Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain rises to 3,030 m in Colorado. Pagosa Peak stands 3,827 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Horse Mountain is a prominent mountain summit in the San Juan Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 9,952-foot (3,033 m) peak is located in San Juan National Forest, 15.8 miles (25.5 km) west by north (bearing 282°) of the Town of Pagosa Springs in Archuleta County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q14684593, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,030 m
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway
79 named places within 25 miles
- Devil Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Mule Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Chris Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Flatiron Mesa: 6.2 mi
- Devil Creek State Wildlife Area: 6.0 mi
- Lake Capote Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Day Use Area: 14.2 mi
- South Pagosa Park: 15.2 mi
- Old Timers Day Use Area: 15.7 mi
- Rock Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Sally Overlook: 8.1 mi
- Broken Off Point: 9.5 mi
- Lakeview: 14.7 mi
- Carracas Rim: 21.3 mi
- Piedra River Hot Springs: 3.2 mi
- Paradise: 15.5 mi
- The Mother Spring: 15.5 mi
- Pagosa Hot Spring: 15.5 mi
- Pagosa Springs History Museum: 15.9 mi
- Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum: 22.6 mi
- Piedra Falls: 16.0 mi
- Treasure Falls: 24.5 mi
- Chimney Rock Farm: 6.6 mi
- Chimney Rock National Monument: 8.3 mi
- Juanita: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pagosa Peak | NE 52° | 3,827 m | 15.3 mi |
| Graham Peak | NNW 339° | 3,823 m | 13.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NE 35° | 3,817 m | 18.4 mi |
| Cherry Cairn | NE 52° | 3,809 m | 17.8 mi |
| Toner Mountain | NE 35° | 3,808 m | 16.8 mi |
| Flag Mountain | NNW 345° | 3,752 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 351° | 3,733 m | 17.0 mi |
| Eagle Peak No.2 | ENE 60° | 3,699 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 26 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vallecito DAM, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 184298 — Horse Mountain, Archuleta County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358920357
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