Mount Antero
Mount Antero rises to 4,351 m in Colorado. Mount Princeton stands 4,329 m to the north, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount White, a peak 1.3 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
Mount Antero (), historically called Antero Peak, is the highest summit of the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,269-foot (4349.21 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest by south (bearing 208°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain is named in honor of Chief Antero of the Uintah band of the Ute people.
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Wikidata Q4245453, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,351.4 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
- 27.8 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount White: 1.3 mi
- Cronin Peak: 2.4 mi
- Boulder Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Jones Peak: 3.2 mi
- Tabeguache Peak: 3.4 mi
- Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 8.0 mi
- Millie Crymble Park: 13.0 mi
- Columbine Park: 13.1 mi
- McPhelemy Park: 13.1 mi
- River Park: 13.5 mi
- Alpine Station Historic Town: 9.0 mi
- The Squeeze: 12.3 mi
- Rock Pile: 12.8 mi
- Whale's Tail: 13.0 mi
- Monarch Scenic Tram: 13.0 mi
- Alpine: 3.4 mi
- Mary Murphy Mine: 5.6 mi
- St. Elmo: 5.7 mi
- Whitepine: 12.1 mi
- Tincup: 13.7 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 5.7 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 5.8 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 5.8 mi
- The Salida Museum: 16.5 mi
- Hancock: 6.6 mi
- Train Caboose: 16.7 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 16.8 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 24.8 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 10.6 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- The Palisades: 8.9 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 12.5 mi
- Mod Buffalo: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Mount Antero. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Princeton | N 2° | 4,329 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Yale | NNW 343° | 4,328 m | 12.3 mi |
| Tabeguache Peak | S 184° | 4,317 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Shavano | S 174° | 4,315 m | 3.8 mi |
| Cronin Peak | WSW 237° | 4,207 m | 2.4 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | WSW 241° | 4,171 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Aetna | SSW 213° | 4,160 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount White | SSE 158° | 4,159 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buena Vista 2S, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 189455 — Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358925137
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