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Mount Sopris

Mount Sopris rises to 3,841 m in Colorado. Maroon Peak stands 4,317 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Penny Hot Springs, a hot spring 3.9 miles away.

The story

Mount Sopris is a twin-summit mountain in the northwestern Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 12,965-foot (3,952 m) mountain is located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest, 6.6 miles (10.7 km) north by northeast (bearing 30°) of the community of Redstone in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.

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Wikidata Q6923754, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3,841 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.26121, -107.16476

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Redstone Park: 6.7 mi
  • Grace Shehi Bike Park: 9.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 9.4 mi
  • Linear Park: 9.4 mi
  • Hendrick Dog Park: 9.7 mi
Peaks
  • McCartney Mesa: 5.4 mi
  • Holgate Mesa: 6.8 mi
  • Haystack Mountain: 7.1 mi
  • Mount Daly: 8.0 mi
  • Capitol Peak: 8.8 mi
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Hayes Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Devil’s Punch Bowl: 15.4 mi
  • Judd Falls: 23.1 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Breathtaker: 13.3 mi
  • Maze: 18.6 mi
  • Ashcroft Ghost Town: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Grizzly Creek: 21.2 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 21.7 mi
  • CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Emerald Lake: 18.6 mi
  • Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 21.8 mi
Springs: 2
Gardens: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Chromatic Gate: 18.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Mount Sopris. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maroon PeakSE4,317 m16.2 mi
Capitol PeakSSE4,309 m8.8 mi
Snowmass MountainSSE4,297 m11.2 mi
Pyramid PeakSE4,275 m17.4 mi
North Maroon PeakSE4,261 m15.9 mi
Hagerman PeakSSE4,211 m11.7 mi
Clark PeakSE4,137 m9.3 mi
Snowmass PeakSSE4,102 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4319:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2616:0716:50

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222534415060656356443222
Precip in1.00.91.01.81.50.91.61.51.41.31.00.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aspen Pitkin CO AP Sardy FLD, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358909573

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