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Huron Peak

Huron Peak rises to 4,270 m in Colorado. Mount Elbert stands 4,401 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Browns Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 10 miles off.

The story

Huron Peak is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains. The 14,004.1-foot (4,268 m) fourteener is in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 18.0 miles (28.9 km) west-northwest (bearing 297°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.

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Wikidata Q8522740, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4270.2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.94546, -106.43800

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Browns Peak: 0.7 mi
  • Middle Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • The Three Apostles: 1.8 mi
  • Granite Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Cross Mountain: 2.0 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Columbine Mine: 6.9 mi
  • Interlaken: 10.3 mi
  • Oliver's Cabin: 15.9 mi
  • Ashcroft Ghost Town: 20.9 mi
  • Alpine Station Historic Town: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Museums: 8
  • American House Hotel Parlor: 17.4 mi
  • St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 17.4 mi
  • Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 17.5 mi
  • Temple Israel: 22.2 mi
  • Tabor Home Museum: 22.4 mi
Parks: 8
  • McPhelemy Park: 17.8 mi
  • Columbine Park: 18.0 mi
  • River Park: 18.3 mi
  • Millie Crymble Park: 18.6 mi
  • Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 18.9 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Pieplant Mill: 6.5 mi
  • Hancock: 21.5 mi
  • Stringtown Smelters: 21.6 mi
  • The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 21.7 mi
  • Clear Grit Mill: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Ryks Waterfall: 16.8 mi
  • Browns Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • White Water Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Hot Spring: 22.2 mi
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Huron Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ElbertN 358°4,401.2 m11.9 mi
Mount HarvardESE 103°4,395.6 m6.5 mi
La Plata PeakNNW 342°4,372 m6.1 mi
Mount BelfordENE 76°4,329.1 m4.3 mi
Mount YaleSE 136°4,328 m9.7 mi
Mount OxfordENE 76°4,315.9 m5.5 mi
Missouri MountainE 87°4,289.8 m3.2 mi
Mount ColumbiaESE 111°4,285 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4119:5520:35
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2216:0516:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192027344453595750403021
Precip in0.40.60.70.80.90.71.71.61.10.80.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Lakes Rsvr, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2646546846

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