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Kelso Mountain

Kelso Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Kelso Mountain rises to 4,016 m in Colorado. Grays Peak stands 4,352 m to the south-southwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Ganley Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4,016 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.65888, -105.80029

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Dinger Park: 4.5 mi
  • Library Corner Park: 6.4 mi
  • City Park: 6.6 mi
  • Gateway Park: 6.6 mi
  • Triangle Park: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 35
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 20
  • George Rowe Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Hamill House Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 6.4 mi
  • Georgetown Energy Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Summit Historical Museum: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 10.1 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Juniper Pass: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 6.1 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 9.7 mi
  • The Mailbox: 13.7 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 15.0 mi
  • Alpine Slide: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 4
  • Willow Creek falls: 18.0 mi
  • Continental Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Elk Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 23.4 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 14.7 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 16.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Kelso Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakSSW4,352 m2.0 mi
Torreys PeakSW4,351 m1.6 mi
Mount EdwardsSSE4,218 m1.6 mi
Square Top MountainSSE4,201 m4.9 mi
Argentine PeakSSE4,186 m3.4 mi
Bard PeakN4,159 m4.3 mi
Gray Wolf MountainESE4,148 m8.0 mi
Mount ParnassusNNW4,139 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3619:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2619:02
December solstice07:2116:0016:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222227334252575649392922
Precip in1.01.22.02.82.11.52.82.61.61.41.31.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cabin Creek, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358918171

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