Lizard Head
Lizard Head rises to 3,961 m in Colorado. Mount Wilson stands 4,344 m to the west, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cross Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. San Juan Skyway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
Lizard Head is a mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,119-foot (3,999 m) is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness, 6.8 miles (11.0 km) west by south (bearing 258°) of the town of Ophir, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Juan National Forest and Dolores County from Uncompahgre National Forest and San Miguel County.
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Wikidata Q6660500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3961 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Alpine Loop
Overlooks nearby
- Gold Point · 5 mi
- Twilight Peak · 14 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- Molas Pass · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cross Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Black Face: 1.8 mi
- Sunshine Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Gladstone Peak: 1.9 mi
- Mount Wilson: 2.2 mi
- Haskill Hill: 17.5 mi
- Mother Cline Slide: 19.2 mi
- Five Fingers: 19.5 mi
- Shithouse Wall (Closed): 19.5 mi
- Kid's Wall: 19.5 mi
- Lewis Mill: 10.0 mi
- Little Hawaii Grotto: 10.1 mi
- Black Bear Pass Trailhead (Northwestern): 11.4 mi
- The Steps: 12.0 mi
- Smuggler Union Tramhouse: 12.2 mi
- Ames Falls: 4.0 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Clear Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 11.4 mi
- Lower Ingram Falls: 11.9 mi
- Judy Long Memorial Park: 10.2 mi
- Ore Station Park: 10.2 mi
- Town Park: 10.4 mi
- Louis M Jones Memorial Park: 11.0 mi
- Molas Park: 15.8 mi
- Tomboy: 12.8 mi
- Red Mountain Town: 14.3 mi
- Sneffels: 14.6 mi
- Guston: 15.3 mi
- Ironton: 16.2 mi
- Tomboy: 12.7 mi
- Red Mountain: 14.6 mi
- Christ of the Mines Shrine: 15.3 mi
- Corkscrew Gulch Turntable: 16.1 mi
- Silver Lake Mine Complex: 19.0 mi
- Marian Shrine: 15.6 mi
- historic mine cart: 20.0 mi
- historic hanging mine car: 20.0 mi
- historic mine cart: 20.1 mi
- historic mine cart: 20.1 mi
- Rico 1: 10.2 mi
- Rico 2: 10.3 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 23.7 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 24.4 mi
- Mud Spring: 24.1 mi
- Spruce Spring: 24.2 mi
- Haviland Lake SWA: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Lizard Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | W 276° | 4,344 m | 2.2 mi |
| El Diente Peak | W 275° | 4,310 m | 3.0 mi |
| Wilson Peak | NW 312° | 4,274 m | 2.5 mi |
| Gladstone Peak | WNW 290° | 4,230 m | 1.9 mi |
| Vermilion Peak | ESE 111° | 4,212 m | 7.1 mi |
| Golden Horn | ESE 107° | 4,188 m | 7.2 mi |
| San Miguel Peak | SE 130° | 4,186 m | 6.1 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | SE 139° | 4,186 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 59 | 57 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 19 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Telluride 4wnw, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 187465 — Lizard Head, San Miguel County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358923092
Day trips start here
- Southwestern Colorado · 15 mi
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