Iron Mountain
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Iron Mountain rises to 3,731 m in Colorado. Fairchild Mountain stands 4,116 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Thunder Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Iron Mountain is a mountain summit in the Never Summer Mountains of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,270-foot (3,740 m) peak is located 2.4 miles (3.8 km) east-southeast (bearing 114°) of the Cameron Pass, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating State Forest State Park and Jackson County from Roosevelt National Forest and Larimer County.
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Wikidata Q14684640, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3731 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
- 5.9 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
- 16.7 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
Overlooks nearby
- Medicine Bow Curve · 7 mi
- Gore Range Overlook · 7 mi
- 2 miles above sea level · 7 mi
- Farview Curve Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thunder Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mount Neota: 1.7 mi
- Lulu Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Nokhu Crags: 2.6 mi
- Big South Falls: 5.5 mi
- Chasm Falls: 11.3 mi
- Thousand Falls: 11.9 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 13.2 mi
- Beaver Falls: 13.3 mi
- Lava Cliffs: 7.5 mi
- Ace 4: 10.0 mi
- Ace 3: 10.1 mi
- Ace 2: 10.1 mi
- Ace 1: 10.2 mi
- Willey Lumber Camp: 2.5 mi
- Lulu City Site: 4.1 mi
- Shipler Cabins: 5.2 mi
- old sawmill: 14.3 mi
- Stormy Peaks B17 Crash: 14.6 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park: 13.6 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park: 14.2 mi
- Town Square Park: 17.7 mi
- James Cairns Open Space: 17.8 mi
- Bond Park: 19.6 mi
- Cross: 18.0 mi
- The YMCA Kids: 18.7 mi
- The Free Spirit: 18.7 mi
- “Welcome” -Bear: 18.7 mi
- Reaching Out: 18.7 mi
- Beaver Creek Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Beaver Creek: 8.3 mi
- Endovalley: 12.1 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 17.9 mi
- Sprague Lake: 18.2 mi
- Homestead Museum: 14.1 mi
- Kauffman House Museum: 17.8 mi
- Estes Park Museum: 20.4 mi
- Bedsprings: 18.2 mi
- Jacob Spring: 22.4 mi
- Lookout Springs: 22.7 mi
- Legett Columbarium Garden: 18.7 mi
- Mrs. Walsh's Garden: 19.3 mi
- Sensory Garden: 19.6 mi
- Old Fall River Road: 10.2 mi
- Wind River Ranch: 21.9 mi
- Rawah Wilderness: 15.5 mi
- Knoll-Willows Open Space: 19.6 mi
- Surprise Beach: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairchild Mountain | ESE 105° | 4,116.18 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ypsilon Mountain | ESE 111° | 4,098 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Chiquita | ESE 117° | 3,978 m | 9.6 mi |
| Clark Peak | NNW 329° | 3,947 m | 8.0 mi |
| East Desolation Peak | ESE 106° | 3,947 m | 8.7 mi |
| West Desolation Peak | ESE 107° | 3,937 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Richthofen | SW 221° | 3,929 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Ida | SSE 158° | 3,926 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 55 | 48 | 36 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gould 4SE Sfsp, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358911375
Day trips start here
- Rocky Mountain National Park · 14 mi
- Estes Park · 20 mi
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