Humboldt Peak
Humboldt Peak rises to 4,289 m in Colorado. East Crestone Peak stands 4,359 m to the west-southwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Colony Baldy, a peak 1.4 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 12 miles off.
The story
Humboldt Peak is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,066.6-foot (4,287 m) fourteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 11.9 miles (19.2 km) south-southwest (bearing 204°) of the Town of Westcliffe in Custer County, Colorado, United States. The Crestones are a cluster of high summits in the Sangre de Cristo Range, comprising Crestone Peak, Crestone Needle, Kit Carson Peak, Challenger Point, Humboldt Peak, and Columbia Point. The mountain was named in honor of German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
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Wikidata Q8521770, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4289 m
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Frontier Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Colony Baldy: 1.4 mi
- Crestone Needle: 1.4 mi
- Broken Hand Peak: 1.5 mi
- East Crestone Peak: 1.7 mi
- Crestone Peaks: 1.7 mi
- Baca Grande Park: 7.4 mi
- Little Pearl Pocket Park: 8.0 mi
- Hermit Park: 11.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 11.8 mi
- Summit Park: 11.9 mi
- Patton Spring: 13.3 mi
- Bailey Spring: 13.5 mi
- Cedar Spring: 14.1 mi
- Trover Spring: 15.0 mi
- Mosca Spring: 16.9 mi
- USFS CORNER: 10.9 mi
- The 38th Parallel: 19.3 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 23.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 23.7 mi
- Hooper Town Park: 23.7 mi
- Crestone Town Hall: 7.9 mi
- All Aboard Westcliffe: 11.9 mi
- SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 12.6 mi
- Beckwith Ranch: 15.0 mi
- Copperstain Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Phantom Terrace: 6.6 mi
- Venable Falls: 7.2 mi
- Zapata Falls: 24.7 mi
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 12.9 mi
- Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area: 24.9 mi
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 19.5 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 21.8 mi
- Double Dipper: 12.1 mi
- Hot Springs: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Humboldt Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Crestone Peak | WSW 248° | 4,359 m | 1.7 mi |
| Crestone Peak | WSW 249° | 4,359 m | 1.8 mi |
| Crestone Needle | SW 236° | 4,329 m | 1.4 mi |
| Kit Carson Mountain | W 276° | 4,319 m | 2.6 mi |
| Challenger Point | W 276° | 4,294 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Adams | NW 309° | 4,248 m | 3.5 mi |
| Columbia Point | W 275° | 4,242 m | 2.3 mi |
| Obstruction Peak | W 275° | 4,205.9 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
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 | 21 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crestone 2 SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 192424 — Humboldt Peak, Custer County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358928029
Day trips start here
- Great Sand Dunes National Park · 17 mi
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