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Mount Guyot

Mount Guyot, a peak in Colorado
Mount Guyot, a peak in ColoradoDavid Herrera from Albuquerque, NM, Bernalillo · CC BY 2.0
Mount Guyot, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Guyot, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Guyot, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Guyot, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Guyot rises to 4,053 m in Colorado. Quandary Peak stands 4,350 m to the west-southwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Farncomb Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Guyot is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,376-foot (4,077 m) thirteener is located 6.3 miles (10.2 km) east-southeast (bearing 117°) of the Town of Breckenridge, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating Pike National Forest and Park County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County. The mountain was named in honor of Arnold Henry Guyot, a Swiss-American geologist.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q16911141, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4053 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.45888, -105.93751

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Farncomb Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Humbug Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Glacier Peak: 3.4 mi
  • Brewery Hill: 3.4 mi
Parks: 38
  • High Line Railroad Park: 5.6 mi
  • Carter Park: 5.7 mi
  • Alpine Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Prospector Park: 6.0 mi
  • White Cloud Public Access: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 28
Artworks: 23
Museums: 22
Historic sites: 20
Ghost towns: 13
Picnic sites: 11
  • Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Geneva Creek Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Continental Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Willow Creek falls: 15.9 mi
  • East Vail Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Booth Falls: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Mount Guyot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quandary PeakWSW 245°4,349.9 m10.0 mi
Pacific PeakWSW 256°4,227 m10.2 mi
Mount SilverheelsSSW 204°4,213 m9.0 mi
Crystal PeakW 260°4,213 m9.6 mi
Atlantic PeakWSW 253°4,211 m10.5 mi
Bald MountainWSW 241°4,175 m2.0 mi
Peak 10W 263°4,150 m8.9 mi
Father Dyer PeakWSW 258°4,144 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3819:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2116:0116:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161926334251575548372617
Precip in0.91.01.11.41.31.11.91.91.41.00.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 1 E, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 183130 — Mount Guyot, Summit County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358919815

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