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Handies Peak

Handies Peak, a peak in Colorado
Handies Peak, a peak in ColoradoMitchtobin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Handies Peak, a peak in Colorado
Bob Wick; Bureau of Land Management · Public domain
Handies Peak, a peak in Colorado
OakleyOriginals · CC BY 2.0

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Handies Peak rises to 4,285 m in Colorado. Redcloud Peak stands 4,280 m to the east-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is American Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. Alpine Loop passes 1.4 miles off.

About

The story

Handies Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the San Juan Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,056-foot (4284.24 m) fourteener is located in the Bureau of Land Management Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area, 13.4 miles (21.5 km) southwest by west (bearing 232°) of the Town of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5647436, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4,284.8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.91299, -107.50445

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 21
  • Golconda Compressor / Blacksmith House: 3.8 mi
  • Animas Forks: 3.8 mi
  • Golconda Boarding House: 3.8 mi
  • Duncan House: 3.9 mi
  • Frisco Mill: 4.4 mi
Cliffs: 20
Historic sites: 15
Waterfalls: 15
  • Bear Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Treasure Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Crooke Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Argenta Falls: 12.6 mi
Parks: 13
  • Ironton Park: 9.3 mi
  • Silverton Memorial Park: 10.8 mi
  • Women's Club Mini-Park: 11.6 mi
  • Fellin Park: 12.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Artworks: 5
  • Marian Shrine: 11.3 mi
  • historic mine cart: 11.8 mi
  • historic hanging mine car: 11.9 mi
  • historic mineshaft winch: 11.9 mi
  • Russ Brown Gallery: 12.9 mi
Museums: 3
Hot springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Bike path access: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cebolla Day Use Area: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Dutch Charlie Swim Beach: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Handies Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Redcloud PeakENE4,280 m4.9 mi
Wetterhorn PeakN4,274 m10.2 mi
Sunshine PeakE4,269 m4.4 mi
Mark MountainENE4,218 m6.2 mi
Jones MountainSW4,215 m1.7 mi
Half PeakSSE4,209 m4.0 mi
Niagara PeakSW4,202 m2.3 mi
American PeakSSW4,184 m1.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2316:1416:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141724334251575448382514
Precip in2.02.12.11.71.70.92.42.82.82.11.71.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silverton, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 187404 — Handies Peak, Hinsdale County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358923027

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