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Mount McConnel

Mount McConnel, seen from above at true elevation

Mount McConnel rises to 2,440 m in Colorado. Comanche Peak stands 3,868 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Century Park Picnic Site, a picnic site 1.5 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 0.5 miles off.

About

The story

Mount McConnel is a mountain summit in the Mummy Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 8,012-foot (2,442 m) peak is located in the Cache La Poudre Wilderness of Roosevelt National Forest, 22.7 miles (36.5 km) west-northwest (bearing 292°) of the City of Fort Collins in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The summit can be reached via the Mount McConnel National Recreation Trail.

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Wikidata Q14684992, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2,440 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.67205, -105.46458

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sheep Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Firebreak Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Quigley Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Lonetree Mountain: 3.7 mi
Parks
  • Red Feather Community Park: 11.1 mi
  • Lory State Park: 15.9 mi
  • Bingham Hill Park: 16.3 mi
  • Forks Park: 17.9 mi
  • Overland Park: 18.9 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Cliffs: 33
  • Profile Rock: 8.9 mi
  • West Crag: 16.9 mi
  • Approach Crag: 16.9 mi
  • Land of the Overhangs: 16.9 mi
  • Main Crag: 16.9 mi
Artworks: 24
Historic sites: 18
  • Ben Delatour Scout Ranch: 6.1 mi
  • Crown Point B17 Crash Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • old sawmill: 10.3 mi
  • Stormy Peaks B17 Crash: 10.8 mi
  • Cache la Poudre Monument: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Disappointment Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Lost Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Fox Creek Falls: 15.0 mi
  • West Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
Museums: 11
Picnic sites: 7
Gardens: 6
Springs: 3
  • Bedsprings: 5.1 mi
  • Nelson Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Dixon Reservoir Beach: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Mount McConnel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Comanche PeakSW3,868 m14.2 mi
Comanche SpireSW3,743 m14.1 mi
Fall MountainSW3,736 m14.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW3,701 m13.4 mi
Stormy PeaksSSW3,692 m12.3 mi
Skull PointSW3,675 m14.0 mi
Mount DickinsonSSW3,601 m13.8 mi
Crown BenchmarkWSW3,547 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:38

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313036414961686659463730
Precip in0.60.71.72.93.42.22.62.11.91.51.00.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buckhorn MTN 1 E, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358911302

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