Methodist Mountain
Methodist Mountain rises to 3,563 m in Colorado. Mount Ouray stands 4,233 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Simmons Peak, a peak 2.9 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Methodist Mountain is a mountain summit in the northern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,713-foot (3,570 m) peak is located 5.5 miles (8.8 km) south by west (bearing 191°) of the City of Salida, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from Rio Grande National Forest and Saguache County. Methodist Mountain is the northernmost peak of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which stretch south through southern Colorado to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Wikidata Q6823839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,563 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Simmons Peak: 2.9 mi
- Poncha Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cleveland Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Round Hill: 5.0 mi
- Hunts Peak: 6.2 mi
- Little River Ranch Park: 4.8 mi
- Poncha Springs Disk Golf Park: 4.8 mi
- South Park: 4.9 mi
- Chipeta Park: 5.2 mi
- Hoover Ranch Park: 5.6 mi
- Riverboat Works: 5.7 mi
- Captain Zipline: 6.9 mi
- Monarch Scenic Tram: 16.9 mi
- The Squeeze: 23.8 mi
- Whale's Tail: 24.0 mi
- Calcite: 7.1 mi
- Whitepine: 21.2 mi
- Alpine: 23.1 mi
- Mary Murphy Mine: 23.3 mi
- St. Elmo: 24.8 mi
- The Salida Museum: 5.0 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 24.8 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 24.8 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 24.8 mi
- Train Caboose: 6.1 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 6.2 mi
- Hancock: 22.6 mi
- Windy Point: 14.5 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 21.1 mi
- The Palisades: 24.0 mi
- Twin Falls: 12.8 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 16.6 mi
- Oak Springs: 13.4 mi
- Hayden Spring: 14.3 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 17.1 mi
- Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area: 21.8 mi
- Mod Buffalo: 5.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Methodist Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ouray | W 260° | 4,233 m | 11.4 mi |
| Chipeta Mountain | W 268° | 4,109 m | 12.1 mi |
| Antora Peak | SW 231° | 4,041 m | 14.0 mi |
| Bushnell Peak | SE 138° | 3,993 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hunts Peak | SE 141° | 3,977 m | 6.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | SE 138° | 3,956 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | SW 232° | 3,917 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Otto | SE 140° | 3,888 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salida, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 189856 — Methodist Mountain, Saguache County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358925369
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