Ratón Mesa, which reaches the highest elevation of the collective mesas of the Ratón formation commencing at the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a subset of the Rocky Mountains, from the west, 90 miles eastward to the Oklahoma border. Ratón Mesas include Black Mesa, Johnson Mesa, and Mesa de Maya. The prominent 9,633-foot (2,936 m) mesa is located 5.5 miles (8.8 km) south by east (bearing 163°) of the Town of Trinidad in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. Fishers Peak is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.
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Wikidata Q14951222, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,920 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
- 7.3 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
93 named places within 25 miles
- Osita Point: 1.2 mi
- Fishers Peak Mesa: 1.4 mi
- Baldy: 4.0 mi
- Loma Mujer: 5.1 mi
- Pio Hill: 5.3 mi
- South Side Park: 4.8 mi
- Memorial Square: 5.3 mi
- Cimino Park: 5.6 mi
- Central Park: 5.6 mi
- The Pit: 5.8 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 5.4 mi
- A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art: 5.4 mi
- Trinidad History Museum: 5.4 mi
- Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum: 5.8 mi
- Art Cartopia Museum: 6.8 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 7.4 mi
- The Ludlow Massacre: 9.0 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 11.7 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 13.4 mi
- Ludlow Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Raton: 13.4 mi
- north finial: 13.6 mi
- south finial: 13.6 mi
- Fishers Peak State Park: 3.8 mi
- Trinidad Lake State Park: 6.8 mi
- Prospect Point: 6.2 mi
- El Moro Rest Area: 9.0 mi
- Star: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fishers Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Peak Mesa | SSE 148° | 2,887 m | 1.4 mi |
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | SE 136° | 2,747 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | SSE 168° | 2,709 m | 7.6 mi |
| Burro Mesa | ESE 118° | 2,666 m | 7.4 mi |
| Horse Mesa | SE 138° | 2,662 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | SSE 154° | 2,661 m | 7.7 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | SSE 150° | 2,636 m | 14.8 mi |
| Towndrow Peak | SE 140° | 2,625 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trinidad, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358930056
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