Mount Oxford
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Mount Oxford rises to 4,316 m in Colorado. Mount Elbert stands 4,401 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Waverly Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,156.3-foot (4,315 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 14.2 miles (22.9 km) northwest (bearing 311°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oxford.
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Wikidata Q6922631, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,315.9 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
- 8.1 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 16 mi
- Waterfall Overlook · 28 mi
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waverly Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Belford: 1.2 mi
- Pecks Peak: 1.4 mi
- Missouri Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mount Harvard: 2.9 mi
- Columbine Mine: 4.3 mi
- Interlaken: 7.8 mi
- Rock Pile: 18.2 mi
- The Squeeze: 18.3 mi
- Whale's Tail: 18.7 mi
- Vicksburg: 3.1 mi
- Winfield: 5.6 mi
- Tincup: 16.3 mi
- Independence: 17.3 mi
- Alpine: 17.7 mi
- McPhelemy Park: 13.9 mi
- Columbine Park: 14.1 mi
- River Park: 14.2 mi
- Millie Crymble Park: 14.6 mi
- Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 18.2 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 18.1 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 18.1 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 18.1 mi
- Temple Israel: 19.6 mi
- Tabor Home Museum: 19.8 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 12.0 mi
- Clear Grit Mill: 18.8 mi
- Stringtown Smelters: 19.2 mi
- The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 19.3 mi
- Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Lower Grotto Wall: 22.1 mi
- The Palisades: 23.4 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Emerald Lake: 13.5 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
- Cloud City Farm & Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- White Water Spring: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Mount Oxford. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Elbert | NNW 332° | 4,401 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Harvard | SSE 161° | 4,396 m | 2.9 mi |
| La Plata Peak | WNW 302° | 4,372 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Princeton | SSE 161° | 4,329 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Belford | WSW 257° | 4,329 m | 1.2 mi |
| Mount Yale | S 171° | 4,328 m | 8.4 mi |
| Missouri Mountain | WSW 241° | 4,290 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Columbia | SSE 152° | 4,285 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Lakes Rsvr, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358924825
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