Mount Lamborn
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Mount Lamborn rises to 3,474 m in Colorado. West Elk Peak stands 3,975 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pole Patch Springs, a spring 1.6 miles away. Grand Mesa passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mount Lamborn is a mountain summit in the West Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,402-foot (3,475 m) peak is located in Gunnison National Forest, 5.9 miles (9.5 km) southeast by south (bearing 141°) of the Town of Paonia in Delta County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Lamborn is the highest point in Delta County. Together with nearby Landsend Peak to the southwest, it lies at the western edge of the West Elks, rising dramatically nearly 6,000 ft (1,800 m) above the valley of the North Fork Gunnison River to the west.
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Wikidata Q8522946, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3474 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Grand Mesa, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cedaredge Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coal Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Landsend Peak: 2.7 mi
- Twin Knobs: 3.5 mi
- Elephant Hill: 3.5 mi
- Big Sand Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Pole Patch Springs: 1.6 mi
- Upper Reynolds Creek Springs: 1.6 mi
- Reynolds Creek Springs: 1.8 mi
- Kauer Spring: 2.0 mi
- Corral Spring No 2: 2.1 mi
- Northfork Miners Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Paonia Park: 6.0 mi
- Poulos Park: 6.0 mi
- Paonia River Park: 6.3 mi
- Crawford Town Park: 8.3 mi
- Iron Point: 12.6 mi
- Windy Point: 12.9 mi
- Lombard Slides: 15.7 mi
- Painted Wall: 18.9 mi
- The Raggeds: 20.2 mi
- Paonia Museum: 6.3 mi
- Bowie Schoolhouse Museum: 6.3 mi
- Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum: 10.6 mi
- Benjamin C. Heilman Grave: 16.7 mi
- Irwin Cemetery: 23.0 mi
- Gunnison Forks Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 17.3 mi
- Needle Rock: 5.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Mount Lamborn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Elk Peak | ESE 109° | 3,975 m | 18.4 mi |
| North Baldy Mountain | ESE 111° | 3,917 m | 19.4 mi |
| Middle Baldy | ESE 114° | 3,872 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Gunnison | E 85° | 3,860 m | 7.6 mi |
| East Beckwith Mountain | E 79° | 3,772 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Guero | SE 128° | 3,674 m | 9.3 mi |
| West Beckwith Mountain | ENE 74° | 3,670 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | ESE 122° | 3,616 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 33 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paonia 1SW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 186555 — Mount Lamborn, Delta County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358922497
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