Mount Yale
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Mount Yale rises to 4,328 m in Colorado. Mount Harvard stands 4,396 m to the north, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Birthday Peak, a peak 2.8 miles away. Collegiate Peaks passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
Mount Yale is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,197-foot (4327.24 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.4 miles (15.2 km) west by north (bearing 276°) of Buena Vista, Colorado. The mountain was named in honor of Elihu Yale, the primary benefactor of what is now Yale University.
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Wikidata Q6924685, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,328 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
- 16.1 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
Overlooks nearby
- Railroad Gulch Overlook · 21 mi
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Birthday Peak: 2.8 mi
- Turner Peak: 3.9 mi
- Mount Columbia: 4.2 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Mount Harvard: 5.6 mi
- Columbine Mine: 12.7 mi
- The Squeeze: 13.1 mi
- Rock Pile: 13.2 mi
- Whale's Tail: 13.7 mi
- The Chute: 14.1 mi
- McPhelemy Park: 9.7 mi
- Columbine Park: 9.8 mi
- River Park: 10.2 mi
- Millie Crymble Park: 10.3 mi
- Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery: 12.1 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 9.9 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 9.9 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 9.9 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- The Palisades: 15.5 mi
- Hancock: 14.3 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 14.7 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 20.0 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Emerald Lake: 21.9 mi
- Browns Canyon National Monument: 18.8 mi
- White Water Spring: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Mount Yale. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Harvard | N 356° | 4,396 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Antero | SSE 163° | 4,351 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Princeton | SSE 150° | 4,329 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Belford | NNW 343° | 4,329 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Oxford | N 351° | 4,316 m | 8.4 mi |
| Missouri Mountain | NNW 334° | 4,290 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Columbia | NNE 12° | 4,285 m | 4.2 mi |
| Huron Peak | NW 316° | 4,270 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buena Vista 2S, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358924839
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