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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
4315 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.61910, -106.23924

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 13
  • 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
Attractions: 9
  • 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
Ghost towns: 6
Museums: 4
  • 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
Historic sites: 3
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Browns Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Twin Falls: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnteroN 354°4,351.4 m3.8 mi
Mount PrincetonN 359°4,329.3 m9.0 mi
Tabeguache PeakNW 305°4,316.7 m0.8 mi
Mount OurayS 177°4,233 m13.6 mi
Cronin PeakNW 317°4,207 m3.4 mi
Grizzly MountainWNW 295°4,171 m4.3 mi
Mount AetnaWSW 242°4,160 m4.9 mi
Mount WhiteN 2°4,159 m2.6 mi

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 solstice07:2016:0616:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038445263676558473628
Precip in0.30.30.71.01.00.51.41.50.70.90.20.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salida, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1910294333

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