Mount Wilson
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Mount Wilson rises to 4,344 m in Colorado. El Diente Peak stands 4,310 m to the west, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Gladstone Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. San Juan Skyway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mount Wilson is the highest summit of the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,254.1-foot (4,345 m) fourteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 10.6 miles (17.1 km) north by east (bearing 12°) of the Town of Rico in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. Mount Wilson should not be confused with the lower Wilson Peak nearby. The peak was named for A.D. Wilson, a topographer with the Hayden Survey. He was in the first ascent party, which climbed the peak on September 13, 1874, via the south ridge (a difficult route, not often climbed today).
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Wikidata Q6924620, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4344 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Alpine Loop
Overlooks nearby
- Gold Point · 6 mi
- Twilight Peak · 15 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
- Molas Pass · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gladstone Peak: 0.6 mi
- El Diente Peak: 0.8 mi
- Cross Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Wilson Peak: 1.5 mi
- Fowler Peak: 1.6 mi
- Haskill Hill: 16.9 mi
- The Rincon: 18.7 mi
- Pease Point: 18.8 mi
- Devil Point: 20.5 mi
- Mother Cline Slide: 21.0 mi
- Little Hawaii Grotto: 11.8 mi
- Lewis Mill: 12.1 mi
- Black Bear Pass Trailhead (Northwestern): 13.2 mi
- The Steps: 13.8 mi
- Smuggler Union Tramhouse: 13.9 mi
- Ames Falls: 6.1 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
- Clear Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 13.3 mi
- Lower Ingram Falls: 13.8 mi
- Louis M Jones Memorial Park: 10.5 mi
- Judy Long Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
- Ore Station Park: 11.8 mi
- Town Park: 12.1 mi
- Molas Park: 18.0 mi
- Tomboy: 14.6 mi
- Sneffels: 16.2 mi
- Red Mountain Town: 16.4 mi
- Guston: 17.3 mi
- Ironton: 18.2 mi
- Tomboy: 14.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 16.6 mi
- Christ of the Mines Shrine: 17.6 mi
- Corkscrew Gulch Turntable: 18.1 mi
- Ouray Climbers Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Marian Shrine: 17.8 mi
- historic mine cart: 21.6 mi
- historic hanging mine car: 21.6 mi
- historic mine cart: 21.7 mi
- historic mine cart: 21.7 mi
- Rico 1: 9.7 mi
- Rico 2: 9.8 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 24.7 mi
- Mud Spring: 23.0 mi
- Spruce Spring: 23.1 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
- Haviland Lake SWA: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Mount Wilson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Diente Peak | W 271° | 4,310 m | 0.8 mi |
| Wilson Peak | NNE 14° | 4,274 m | 1.5 mi |
| Gladstone Peak | NE 50° | 4,230 m | 0.6 mi |
| Vermilion Peak | ESE 107° | 4,212 m | 9.3 mi |
| Golden Horn | ESE 105° | 4,188 m | 9.4 mi |
| San Miguel Peak | ESE 121° | 4,186 m | 8.1 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | SE 129° | 4,186 m | 9.1 mi |
| Ulysses S Grant Peak | E 96° | 4,180 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 59 | 57 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 19 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Telluride 4wnw, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 187461 — Mount Wilson, Dolores County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358923083
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