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Prospect Mountain

Prospect Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Mountain rises to 2,699 m in Colorado. Longs Peak stands 4,346 m to the southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Thumb, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 0.9 miles off.

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Prospect Mountain is a 8,898 feet (2,712 m) summit south of Estes Park in Larimer County, Colorado.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49064248, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2699 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.35943, -105.52194

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Cliffs: 42
Attractions: 41
  • Wind River Ranch: 4.5 mi
  • Old Fall River Road: 9.9 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 14.7 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 15.6 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • MacGregor Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Windy Gulch Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • West Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Fox Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • Estes Park Women's Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Bond Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Albert Birch Bungalow: 1.3 mi
  • Joel Estes Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Jeffrey Christensen: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Artworks: 15
Picnic sites: 13
  • Tuxedo Park: 3.5 mi
  • Sprague Lake: 5.3 mi
  • Endovalley: 8.1 mi
  • Meeker Park Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Beaver Creek Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
Museums: 9
Gardens: 8
Springs: 6
  • Jacob Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 4.3 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Nelson Spring: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Prospect Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Longs PeakSW 214°4,346 m8.7 mi
Mount MeekerSSW 210°4,227 m8.8 mi
Ships Prow TowerSSW 211°4,073.56 m8.6 mi
Storm PeakSW 219°4,060 m8.3 mi
Mount Lady WashingtonSW 214°4,037 m8.0 mi
ThatchtopSW 231°3,857 m8.9 mi
ArrowheadSW 227°3,856 m9.2 mi
Battle MountainSW 216°3,670 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3319:5520:36
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2215:5616:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272733394858646254433426
Precip in0.80.71.62.32.31.42.61.71.61.10.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Estes Park 3 SSE, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358945267

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