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Mount Harvard, a peak in Colorado
Mount Harvard, a peak in ColoradoDavid Herrera from Albuquerque, NM, Bernalillo · CC BY 2.0
Mount Harvard, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Harvard, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Harvard, a peak in Colorado
KnowledgeIsPower9281 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Mount Harvard rises to 4,396 m in Colorado. Mount Elbert stands 4,401 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Columbia, a peak 1.9 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 6.7 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Harvard is the third highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,421-foot (4395.6 m) fourteener is the highest summit of the Collegiate Peaks and the fourth highest summit in the contiguous United States. Mount Harvard is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 11.7 miles (18.9 km) northwest by west (bearing 304°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Harvard is the highest point in Chaffee County and is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. The mountain was named in honor of Harvard University.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4245165, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4395.6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.92442, -106.32080

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 15
  • Columbine Mine: 7.2 mi
  • Interlaken: 10.6 mi
  • Rock Pile: 15.7 mi
  • The Squeeze: 15.8 mi
  • Whale's Tail: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Parks: 9
  • McPhelemy Park: 11.5 mi
  • Columbine Park: 11.7 mi
  • River Park: 11.9 mi
  • Millie Crymble Park: 12.3 mi
  • Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 16.2 mi
Museums: 8
  • American House Hotel Parlor: 15.3 mi
  • Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 15.3 mi
  • St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 15.3 mi
  • Temple Israel: 22.3 mi
  • Tabor Home Museum: 22.4 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Pieplant Mill: 12.9 mi
  • Hancock: 19.8 mi
  • Clear Grit Mill: 21.2 mi
  • Stringtown Smelters: 21.9 mi
  • The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Browns Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Ryks Waterfall: 22.7 mi
  • Twin Falls: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • White Water Spring: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 1
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Mount Harvard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ElbertNNW 333°4,401.2 m14.9 mi
La Plata PeakNW 312°4,372 m10.9 mi
Mount PrincetonSSE 161°4,329.3 m12.8 mi
Mount BelfordNW 319°4,329.1 m3.3 mi
Mount YaleS 176°4,328 m5.6 mi
Mount OxfordNNW 341°4,315.9 m2.9 mi
Missouri MountainWNW 297°4,289.8 m3.5 mi
Mount ColumbiaSE 139°4,285 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:17
June solstice05:4119:5520:35
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2116:0516:47

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192027344453595750403021
Precip in0.40.60.70.80.90.71.71.61.10.80.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Lakes Rsvr, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1970958669

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