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Mount Princeton, a peak in Colorado
Mount Princeton, a peak in ColoradoHogs555 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Princeton, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Princeton, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Princeton, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Princeton, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Princeton, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Princeton rises to 4,329 m in Colorado. Mount Harvard stands 4,396 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tigger Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 7.3 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Princeton is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,200.1 feet (4,328 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 7.8 miles (12.6 km) southwest (bearing 225°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of Princeton University.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6923050, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4329.3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.74924, -106.24249

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tigger Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Sheep Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Mount Antero: 5.2 mi
  • Boulder Mountain: 5.5 mi
Parks: 14
  • Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 6.2 mi
  • Columbine Park: 8.7 mi
  • McPhelemy Park: 8.7 mi
  • Millie Crymble Park: 8.8 mi
  • River Park: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 11
  • The Squeeze: 9.4 mi
  • Rock Pile: 9.8 mi
  • Whale's Tail: 10.1 mi
  • The Chute: 10.7 mi
  • The Stairs: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Museums: 4
  • Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 6.4 mi
  • American House Hotel Parlor: 6.4 mi
  • St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 6.5 mi
  • The Salida Museum: 20.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Browns Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Twin Falls: 12.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HarvardNNW 341°4,395.6 m12.8 mi
Mount AnteroS 182°4,351.4 m5.2 mi
Mount YaleNNW 330°4,328 m7.6 mi
Tabeguache PeakS 183°4,316.7 m8.6 mi
Mount ShavanoS 179°4,315 m9.0 mi
Mount ColumbiaNNW 345°4,285 m11.1 mi
Emerald PeakNNW 329°4,232 m14.5 mi
Cronin PeakSSW 199°4,207 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4119:5420:34
September equinox06:5318:2919:04
December solstice07:2016:0516:47

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836425161666457463526
Precip in0.30.40.61.01.20.71.51.60.90.80.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buena Vista 2S, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1970497100

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