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Grizzly Peak

Grizzly Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Grizzly Peak rises to 4,258 m in Colorado. Mount Elbert stands 4,401 m to the east-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Garfield Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

Grizzly Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,995-foot (4265.6 m) thirteener is located 2.6 miles (4.2 km) south-southwest (bearing 202°) of Independence Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from White River National Forest and Pitkin County.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5609807, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4,258 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.04249, -106.59753

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Garfield Peak: 0.9 mi
  • Red Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Truro Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Ouray Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Larson Peak: 2.1 mi
Parks: 47
  • Ute Childrens Park: 15.0 mi
  • Snyder Park: 15.1 mi
  • Ajax Park: 15.1 mi
  • Anderson Park: 15.2 mi
  • Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Oliver's Cabin: 9.5 mi
  • Ashcroft Ghost Town: 10.9 mi
  • Columbine Mine: 12.8 mi
  • Interlaken: 13.7 mi
  • Maze: 16.2 mi
Museums: 11
Ghost towns: 8
Historic sites: 6
  • Pieplant Mill: 7.5 mi
  • Dog Memorial: 20.4 mi
  • Stringtown Smelters: 20.7 mi
  • The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 20.8 mi
  • Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 21.4 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Ryks Waterfall: 6.0 mi
  • Judd Falls: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Chromatic Gate: 16.3 mi
  • Knight and Dragon: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Springs: 1
  • White Water Spring: 15.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Grizzly Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ElbertENE4,401 m9.7 mi
Mount MassiveNNE4,398 m12.0 mi
La Plata PeakE4,372 m6.7 mi
Huron PeakSE4,270 m10.9 mi
Mount HopeE4,249 m9.7 mi
Casco PeakNE4,237 m7.4 mi
French MountainNE4,234 m8.6 mi
Ice MountainSE4,220 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4219:5620:36
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2316:0616:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192027344453595750403021
Precip in0.40.60.70.80.90.71.71.61.10.80.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Lakes Rsvr, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 180350 — Grizzly Peak, Pitkin County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358915433

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