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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
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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
4284.8 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: 23
  • 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: 22
Waterfalls: 18
  • 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
Historic sites: 16
Parks: 14
  • 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: 7
  • Marian Shrine: 11.3 mi
  • historic mine cart: 11.8 mi
  • historic hanging mine car: 11.9 mi
  • historic mine cart: 11.9 mi
  • historic mineshaft winch: 11.9 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 10.4 miles of Handies Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Redcloud PeakENE 67°4,280 m4.9 mi
Wetterhorn PeakN 358°4,274 m10.2 mi
Sunshine PeakE 81°4,269 m4.4 mi
Mark MountainENE 68°4,217.8 m6.2 mi
Jones MountainSW 227°4,215 m1.7 mi
Half PeakSSE 148°4,209 m4.0 mi
Niagara PeakSW 224°4,202 m2.3 mi
American PeakSSW 205°4,184 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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