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Mount Oklahoma

Mount Oklahoma, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Oklahoma rises to 4,213 m in Colorado. Mount Elbert stands 4,401 m to the southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 8.8 miles off.

The story

Mount Oklahoma is a high mountain summit in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,852-foot (4,222 m) thirteener is located 5.7 miles (9.2 km) northeast by north (bearing 33°) of Independence Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating the Mount Massive Wilderness in San Isabel National Forest and Lake County from the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness in White River National Forest and Pitkin County. The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oklahoma.

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Wikidata Q14685001, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4213 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.17888, -106.50614

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 41
  • Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 5.0 mi
  • Ice Palace Park: 12.4 mi
  • Bob Zaitz Park: 12.5 mi
  • Molly Gibson Park: 16.2 mi
  • Snyder Park: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 13
Museums: 12
Ghost towns: 11
Historic sites: 9
  • Dog Memorial: 10.3 mi
  • Stringtown Smelters: 11.4 mi
  • The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 11.5 mi
  • Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 12.0 mi
  • Clear Grit Mill: 15.1 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Ryks Waterfall: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Chromatic Gate: 17.3 mi
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Mount Oklahoma. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ElbertSE 142°4,401.2 m5.3 mi
Mount MassiveENE 70°4,398 m1.7 mi
La Plata PeakS 170°4,372 m10.5 mi
Grizzly PeakSSW 208°4,258 m10.6 mi
Mount HopeSSE 157°4,249 m11.8 mi
Casco PeakS 172°4,237 m4.5 mi
French MountainSSE 160°4,234 m3.7 mi
Garfield PeakSSW 205°4,193 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4119:5620:36
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2316:0516:47

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181824314151565447372718
Precip in1.01.41.31.71.40.91.92.11.41.01.31.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sugarloaf Rsvr, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 196668 — Mount Oklahoma, Lake County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358931554

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