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Ganley Mountain

Ganley Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Ganley Mountain rises to 3,928 m in Colorado. Grays Peak stands 4,352 m to the southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelso Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3928 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.66888, -105.77640

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Dinger Park: 3.1 mi
  • Library Corner Park: 4.9 mi
  • City Park: 5.2 mi
  • Gateway Park: 5.2 mi
  • Triangle Park: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 7.1 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 9.1 mi
  • Abyss Trailhead: 11.4 mi
  • The Mailbox: 12.5 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 13.7 mi
Artworks: 40
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 22
  • George Rowe Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Hamill House Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 4.9 mi
  • Georgetown Energy Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Summit Historical Museum: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 7.2 mi
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 8.7 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Juniper Pass: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • Willow Creek falls: 19.4 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Elk Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Continental Falls: 23.7 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 16.1 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 17.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 14.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Ganley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakSW 222°4,352 m3.3 mi
Torreys PeakSW 233°4,351 m3.0 mi
Mount BierstadtSE 136°4,287 m8.3 mi
Mount SpaldingSE 127°4,222 m8.0 mi
Mount EdwardsSSW 203°4,218 m2.4 mi
Square Top MountainS 173°4,201 m5.3 mi
Argentine PeakS 181°4,186 m3.9 mi
Bard PeakNNW 337°4,159 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3619:5520:35
September equinox06:5118:2619:02
December solstice07:2116:0016:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222227334252575649392922
Precip in1.01.22.02.82.11.52.82.61.61.41.31.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cabin Creek, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 181837 — Ganley Mountain, Clear Creek County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358918181

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