Mount Belford
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Mount Belford rises to 4,329 m in Colorado. Mount Elbert stands 4,401 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pecks Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Mount Belford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,199.6-foot (4,328 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 15.0 miles (24.1 km) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q6919666, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,329.1 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
- 8.7 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 16 mi
- Waterfall Overlook · 28 mi
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pecks Peak: 1.0 mi
- Mount Oxford: 1.2 mi
- Missouri Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Iowa Peak: 1.9 mi
- Waverly Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Columbine Mine: 4.4 mi
- Interlaken: 8.1 mi
- Rock Pile: 18.9 mi
- The Squeeze: 19.0 mi
- Whale's Tail: 19.5 mi
- Vicksburg: 2.7 mi
- Winfield: 4.6 mi
- Tincup: 15.6 mi
- Independence: 16.5 mi
- Alpine: 17.6 mi
- McPhelemy Park: 14.7 mi
- Columbine Park: 14.9 mi
- River Park: 15.0 mi
- Millie Crymble Park: 15.4 mi
- Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 18.2 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 17.8 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 17.8 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 17.8 mi
- Temple Israel: 20.1 mi
- Tabor Home Museum: 20.2 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 10.8 mi
- Clear Grit Mill: 19.5 mi
- Stringtown Smelters: 19.6 mi
- The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 19.7 mi
- Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 20.4 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Lower Grotto Wall: 21.2 mi
- The Palisades: 23.0 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Emerald Lake: 13.5 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 19.6 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
- Cloud City Farm & Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- White Water Spring: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Mount Belford. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Elbert | NNW 337° | 4,401 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Harvard | SE 139° | 4,396 m | 3.3 mi |
| La Plata Peak | NW 308° | 4,372 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Princeton | SSE 156° | 4,329 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Yale | SSE 163° | 4,328 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Oxford | ENE 77° | 4,316 m | 1.2 mi |
| Missouri Mountain | SW 227° | 4,290 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Columbia | SE 139° | 4,285 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Lakes Rsvr, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358924821
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- Aspen · 29 mi
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