Mount Shavano
Mount Shavano rises to 4,315 m in Colorado. Mount Antero stands 4,351 m to the north, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Tabeguache Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
Mount Shavano is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,228.3-foot (4,337 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north by west (bearing 350°) of the community of Maysville in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of Ute Chief Shavano.
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Wikidata Q8522694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,315 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tabeguache Peak: 0.8 mi
- Jones Peak: 1.3 mi
- Carbonate Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mount White: 2.6 mi
- Lost Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 10.6 mi
- Hoover Ranch Park: 11.1 mi
- Chipeta Park: 11.5 mi
- South Park: 11.7 mi
- Poncha Springs Disk Golf Park: 11.8 mi
- Alpine Station Historic Town: 9.2 mi
- Monarch Scenic Tram: 9.7 mi
- The Squeeze: 14.9 mi
- Riverboat Works: 15.0 mi
- Rock Pile: 15.5 mi
- Mary Murphy Mine: 6.8 mi
- Alpine: 6.9 mi
- St. Elmo: 8.2 mi
- Whitepine: 9.9 mi
- Tincup: 15.9 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 8.2 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 8.2 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 8.2 mi
- The Salida Museum: 14.1 mi
- Hancock: 6.7 mi
- Train Caboose: 14.6 mi
- In Memory of Loyal Duke: 14.7 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- The Palisades: 8.7 mi
- Windy Point: 21.3 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 10.0 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 13.2 mi
- Mod Buffalo: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Mount Shavano. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Antero | N 354° | 4,351 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Princeton | N 359° | 4,329 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tabeguache Peak | NW 305° | 4,317 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Ouray | S 177° | 4,233 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cronin Peak | NW 317° | 4,207 m | 3.4 mi |
| Grizzly Mountain | WNW 295° | 4,171 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Aetna | WSW 242° | 4,160 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount White | N 2° | 4,159 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 38 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salida, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1910294333
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