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Mount Jackson

Mount Jackson, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Jackson rises to 4,164 m in Colorado. Mount of the Holy Cross stands 4,271 m to the east-southeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Grouse Mountain, a peak 2.9 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 8.2 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Jackson is a high and prominent mountain summit in the northern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,676-foot (4,168 m) thirteener is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness of White River National Forest, 9.0 miles (14.5 km) west-southwest (bearing 247°) of the Town of Minturn in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of photographer William Henry Jackson, who accompanied the Hayden Survey in the 1870s.

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Wikidata Q6921471, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4164 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.48526, -106.53670

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Grouse Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Middle Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Gold Dust Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Mount of the Holy Cross: 3.2 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 3.6 mi
Parks: 35
  • Holland Park: 9.6 mi
  • Coyote Park: 9.7 mi
  • Mikaela’s Park: 9.8 mi
  • Avon Whitewater Park: 10.2 mi
  • Henry A. Nottingham Park: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Schoolhouse Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Stumpery Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Corner Woodland Garden: 14.0 mi
  • The Children's Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Primula Garden: 14.0 mi
Artworks: 17
Historic sites: 17
  • Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument: 11.2 mi
  • Zeke M. Pierce: 13.6 mi
  • The Edge: 13.8 mi
  • Pete Seibert's Dream: 13.8 mi
  • Earl V. Eaton: 13.8 mi
Museums: 14
Attractions: 13
  • Forest Flyer: 12.1 mi
  • Forest Flyer: 12.2 mi
  • Holy Cross Adventure Course: 12.2 mi
  • Thunder Cat Cave: 12.3 mi
  • Imagination Station: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • East Vail Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Booth Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Willow Creek falls: 23.5 mi
  • Continental Falls: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • Seven Castles: 23.7 mi
  • East Face: 24.8 mi
  • Lower Buttressess: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Vail Nature Center: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Mount Jackson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount of the Holy CrossESE 113°4,270.5 m3.2 mi
Gold Dust PeakW 262°4,075 m3.1 mi
Whitney PeakSE 137°4,041 m5.0 mi
Notch MountainE 98°4,030 m4.1 mi
Homestake PeakSE 141°4,028 m10.4 mi
Savage PeakS 173°3,972 m7.3 mi
Eagle PeakSW 221°3,965 m3.6 mi
Fools PeakSW 235°3,926 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4019:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:2416:0416:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192128364654605952422919

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meredith, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 179483 — Mount Jackson, Eagle County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358914268

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