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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 4,237 m in Colorado. Culebra Peak stands 4,283 m to the north-northwest, 0.7 miles off. Scenic Highway of Legends passes 8.2 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

The story

Red Mountain, elevation 13,914 ft (4,241 m), is a summit in the Culebra Range of south central Colorado. The peak is on private land 15 mi (24 km) southeast of San Luis.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q14685073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4237 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.11224, -105.18112

56 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 42
  • Culebra Peak: 0.7 mi
  • Vermejo Peak: 1.4 mi
  • Miranda Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Purgatoire Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Lomo Liso Mountain: 4.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • The Stone Wall: 7.1 mi
  • The Stone Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Sawtooth Rock: 20.2 mi
  • Devils Stairsteps: 22.8 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
Parks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Apishapa Arche: 18.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Culebra PeakNNW 340°4,283 m0.7 mi
Vermejo PeakSSW 204°4,186 m1.4 mi
Purgatoire PeakSSW 211°4,167 m3.2 mi
West Spanish PeakNNE 29°4,140 m20.9 mi
Spanish PeaksNNE 32°4,136 m21.5 mi
Trinchera PeakN 4°4,118 m12.3 mi
Cuatro PeakN 8°4,113 m10.2 mi
Miranda PeakNNE 16°4,095 m2.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4219:4620:25
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1116:0716:48

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222737435160656357463324
Precip in0.40.50.40.60.70.81.51.31.00.90.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis 1 S, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 193132 — Red Mountain, Costilla County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358928450

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