Mount Adams
Mount Adams rises to 4,248 m in Colorado. Crestone Peak stands 4,359 m to the south-southeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Baldy Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mount Adams is a high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,937-foot (4,248 m) thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, 5.1 miles (8.2 km) east by north (bearing 81°) of the Town of Crestone, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Custer County from Rio Grande National Forest and Saguache County.
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Wikidata Q6919249, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4248 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Frontier Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Baldy Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Fluted Peak: 1.2 mi
- Little Horn Peak: 1.7 mi
- Challenger Point: 1.9 mi
- Kit Carson Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Baca Grande Park: 5.0 mi
- Little Pearl Pocket Park: 5.2 mi
- Hermit Park: 11.4 mi
- Summit Park: 11.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 11.4 mi
- Patton Spring: 16.6 mi
- Bailey Spring: 16.9 mi
- Cedar Spring: 17.5 mi
- Trover Spring: 18.3 mi
- Mosca Spring: 19.6 mi
- USFS CORNER: 8.5 mi
- The 38th Parallel: 16.6 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 23.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 23.3 mi
- Hooper Town Park: 23.4 mi
- Crestone Town Hall: 5.2 mi
- All Aboard Westcliffe: 11.5 mi
- SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 12.4 mi
- Beckwith Ranch: 13.5 mi
- Copperstain Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Phantom Terrace: 3.4 mi
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 14.7 mi
- Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area: 24.2 mi
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 21.8 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 23.9 mi
- Venable Falls: 4.7 mi
- Double Dipper: 11.7 mi
- Hot Springs: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Mount Adams. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestone Peak | SSE 159° | 4,359 m | 3.0 mi |
| East Crestone Peak | SSE 158° | 4,359 m | 3.0 mi |
| Crestone Needle | SSE 153° | 4,329 m | 3.3 mi |
| Kit Carson Mountain | S 176° | 4,319 m | 1.9 mi |
| Challenger Point | S 183° | 4,294 m | 1.9 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | SE 129° | 4,289 m | 3.5 mi |
| Columbia Point | S 169° | 4,242 m | 2.0 mi |
| Obstruction Peak | SSE 156° | 4,205.9 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 21 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crestone 2 SE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 192289 — Mount Adams, Custer County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358927933
Day trips start here
- Great Sand Dunes National Park · 20 mi
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