Little Cone
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Little Cone rises to 3,653 m in Colorado. Mount Wilson stands 4,344 m to the southeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Specie Mesa, a peak 2.2 miles away. San Juan Skyway passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Little Cone is a prominent mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,988-foot (3,654 m) peak is located in Uncompahgre National Forest, 15.0 miles (24.1 km) west (bearing 267°) of the Town of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Little Cone is a laccolith, formed by underground intrusion of magma in the Miocene.
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Wikidata Q14684900, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,653 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Alpine Loop
Overlooks nearby
- Gold Point · 12 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Twilight Peak · 24 mi
- Look Out Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Specie Mesa: 2.2 mi
- Beaver Mesa: 3.2 mi
- Flat Top Peak: 3.3 mi
- Middle Peak: 5.1 mi
- Dunn Peak: 5.8 mi
- Haskill Hill: 11.3 mi
- Craig Point: 14.7 mi
- The Rincon: 15.8 mi
- Pease Point: 19.7 mi
- Lavender Point: 21.9 mi
- Lone Cone State Wildlife Area: 13.6 mi
- Judy Long Memorial Park: 14.8 mi
- Ore Station Park: 15.1 mi
- Town Park: 15.5 mi
- Louis M Jones Memorial Park: 16.7 mi
- Ames Falls: 12.1 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 15.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 17.5 mi
- Lower Ingram Falls: 17.9 mi
- Upper Ingram Falls: 18.0 mi
- Little Hawaii Grotto: 15.5 mi
- Smuggler Union Tramhouse: 17.5 mi
- Lewis Mill: 17.5 mi
- The Steps: 18.0 mi
- Fort Peabody: 19.5 mi
- Tomboy: 18.2 mi
- Red Mountain: 21.2 mi
- Corkscrew Gulch Turntable: 22.5 mi
- Ouray Climbers Memorial: 23.5 mi
- Christ of the Mines Shrine: 24.2 mi
- Tomboy: 18.3 mi
- Sneffels: 18.9 mi
- Red Mountain Town: 21.2 mi
- Guston: 21.8 mi
- Ironton: 22.4 mi
- historic mine cart: 23.8 mi
- historic hanging mine car: 23.8 mi
- historic mineshaft winch: 23.8 mi
- Marian Shrine: 24.5 mi
- Mud Spring: 15.7 mi
- Turkey Plot Spring: 19.8 mi
- Galloway Spring: 21.8 mi
- Rico 1: 15.9 mi
- Rico 2: 16.0 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 24.0 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 15.3 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Little Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | SE 138° | 4,344 m | 8.2 mi |
| El Diente Peak | SE 143° | 4,310 m | 7.6 mi |
| Wilson Peak | SE 129° | 4,274 m | 7.4 mi |
| Gladstone Peak | SE 134° | 4,230 m | 8.2 mi |
| Dallas Peak | ENE 74° | 4,168 m | 15.1 mi |
| Fowler Peak | SE 138° | 4,114 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mears Peak | ENE 66° | 4,097 m | 13.7 mi |
| Dolores Peak | S 183° | 4,052 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 62 | 67 | 64 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Placerville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358910589
Day trips start here
- Southwestern Colorado · 25 mi
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