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Mount Eolus

Mount Eolus, a peak in Colorado
Mount Eolus, a peak in ColoradoJeremiah LaRocco · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mount Eolus, a peak in Colorado
Jeremiah LaRocco · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mount Eolus, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Eolus, a peak in Colorado
Kylie Stewart · CC BY 2.0
Mount Eolus, a peak in Colorado
Robert Tadlock from Westminster · CC BY 2.0

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Mount Eolus rises to 4,295 m in Colorado. North Eolus stands 4,311 m to the north-northeast, 0.3 miles off. San Juan Skyway passes 8.9 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Eolus is a high mountain summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,085-foot (4,293 m) fourteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 27.4 miles (44.1 km) northeast by north (bearing 29°) of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. Named after the Greek god of the wind, the mountain was originally referred to as "Aeolus" in the 1874 Hayden Survey. The current spelling of "Eolus" was first used in the Wheeler Survey of 1878.

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Wikidata Q6920656, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4295 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.62178, -107.62265

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • North Eolus: 0.3 mi
  • Glacier Point: 0.5 mi
  • Needle Mountains Peak Sixteen: 0.6 mi
  • Little Finger: 0.7 mi
  • Twin Thumbs: 0.9 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Soaring Tree Top Adventures: 9.4 mi
  • Big Giant Tram Station: 12.9 mi
  • Buffalo Boy Tram House: 13.5 mi
  • Old Hundred Mine: 14.1 mi
  • Mayflower Mill: 14.3 mi
Parks: 11
  • Molas Park: 9.4 mi
  • Silverton Memorial Park: 13.7 mi
  • Horse Thief Park: 14.3 mi
  • Old Timers Day Use Area: 17.3 mi
  • Ironton Park: 21.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Clear Creek Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Ames Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Upper Ingram Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Lower Ingram Falls: 22.1 mi
Hot springs: 4
  • Pinkerton Hot Springs: 15.5 mi
  • Durango Hot Springs: 20.1 mi
  • Rico 2: 23.0 mi
  • Rico 1: 23.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Haviland Lake SWA: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Marian Shrine: 13.3 mi
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Mount Eolus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North EolusNNE 18°4,311 m0.3 mi
Windom PeakE 91°4,296 m1.7 mi
Sunlight PeakENE 75°4,287 m1.5 mi
Pigeon PeakWNW 300°4,247 m1.5 mi
Jagged MountainNE 52°4,213 m2.7 mi
Jupiter MountainESE 111°4,212 m1.8 mi
Turret PeakWNW 293°4,211 m1.0 mi
Trinity PeaksNNE 27°4,210 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:5019:5720:36
September equinox06:5918:3519:09
December solstice07:2316:1516:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141724334251575448382514
Precip in2.02.12.11.71.70.92.42.82.82.11.71.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silverton, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358923756

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