Sharkstooth Peak
Sharkstooth Peak rises to 3,798 m in Colorado. Hesperus Mountain stands 4,033 m to the southwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. San Juan Skyway passes 9.3 miles off.
The story
Sharkstooth Peak is a 12,468-foot-elevation (3,800-meter) mountain summit in Montezuma County, Colorado.
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Wikidata Q7489869, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,798 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Twilight Peak · 24 mi
- Molas Pass · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Peak: 0.9 mi
- Lavender Peak: 1.3 mi
- Hesperus Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mount Moss: 1.5 mi
- Diorite Peak: 1.8 mi
- T-Down Park: 6.4 mi
- Perins Peak State Wildlife Area: 12.6 mi
- Mancos Wayside Park: 14.2 mi
- Riverside Park: 14.4 mi
- Northside Park: 14.4 mi
- Cape of Good Hope: 5.3 mi
- Devil Point: 6.1 mi
- Rands Point: 9.4 mi
- Barnroof Point: 11.6 mi
- Flint Rock Point: 14.4 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 14.2 mi
- Animas Museum: 15.6 mi
- The Powerhouse Science Centre: 16.4 mi
- Rail Museum: 16.9 mi
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad Museum: 23.6 mi
- BLM - Animas City Mountain: 14.6 mi
- Haviland Lake SWA: 15.1 mi
- BOR - Lake Nighthorse Recreation Area: 17.2 mi
- Bodo SWA: 17.2 mi
- Caviness Spring: 8.1 mi
- Valley View Spring: 8.4 mi
- Spruce Spring: 10.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.3 mi
- In Memory Of Boris Uskert: 17.4 mi
- Indian Ruins: 22.5 mi
- Soaring Tree Top Adventures: 17.7 mi
- The Knife Edge: 22.9 mi
- The Ancient Ones: 20.2 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Cortez: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Sharkstooth Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesperus Mountain | SW 220° | 4,033 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Moss | S 191° | 4,022 m | 1.5 mi |
| Lavender Peak | SSW 199° | 4,020 m | 1.3 mi |
| Spiller Peak | SSW 199° | 4,000 m | 2.3 mi |
| Centennial Peak | SSW 193° | 3,981 m | 0.9 mi |
| Babcock Peak | S 185° | 3,968 m | 2.2 mi |
| Diorite Peak | SE 138° | 3,889 m | 1.8 mi |
| Burwell Peak | SSW 199° | 3,857 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:18 | 16:58 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Lewis, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 178926 — Sharkstooth Peak, Montezuma County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358913640
Day trips start here
- Mesa Verde National Park · 26 mi
- Southwestern Colorado · 27 mi
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