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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.

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Wikidata Q14684978, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4218 m
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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
Attractions: 41
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 4.7 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 8.7 mi
  • Abyss Trailhead: 9.7 mi
  • The Mailbox: 14.9 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 35
Historic sites: 23
Museums: 21
  • 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
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: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Willow Creek falls: 18.3 mi
  • 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 8.2 miles of Mount Edwards. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakW 262°4,352 m1.3 mi
Torreys PeakWNW 287°4,351 m1.5 mi
Mount BierstadtESE 119°4,287 m7.6 mi
Mount SpaldingESE 109°4,222 m7.7 mi
Square Top MountainSSE 153°4,201 m3.4 mi
Argentine PeakSSE 152°4,186 m1.9 mi
Bard PeakN 355°4,159 m5.8 mi
Gray Wolf MountainE 101°4,148 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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