Mount Ouray
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Mount Ouray rises to 4,233 m in Colorado. Tabeguache Peak stands 4,317 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Chipeta Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mount Ouray is a high and prominent mountain summit in the far southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,961-foot (4255.4 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 7.5 miles (12.0 km) west (bearing 270°) of Poncha Pass, Colorado, United States, on the boundary between Chaffee and Saguache counties. The mountain was named in honor of Ute Chief Ouray.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6922622, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,233 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chipeta Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount KIA/MIA: 4.0 mi
- Pahlone Peak: 4.4 mi
- Peel Point: 4.4 mi
- Windy Peak: 5.4 mi
- South Park: 9.5 mi
- Poncha Springs Disk Golf Park: 9.5 mi
- Hoover Ranch Park: 10.1 mi
- Chipeta Park: 10.3 mi
- Little River Ranch Park: 10.6 mi
- Whitepine: 12.3 mi
- Mary Murphy Mine: 18.2 mi
- Calcite: 18.3 mi
- Alpine: 20.3 mi
- St. Elmo: 20.5 mi
- The Salida Museum: 13.6 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 20.5 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 20.5 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 20.5 mi
- Saguache County Museum: 23.7 mi
- Monarch Scenic Tram: 7.4 mi
- Riverboat Works: 15.0 mi
- Alpine Station Historic Town: 18.0 mi
- Captain Zipline: 18.3 mi
- Windy Point: 7.7 mi
- The Palisades: 17.1 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 21.1 mi
- Train Caboose: 15.0 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 15.2 mi
- Hancock: 16.7 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 15.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 17.3 mi
- Oak Springs: 20.4 mi
- Hayden Spring: 21.3 mi
- Mod Buffalo: 14.8 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Mount Ouray. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabeguache Peak | N 354° | 4,317 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Shavano | N 357° | 4,315 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cronin Peak | N 349° | 4,207 m | 16.4 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | NNW 343° | 4,171 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Aetna | NNW 335° | 4,160 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount White | N 358° | 4,159 m | 16.2 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NNW 340° | 4,145 m | 11.8 mi |
| Jones Peak | N 0° | 4,136 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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 | 14 | 17 | 27 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 58 | 50 | 39 | 27 | 15 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sargents, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 189848 — Mount Ouray, Chaffee County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358925365
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