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Mount Sherman

Mount Sherman, a peak in Colorado
Mount Sherman, a peak in ColoradoDavid Herrera from Albuquerque, NM, Bernalillo · CC BY 2.0
Mount Sherman, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Sherman, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Sherman, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Sherman, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Sherman rises to 4,280 m in Colorado. Mount Lincoln stands 4,357 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Gemini Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 6.6 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Sherman is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,040.4-foot (4,280 m) fourteener is located 6.8 miles (11.0 km) east by south (bearing 103°) of the City of Leadville, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating Lake County from Park County. The mountain was named in honor of General William Tecumseh Sherman.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6923597, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4280 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.22508, -106.17007

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gemini Peak: 0.7 mi
  • Dyer Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Mount Sheridan: 1.4 mi
  • West Sheridan: 1.8 mi
  • West Dyer Mountain: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 28
Artworks: 20
Parks: 18
  • Bob Zaitz Park: 6.7 mi
  • Ice Palace Park: 6.9 mi
  • Alma Town Park & Disc Golf Course: 7.1 mi
  • Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 13.8 mi
  • White Cloud Public Access: 17.8 mi
Museums: 17
Ghost towns: 16
Historic sites: 15
  • Clear Grit Mill: 3.2 mi
  • Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 7.4 mi
  • The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 7.5 mi
  • Stringtown Smelters: 7.5 mi
  • Dog Memorial: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Emerald Lake: 13.5 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Gardens: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Continental Falls: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 24.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Mount Sherman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnNNE 20°4,356.5 m9.3 mi
Mount CameronNNE 18°4,335 m8.8 mi
Mount BrossNNE 24°4,321.6 m8.3 mi
Mount DemocratNNE 11°4,314.5 m8.1 mi
Gemini PeakN 8°4,243 m0.7 mi
Horseshoe MountainSSW 197°4,235 m2.8 mi
Traver PeakN 7°4,223 m9.3 mi
Dyer MountainNW 325°4,214 m1.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3919:5520:35
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:2116:0316:46

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171825314150555347372517
Precip in1.00.91.01.41.10.81.71.91.10.90.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leadville Lake CO AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 180207 — Mount Sherman, Lake County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358915061

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