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Mount Edwards

Mount Edwards, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Edwards rises to 4,218 m in Colorado. Grays Peak stands 4,352 m to the west, 1.3 miles off. Top of the Rockies passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Edwards is a high mountain summit in the Rocky Mountains' Front Range of North America. The 13,856-foot (4,223 m) thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 7.6 miles (12.3 km) southwest (bearing 223°) of the Town of Georgetown, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Clear Creek and Summit counties.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q14684978, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4,218 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.63638, -105.79390

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Dinger Park: 5.3 mi
  • Library Corner Park: 7.1 mi
  • City Park: 7.3 mi
  • Gateway Park: 7.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 35
Historic sites: 23
Museums: 20
  • George Rowe Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Hamill House Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 7.0 mi
  • Georgetown Energy Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Summit Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 4.7 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 8.7 mi
  • The Mailbox: 14.9 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 15.0 mi
  • Country Boy Mine: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 10.1 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Willow Creek falls: 18.3 mi
  • Continental Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Elk Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 22.7 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 14.7 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 16.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Mount Edwards. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakW4,352 m1.3 mi
Torreys PeakWNW4,351 m1.5 mi
Mount BierstadtESE4,287 m7.6 mi
Mount SpaldingESE4,222 m7.7 mi
Square Top MountainSSE4,201 m3.4 mi
Argentine PeakSSE4,186 m1.9 mi
Bard PeakN4,159 m5.8 mi
Gray Wolf MountainE4,148 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:3619:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2619:02
December solstice07:2116:0016:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222227334252575649392922
Precip in1.01.22.02.82.11.52.82.61.61.41.31.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cabin Creek, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 181828 — Mount Edwards, Summit County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358918162

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