Mount Lindsey

Mount Lindsey rises to 4,282 m in Colorado. Blanca Peak stands 4,374 m to the west, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Nipple, a peak 0.9 miles away. Scenic Highway of Legends passes 23 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Lindsey is a high mountain summit on the Sierra Blanca Massif in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,053.2-foot (4,283 m) fourteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant, 10.8 miles (17.4 km) north (bearing 358°) of the community of Fort Garland in Costilla County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q6921848, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4282 m
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
Overlooks nearby
89 named places within 25 miles
- Iron Nipple: 0.9 mi
- Blanca Peak: 2.3 mi
- Hamilton Peak: 2.4 mi
- Ellingwood Point: 2.6 mi
- Little Bear Peak: 3.1 mi
- Fort Garland Park: 10.7 mi
- Blanca Park: 10.8 mi
- Veteran's Park: 11.1 mi
- San Luis Lake SWA: 17.6 mi
- Sunrise Park: 23.5 mi
- Denton Spring: 9.1 mi
- Mosca Spring: 10.9 mi
- Trover Spring: 22.3 mi
- Patton Spring: 22.5 mi
- Cedar Spring: 22.6 mi
- Grand Sand Dunes Sign: 9.5 mi
- Rock dedicated to L.B. "Bill" Casselman: 10.1 mi
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Number 169: 24.2 mi
- Colorado Gators Reptile Park: 24.8 mi
- Windy Point: 14.6 mi
- Hansen Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Profile Rock: 24.5 mi
- Pinon Hill: 24.9 mi
- Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center: 11.1 mi
- San Luis Valley Museum: 24.3 mi
- Great Sand Dunes National Park: 17.2 mi
- Rio Grande Healthy Living Park: 23.9 mi
- Zapata Falls: 6.4 mi
- Duncan: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Lindsey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanca Peak | W 259° | 4,374 m | 2.3 mi |
| Ellingwood Point | W 268° | 4,282 m | 2.6 mi |
| Little Bear Peak | WSW 248° | 4,280 m | 3.1 mi |
| California Peak | NW 305° | 4,221 m | 3.6 mi |
| Hamilton Peak | SW 223° | 4,154 m | 2.4 mi |
| Tijeras Peak | NNW 348° | 4,149 m | 24.1 mi |
| Tiseras Peak | NNW 348° | 4,140 m | 24.1 mi |
| Twin Peaks | W 276° | 4,132 m | 4.1 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 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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 | 20 | 26 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blanca 4 NW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 192730 — Mount Lindsey, Costilla County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358928220
Day trips start here
- Great Sand Dunes National Park · 11 mi
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