Horsefly Peak
Horsefly Peak rises to 3,144 m in Colorado. Mount Sneffels stands 4,315 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Top, a peak 0.8 miles away. San Juan Skyway passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
Horsefly Peak is the highest summit of the Uncompahgre Plateau in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 10,353-foot (3,156 m) peak is located 10.0 miles (16.1 km) west by north (bearing 284°) of the Town of Ridgway in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q14684597, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3144 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
- 20.8 mi off the Alpine Loop
Overlooks nearby
- Look Out Point · 19 mi
- Gold Point · 22 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
- Oh Point (Odom Point) · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flat Top: 0.8 mi
- Log Hill Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Burnt Mill Mesa: 4.8 mi
- West Baldy: 5.5 mi
- Ridgway Town Park: 10.0 mi
- Billy Creek State Wildlife Area: 12.7 mi
- Chief Ouray and Chipeta Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Rotary Park: 17.1 mi
- Chipeta State Park: 17.1 mi
- Haskill Hill: 9.1 mi
- Craig Point: 14.0 mi
- Stue's Point: 18.1 mi
- SK Roll: 18.1 mi
- The Blowout: 18.1 mi
- historic mine cart: 18.3 mi
- historic mineshaft winch: 18.3 mi
- historic mine cart: 18.3 mi
- historic hanging mine car: 18.4 mi
- historic mine cart: 18.4 mi
- Legends Of The West: 10.2 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 16.3 mi
- Bachelor Syracuse Mine Tour: 16.6 mi
- Smuggler Union Tramhouse: 19.5 mi
- Little Hawaii Grotto: 19.7 mi
- Upper Twin Falls: 16.9 mi
- Upper Twin Falls: 16.9 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 17.0 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 17.0 mi
- Sneffels Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Ouray Climbers Memorial: 18.7 mi
- blue bench: 19.0 mi
- Amphitheater Contributors: 19.3 mi
- Montrose Rotary Amphitheater Team: 19.3 mi
- Bibliotheca Publica: 19.4 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 10.0 mi
- Ute Indian Museum: 17.0 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 18.7 mi
- Montrose County Historical Museum: 19.9 mi
- Museum of the Mountain West: 21.3 mi
- Galloway Spring: 8.5 mi
- Turkey Plot Spring: 9.4 mi
- Mud Spring: 11.4 mi
- Bike path access: 10.3 mi
- Dutch Charlie Swim Beach: 11.0 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 11.4 mi
- all saints comunity garden: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Horsefly Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sneffels | SSE 150° | 4,315.4 m | 15.1 mi |
| Potosi Peak | SE 145° | 4,195 m | 17.2 mi |
| Cirque Mountain | SSE 146° | 4,175 m | 15.7 mi |
| Teakettle Mountain | SE 145° | 4,172 m | 16.2 mi |
| Dallas Peak | SSE 158° | 4,168 m | 15.4 mi |
| Gilpin Peak | SSE 152° | 4,162 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Emma | SSE 153° | 4,138 m | 16.9 mi |
| Whitehouse Mountain | SE 139° | 4,118 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:14 | 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 | 28 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 63 | 56 | 45 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ridgway, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 188379 — Horsefly Peak, Ouray County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358924174
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