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Mount Silverheels

Mount Silverheels, a peak in Colorado
Mount Silverheels, a peak in ColoradoLarry Lamsa · CC BY 2.0
Mount Silverheels, a peak in Colorado
Gail Fisher · CC BY 2.0
Mount Silverheels, a peak in Colorado
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Mount Silverheels, a peak in Colorado
Doug Skiba · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Mount Silverheels rises to 4,213 m in Colorado. Mount Lincoln stands 4,357 m to the west, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmer Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 9.4 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Silverheels is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,829-foot (4,215 m) thirteener is located in Pike National Forest, 4.9 miles (7.9 km) northeast (bearing 41°) of the Town of Alma in Park County, Colorado, United States. Mount Silverheels is just east of two fourteeners: Mount Bross and Mount Lincoln.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q8526460, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4213 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.33916, -106.00530

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Palmer Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Little Baldy Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Hoosier Ridge: 3.3 mi
  • Red Peak: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 28
Parks: 24
  • Alma Town Park & Disc Golf Course: 4.8 mi
  • White Cloud Public Access: 9.0 mi
  • High Line Railroad Park: 9.5 mi
  • Carter Park: 9.8 mi
  • Alpine Garden: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 21
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 17
Ghost towns: 12
Picnic sites: 6
  • Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Geneva Creek Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Continental Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Willow Creek falls: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Mount Silverheels. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnW 279°4,356.5 m5.7 mi
Quandary PeakNW 307°4,349.9 m6.7 mi
Mount CameronW 275°4,335 m6.1 mi
Mount BrossW 267°4,321.6 m5.5 mi
Mount DemocratW 270°4,314.5 m7.2 mi
Gemini PeakSW 230°4,243 m11.3 mi
Fletcher MountainNW 304°4,239 m7.9 mi
Pacific PeakNW 313°4,227 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3819:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2116:0216:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202027334251575548382820
Precip in0.70.61.11.41.81.12.42.21.41.00.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairplay S Park RD, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358914763

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