Lone Cone
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Lone Cone rises to 3,836 m in Colorado. Mount Wilson stands 4,344 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Mesa, a peak 2.6 miles away. San Juan Skyway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Lone Cone is a prominent mountain summit at the western end of the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,618-foot (3,846 m) peak is located 24.2 miles (38.9 km) west by south (bearing 262°) of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Juan National Forest and Dolores County from Uncompahgre National Forest and San Miguel County.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q14684908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3836 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gold Point · 20 mi
- Twilight Peak · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Island Mesa: 2.6 mi
- Groundhog Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Stockdale Point: 5.3 mi
- Black Mesa: 7.0 mi
- Flattop Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Lone Cone State Wildlife Area: 4.3 mi
- Norwood Town Park: 16.8 mi
- San Miguel County Fairgrounds and Regional Park: 17.1 mi
- Louis M Jones Memorial Park: 18.3 mi
- Dry Creek Basin State Wildlife Area: 18.5 mi
- The Rincon: 7.3 mi
- Lavender Point: 13.4 mi
- Pease Point: 14.4 mi
- Craig Point: 17.2 mi
- Haskill Hill: 18.5 mi
- Mud Spring: 19.4 mi
- Spruce Spring: 23.2 mi
- Turkey Plot Spring: 24.0 mi
- Ames Falls: 20.3 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 24.5 mi
- Little Hawaii Grotto: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Lone Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | ESE 103° | 4,344 m | 14.8 mi |
| El Diente Peak | ESE 104° | 4,310 m | 14.0 mi |
| Wilson Peak | E 97° | 4,274 m | 14.9 mi |
| Gladstone Peak | E 101° | 4,230 m | 15.2 mi |
| Fowler Peak | E 99° | 4,114 m | 13.5 mi |
| Dolores Peak | ESE 111° | 4,052 m | 9.3 mi |
| Middle Peak | ESE 106° | 4,030 m | 8.1 mi |
| Boskoff Peak | E 100° | 4,000 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:17 | 16:58 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358943059
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