Mount Herard
Mount Herard rises to 4,070 m in Colorado. Blanca Peak stands 4,374 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Blizzardine Peak, a peak 3.7 miles away. Frontier Pathways passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mount Herard is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,345-foot (4,068 m) thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve, 15.0 miles (24.1 km) southeast (bearing 132°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q14684986, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4070 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Frontier Pathways, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Blizzardine Peak: 3.7 mi
- Carbon Hill: 3.8 mi
- Huckleberry Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Blueberry Peak: 3.9 mi
- Mount Zwischen: 4.5 mi
- Baca Grande Park: 14.2 mi
- Little Pearl Pocket Park: 15.1 mi
- San Luis Lake SWA: 17.1 mi
- Hermit Park: 19.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 19.6 mi
- Mosca Spring: 8.0 mi
- Patton Spring: 9.4 mi
- Bailey Spring: 9.7 mi
- Cedar Spring: 10.2 mi
- Denton Spring: 10.4 mi
- USFS CORNER: 20.3 mi
- Hooper Town Park: 22.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.2 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 22.2 mi
- Welcome to Hooper: 22.3 mi
- Crestone Town Hall: 15.0 mi
- All Aboard Westcliffe: 19.8 mi
- SILVER CLIFF MUSEUM: 20.0 mi
- Beckwith Ranch: 23.7 mi
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 11.0 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 14.2 mi
- Colorado Gators Reptile Park: 22.8 mi
- Copperstain Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Phantom Terrace: 15.9 mi
- Zapata Falls: 16.2 mi
- Venable Falls: 16.6 mi
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 7.5 mi
- Double Dipper: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Mount Herard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanca Peak | S 179° | 4,374 m | 18.8 mi |
| East Crestone Peak | NNW 329° | 4,359 m | 9.5 mi |
| Crestone Peak | NNW 329° | 4,359 m | 9.5 mi |
| Crestone Needle | NNW 331° | 4,329 m | 9.2 mi |
| Kit Carson Mountain | NNW 327° | 4,319 m | 10.8 mi |
| Challenger Point | NW 326° | 4,294 m | 10.9 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | NNW 339° | 4,289 m | 9.4 mi |
| Ellingwood Point | S 180° | 4,282 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 28 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 63 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Great Sand Dunes NP & Preserve, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 192572 — Mount Herard, Saguache County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358928126
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