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Mount Rosa

Mount Rosa, a peak in Colorado
Mount Rosa, a peak in ColoradoJeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0
Mount Rosa, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Rosa, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Rosa, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Rosa rises to 3,507 m in Colorado. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Nelson Camp, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Gold Belt Tour passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Rosa is a mountain summit of the Pikes Peak Massif in the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,504-foot (3,506 m) peak is located in Pike National Forest, 12.8 miles (20.6 km) southwest by west (bearing 233°) of downtown Colorado Springs in Teller County, Colorado, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q8536170, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3507 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.75415, -104.94803

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gendron Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Stove Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Big Chief: 1.8 mi
  • Knights Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Saint Peters Dome: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • High Park: 2.1 mi
  • Columbine Trail: 4.3 mi
  • Cathedral Park: 4.4 mi
  • Seven Falls Park: 4.4 mi
  • Ruxton Park: 6.2 mi
Attractions
  • Helen Hunt Falls: 3.4 mi
  • snow leopard: 5.1 mi
  • Tiger: 5.2 mi
  • Domestic Goats: 5.2 mi
  • Giraffe Feeding Experience: 5.3 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures: 5.1 mi
  • Big Red Chair: 7.4 mi
  • Children Holding Hands: 7.6 mi
  • Trailblazer: 8.2 mi
  • The Epicenter: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Nelson Camp: 1.5 mi
  • Mountaineer Train Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • George Eber Duclo: 7.5 mi
  • America the Beautiful: 7.8 mi
  • For the Unborn: 7.9 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Bear Sculpture Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Shipping Container Farm: 5.2 mi
  • The Secret Garden: 7.7 mi
  • westside community garden: 8.2 mi
  • Rock Garden: 8.6 mi
Museums: 24
Cliffs: 23
Picnic sites: 21
  • Prairie Skipper Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Turkey Roost Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
  • Elk Run Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
  • South Spring Cañon Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Crowe Gulch Picnic Ground: 10.4 mi
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Helen Hunt Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Ramona: 4.1 mi
  • Feather: 4.1 mi
  • Bridal Veil: 4.1 mi
  • Shorty: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Ghost towns: 4
Hot springs: 1
  • Dakota Hot Springs: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • CDOT Rest Area: Pueblo North (Closed): 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Mount Rosa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pikes PeakNW 319°4,302 m7.9 mi
Little Pikes PeakNW 318°4,073 m8.9 mi
Devil's PlaygroundNW 319°3,984 m10.1 mi
Sachett MountainNW 318°3,837 m6.2 mi
Sentinel PointNW 305°3,814 m10.3 mi
Sheep MountainWNW 295°3,780 m6.3 mi
Almagre MountainNW 316°3,768 m3.6 mi
Mount Big ChiefSW 231°3,404 m1.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3619:4920:29
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1516:0016:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733384656605853433326
Precip in0.71.01.93.12.52.13.93.91.91.20.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruxton Park, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358928758

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