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Navajo Peak

Navajo Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Navajo Peak rises to 4,087 m in Colorado. North Arapaho Peak stands 4,100 m to the south, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Apache Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Colorado River Headwaters passes 14 miles off.

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Navajo Peak is a 13,409-foot (4,087 m) mountain summit on the boundary shared by Boulder County and Grand County, in Colorado, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49056461, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4087 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.05360, -105.64667

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Apache Peak: 0.4 mi
  • Arikaree Peak: 0.6 mi
  • Mount George: 0.8 mi
  • Shoshoni Peak: 1.0 mi
  • Iroquois: 1.1 mi
Attractions
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 6.9 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 7.0 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 7.1 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 8.0 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 8.1 mi
Parks
  • Nederland Community Library Area: 9.5 mi
  • Chipeta Park: 9.8 mi
  • Mountain Man Park: 11.2 mi
  • Idlewild Park: 11.3 mi
  • Mural Park: 11.5 mi
Cliffs
  • Tent Rocks: 10.4 mi
  • Overhung Wall: 11.2 mi
  • Surprising Crag: 11.2 mi
  • The Visor: 11.2 mi
  • Clocktower: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 40
  • Rock Creek Ski Area (Historical): 8.6 mi
  • Magic Schoolbus: 10.5 mi
  • Mason Memorial: 13.3 mi
  • Wallstreet Gold Extraction Company Mill: 13.4 mi
  • Gold Mine: 16.7 mi
Artworks: 36
  • Jane Dragon: 9.5 mi
  • Cloud Busters: 11.4 mi
  • Repurposing the Globe: 11.4 mi
  • Peche: 11.4 mi
  • Tempus: 11.5 mi
Museums: 29
Waterfalls: 28
  • Calypso Cascades: 10.2 mi
  • Ouzel Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Mertensia Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Foothills Community Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Holiday Community Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Hawthorn Community Gardens: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Rose Crown: 12.9 mi
  • Fox Den: 13.1 mi
  • Meeker Park Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 18.0 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 1
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Navajo Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Arapaho PeakS 185°4,100 m1.9 mi
Apache PeakNW 326°4,097 m0.4 mi
South Arapaho PeakS 184°4,067 m2.4 mi
Mount AudubonNNE 27°4,026 m3.5 mi
Kiowa PeakESE 108°4,010 m1.3 mi
Arikaree PeakSE 138°4,008 m0.6 mi
Ogalalla PeakN 353°3,987 m8.1 mi
Old BaldyS 169°3,974 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3519:5520:36
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:2215:5816:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202026313949555346362720
Precip in2.72.83.74.83.82.03.02.52.02.22.32.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder 14 W, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 178430 — Navajo Peak, Grand County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358912854

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