Mount Silverheels
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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.
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.
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Wikidata Q8526460, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,213 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 23.3 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall Overlook · 11 mi
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Magnolia Mill: 4.4 mi
- Flopper: 4.5 mi
- V-Notch: 4.8 mi
- C. & S. Car 8311: 5.3 mi
- Continental Divide: 5.3 mi
- 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
- Ciügaboc: 9.1 mi
- Isak Heartstone Troll: 9.3 mi
- The Nest: 9.7 mi
- Deer: 9.8 mi
- Going Home: 9.8 mi
- Alma's Historic Ladies Aid Hall: 4.8 mi
- Alma Fire House & Mining Museum: 4.9 mi
- South Park Rail Como Project: 6.3 mi
- South Park City: 7.9 mi
- Breckenridge Sawmill Museum: 8.9 mi
- Hoosier Pass Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Windmill: 9.5 mi
- Soldiers of the Summit: 9.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 9.9 mi
- Frank & Theta Brown: 10.0 mi
- Buckskin Joe: 5.4 mi
- Dyersville: 5.7 mi
- Climax: 9.8 mi
- Preston: 10.9 mi
- Parkville: 11.4 mi
- 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
- Continental Falls: 7.0 mi
- Willow Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
- Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 17.1 mi
- Sweet Beach Cove: 18.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 8.4 mi
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 10.6 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass: 17.3 mi
- Cloud City Farm & Community Garden: 17.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | W 279° | 4,357 m | 5.7 mi |
| Quandary Peak | NW 307° | 4,350 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Cameron | W 275° | 4,335 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Bross | W 267° | 4,322 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Democrat | W 270° | 4,315 m | 7.2 mi |
| Gemini Peak | SW 230° | 4,243 m | 11.3 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | NW 304° | 4,239 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pacific Peak | NW 313° | 4,227 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 20 | 27 | 33 | 42 | 51 | 57 | 55 | 48 | 38 | 28 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairplay S Park RD, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358914763
Day trips start here
- Breckenridge · 10 mi
- Vail · 28 mi
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