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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
4016 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
Attractions: 41
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 6.1 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 9.7 mi
  • Abyss Trailhead: 11.2 mi
  • The Mailbox: 13.7 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 35
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 21
  • 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
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • Willow Creek falls: 18.0 mi
  • 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 8.1 miles of Kelso Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakSSW 208°4,352 m2.0 mi
Torreys PeakSW 225°4,351 m1.6 mi
Mount EdwardsSSE 168°4,218 m1.6 mi
Square Top MountainSSE 157°4,201 m4.9 mi
Argentine PeakSSE 159°4,186 m3.4 mi
Bard PeakN 357°4,159 m4.3 mi
Gray Wolf MountainESE 111°4,148 m8.0 mi
Mount ParnassusNNW 344°4,139 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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