Mount of the Holy Cross
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Mount of the Holy Cross rises to 4,271 m in Colorado. Mount Jackson stands 4,164 m to the west-northwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Notch Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
Mount of the Holy Cross is a high and prominent mountain summit in the northern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,005-foot (4268.80 m) fourteener is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness of White River National Forest, 6.6 miles (10.7 km) west-southwest (bearing 244°) of the Town of Red Cliff in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount of the Holy Cross is the highest point in Eagle County and the northern Sawatch Range.
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Wikidata Q6924826, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4270.5 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 28.3 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
- 28.9 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall Overlook · 16 mi
- Cabin ruins · 17 mi
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Notch Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Whitney Peak: 2.4 mi
- Middle Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Mount Jackson: 3.2 mi
- Grouse Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Holland Park: 10.5 mi
- Mikaela’s Park: 10.5 mi
- Coyote Park: 10.6 mi
- Stephens Park: 11.1 mi
- Ellefson Memorial Park: 11.5 mi
- The Drummer: 11.8 mi
- The Classics: 11.9 mi
- Uplift: 13.2 mi
- Kaikoo III: 13.2 mi
- The Need to Know: 13.3 mi
- Schoolhouse Garden: 13.4 mi
- Stumpery Garden: 13.4 mi
- The Children's Garden: 13.4 mi
- Corner Woodland Garden: 13.4 mi
- Primula Garden: 13.4 mi
- Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument: 8.1 mi
- Norwegian Memorial: 11.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 11.7 mi
- The Edge: 13.3 mi
- Pete Seibert's Dream: 13.3 mi
- Nature Discovery Center/Walking Mountains Science Center: 11.7 mi
- Walking Mountains Science Center: 12.3 mi
- Museum and Gift Shop: 13.4 mi
- Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame: 13.4 mi
- Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center: 13.5 mi
- Forest Flyer: 11.6 mi
- Holy Cross Adventure Course: 11.6 mi
- Forest Flyer: 11.7 mi
- Thunder Cat Cave: 11.7 mi
- Imagination Station: 13.3 mi
- Holy Cross City: 3.6 mi
- Gilman: 6.6 mi
- Pando: 7.9 mi
- Climax: 17.3 mi
- Adelaide: 19.3 mi
- East Vail Falls: 15.1 mi
- Booth Falls: 16.8 mi
- Continental Falls: 21.5 mi
- Willow Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
- Willow Creek falls: 21.5 mi
- Edwards Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass: 14.7 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Edwards: 15.4 mi
- Vail Nature Center: 13.5 mi
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 22.4 mi
- Meadows Day Use Area: 15.4 mi
- Emerald Lake: 22.1 mi
- Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 22.3 mi
- Sweet Beach Cove: 24.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Mount of the Holy Cross. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jackson | WNW 294° | 4,164 m | 3.2 mi |
| Gold Dust Peak | W 278° | 4,075 m | 6.1 mi |
| Whitney Peak | S 169° | 4,041 m | 2.4 mi |
| Notch Mountain | ENE 57° | 4,030 m | 1.3 mi |
| Homestake Peak | SSE 152° | 4,028 m | 7.7 mi |
| Jacque Peak | E 93° | 4,001 m | 15.2 mi |
| Savage Peak | SSW 199° | 3,972 m | 6.3 mi |
| Eagle Peak | WSW 255° | 3,965 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 | 05:40 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 21 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 40 | 26 | 18 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vail, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 179522 — Mount of the Holy Cross, Eagle County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358914307
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- Vail · 13 mi
- Breckenridge · 24 mi
- Aspen · 26 mi
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