Mount Hope
Mount Hope rises to 4,249 m in Colorado. Mount Elbert stands 4,401 m to the north-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Quail Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Mount Hope is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,939-foot (4,249 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 20.1 miles (32.3 km) northwest (bearing 311°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q14684989, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,249 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 8.2 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 13 mi
- Waterfall Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quail Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Twin Peaks: 1.5 mi
- Rinker Peak: 1.5 mi
- Ervin Peak: 1.6 mi
- Mount Blaurock: 1.9 mi
- Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 13.7 mi
- Bob Zaitz Park: 17.2 mi
- Ice Palace Park: 17.3 mi
- McPhelemy Park: 19.7 mi
- Columbine Park: 19.9 mi
- Columbine Mine: 3.3 mi
- Interlaken: 5.5 mi
- Colorado & Southern 2-8-0 641: 17.4 mi
- Oliver's Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Pyrenees Mine Headframe: 17.5 mi
- Winfield: 2.7 mi
- Vicksburg: 2.8 mi
- Independence: 11.6 mi
- Oro City: 17.3 mi
- Adelaide: 17.9 mi
- Temple Israel: 17.0 mi
- Tabor Home Museum: 17.2 mi
- National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: 17.3 mi
- The Leadville Heritage Museum: 17.3 mi
- Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin: 17.3 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 9.4 mi
- Stringtown Smelters: 16.3 mi
- The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 16.5 mi
- Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Clear Grit Mill: 17.3 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Emerald Lake: 9.1 mi
- Lower Grotto Wall: 16.5 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 23.7 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 14.9 mi
- Cloud City Farm & Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- White Water Spring: 20.5 mi
- Aspen Center for Environmental Studies: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Mount Hope. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Elbert | NNW 348° | 4,401 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Massive | NNW 345° | 4,398 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Harvard | SE 141° | 4,396 m | 8.5 mi |
| La Plata Peak | WNW 281° | 4,372 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Belford | SE 143° | 4,329 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Yale | SSE 155° | 4,328 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Oxford | SE 132° | 4,316 m | 5.8 mi |
| Missouri Mountain | SSE 156° | 4,290 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Lakes Rsvr, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358915505
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- Aspen · 24 mi
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