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Shawnee Peak

Shawnee Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Shawnee Peak rises to 3,624 m in Colorado. Mount Blue Sky stands 4,350 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kenosha Mountains, a peak 2.0 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

Shawnee Peak, elevation 11,932 ft (3,637 m), is a summit in the Kenosha Mountains of central Colorado. The peak is in the Lost Creek Wilderness of Pike National Forest west of Bailey.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7491556, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3624 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.39666, -105.59695

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Kenosha Mountains: 2.0 mi
  • Derringer Peak: 4.2 mi
  • South Twin Cone Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Split Rock: 4.9 mi
  • Mount Blaine: 5.0 mi
Parks: 49
  • Summit Lake: 14.1 mi
  • Flying J Ranch Park: 17.1 mi
  • Beaver Ranch Park: 17.9 mi
  • James Q Newton Park: 17.9 mi
  • Echo Lake Park: 18.3 mi
Artworks: 29
  • Sculpture Garden: 21.9 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Sculpture: 22.0 mi
  • Statue: 22.0 mi
  • Historic Georgetown Span Sign Structure: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Abyss Trailhead: 10.0 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 13.4 mi
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 16.7 mi
  • Little Scraggy Trailhead: 18.5 mi
  • Continental Divide: 19.9 mi
Museums: 17
  • Sasquatch Outpost: 6.5 mi
  • South Park Rail Como Project: 16.7 mi
  • George Rowe Museum: 21.9 mi
  • Hamill House Museum: 22.0 mi
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 22.0 mi
Historic sites: 14
Picnic sites: 13
  • Geneva Creek Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Elk Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 16.7 mi
  • The Chutes: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Shawnee Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Blue SkyN 349°4,350 m13.5 mi
Mount BierstadtNNW 343°4,287 m13.4 mi
Mount SpaldingNNW 347°4,222 m14.4 mi
Square Top MountainNNW 327°4,201 m16.3 mi
Gray Wolf MountainNNW 347°4,148 m15.6 mi
Rosalie PeakN 357°4,138 m11.0 mi
Epaulet MountainN 351°4,126 m12.2 mi
Rogers PeakN 356°4,061 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3619:5320:33
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:2016:0016:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222330364554595750402921
Precip in0.60.61.01.51.71.42.62.21.41.00.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358919858

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