Specimen Mountain
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Specimen Mountain rises to 3,798 m in Colorado. Hagues Peak stands 4,133 m to the east-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Shipler Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Specimen Mountain, elevation 12,494 ft (3,808 m), is a summit in the Front Range of northern Colorado. The mountain is north of Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Wikidata Q14685105, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3798 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
- 5.9 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
- 12.5 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
Overlooks nearby
- 2 miles above sea level · 2 mi
- Gore Range Overlook · 2 mi
- Medicine Bow Curve · 3 mi
- Lava Cliffs · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shipler Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Sheep Rock: 2.0 mi
- Mount Neota: 3.2 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Lulu Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Big South Falls: 6.9 mi
- Chasm Falls: 7.4 mi
- Thousand Falls: 7.9 mi
- Granite Falls: 8.9 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 9.4 mi
- Lava Cliffs: 3.0 mi
- Ace 4: 7.1 mi
- Ace 3: 7.2 mi
- Ace 2: 7.2 mi
- Ace 1: 7.2 mi
- Lulu City Site: 2.1 mi
- Shipler Cabins: 2.4 mi
- Willey Lumber Camp: 6.2 mi
- Stormy Peaks B17 Crash: 13.9 mi
- old sawmill: 13.9 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park: 9.3 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park: 9.3 mi
- Town Square Park: 13.3 mi
- James Cairns Open Space: 13.5 mi
- Baldwin Park: 15.8 mi
- Cross: 13.6 mi
- The YMCA Kids: 14.4 mi
- The Free Spirit: 14.4 mi
- “Welcome” -Bear: 14.4 mi
- Reaching Out: 14.4 mi
- Beaver Creek Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Beaver Creek: 4.5 mi
- Endovalley: 8.2 mi
- Sprague Lake: 13.6 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 13.6 mi
- Lookout Springs: 18.3 mi
- Jacob Spring: 18.4 mi
- Bedsprings: 19.0 mi
- Wilson Spring: 22.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.0 mi
- Kauffman House Museum: 13.4 mi
- Homestead Museum: 14.0 mi
- Estes Park Museum: 16.7 mi
- Legett Columbarium Garden: 14.5 mi
- Mrs. Walsh's Garden: 15.5 mi
- Sensory Garden: 15.8 mi
- Old Fall River Road: 6.4 mi
- Wind River Ranch: 17.5 mi
- Knoll-Willows Open Space: 15.9 mi
- Rawah Wilderness: 20.4 mi
- Surprise Beach: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Specimen Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagues Peak | ENE 72° | 4,133 m | 9.0 mi |
| Fairchild Mountain | ENE 78° | 4,116.18 m | 7.8 mi |
| Ypsilon Mountain | E 83° | 4,098 m | 6.8 mi |
| Rowe Peak | ENE 70° | 4,084 m | 9.1 mi |
| Rowe Mountain | ENE 67° | 4,018 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Chiquita | E 91° | 3,978 m | 6.3 mi |
| East Desolation Peak | ENE 73° | 3,947 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Julian | SSE 152° | 3,940 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 55 | 48 | 36 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gould 4SE Sfsp, 11 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 204932 — Specimen Mountain, Larimer County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358945202
Day trips start here
- Rocky Mountain National Park · 9 mi
- Estes Park · 16 mi
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