Park Cone
Park Cone rises to 3,683 m in Colorado. Huron Peak stands 4,270 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldy Mountain, a peak 2.9 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 23 miles off.
The story
Park Cone, elevation 12,106 ft (3,690 m), is a summit in the Sawatch Range of central Colorado. The mountain is northeast of Gunnison in the Gunnison National Forest.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q14685044, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,683 m
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 24.1 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Named places within 25 miles
- Baldy Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Matchless Mountain: 3.4 mi
- South Matchless Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Rocky Point: 4.9 mi
- Cross Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Gunnison City Mountain Park: 13.7 mi
- Roaring Judy Fish Hatchery: 14.7 mi
- Roaring Judy State Wildlife Area: 14.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 20.7 mi
- Rainbow Park: 20.8 mi
- Tincup: 7.3 mi
- St. Elmo: 15.3 mi
- Winfield: 15.7 mi
- Mary Murphy Mine: 16.3 mi
- Alpine: 18.0 mi
- Oliver's Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Alpine Station Historic Town: 15.1 mi
- Columbine Mine: 20.5 mi
- Ashcroft Ghost Town: 20.8 mi
- Interlaken: 23.8 mi
- St. Elmo Town Hall & Jail: 15.2 mi
- American House Hotel Parlor: 15.3 mi
- Evans Firewall & Savard Building: 15.3 mi
- Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum: 21.1 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 24.3 mi
- White Water Spring: 6.6 mi
- Biebel Springs: 18.5 mi
- Prospector Spring: 22.9 mi
- The Palisades: 15.9 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- Lower Grotto Wall: 22.9 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Judd Falls: 23.1 mi
- Browns Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 10.0 mi
- Hancock: 17.0 mi
- CBCS Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Knight and Dragon: 20.8 mi
- Conundrum Hot Springs: 21.5 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Park Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Peak | NE 41° | 4,270 m | 13.6 mi |
| Emerald Peak | NE 53° | 4,232 m | 15.0 mi |
| Ice Mountain | NE 48° | 4,220 m | 12.1 mi |
| Iowa Peak | NE 50° | 4,209 m | 15.4 mi |
| The Three Apostles | NE 47° | 4,201 m | 12.4 mi |
| Emma Burr Mountain | ESE 113° | 4,125 m | 11.0 mi |
| Browns Peak | NE 39° | 4,122 m | 14.2 mi |
| Jenkins Mountain | NNE 15° | 4,081 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
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 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 33 | 43 | 52 | 57 | 56 | 49 | 39 | 26 | 12 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taylor Park, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 188912 — Park Cone, Gunnison County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358924627
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