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
- 4,270.2 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 11.3 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Winfield: 2.8 mi
- Vicksburg: 5.0 mi
- Tincup: 13.4 mi
- Independence: 14.3 mi
- St. Elmo: 17.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lower Grotto Wall: 18.5 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- The Palisades: 21.9 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Emerald Lake: 14.4 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 16.8 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
- White Water Spring: 16.8 mi
- Cloud City Farm & Community Garden: 21.9 mi
- Conundrum Hot Springs: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Huron Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Elbert | N 358° | 4,401 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Harvard | ESE 103° | 4,396 m | 6.5 mi |
| La Plata Peak | NNW 342° | 4,372 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Belford | ENE 76° | 4,329 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Yale | SE 136° | 4,328 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Oxford | ENE 76° | 4,316 m | 5.5 mi |
| Missouri Mountain | E 87° | 4,290 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Columbia | ESE 111° | 4,285 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Lakes Rsvr, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2646546846
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- Aspen · 27 mi
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