Star Mountain
Star Mountain rises to 3,938 m in Colorado. Mount Elbert stands 4,401 m to the northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Ouray Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
Star Mountain is a 12,941-foot (3,944 m) mountain summit in Lake County, Colorado, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49077653, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,938 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 13.5 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 14 mi
- Waterfall Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ouray Peak: 1.8 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 3.7 mi
- Garfield Peak: 3.9 mi
- La Plata Peak: 3.9 mi
- Red Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 12.2 mi
- Ute Childrens Park: 17.1 mi
- Snyder Park: 17.1 mi
- Anderson Park: 17.2 mi
- Ajax Park: 17.2 mi
- Columbine Mine: 9.7 mi
- Interlaken: 10.1 mi
- Oliver's Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Ashcroft Ghost Town: 14.3 mi
- Maze: 18.3 mi
- Aspen Art Museum: 17.5 mi
- Marx • Phelan Building: 17.5 mi
- Temple Israel: 18.1 mi
- Aspen Historical Society: 18.3 mi
- Wheeler/Stallard House Museum: 18.3 mi
- Independence: 4.9 mi
- Winfield: 7.3 mi
- Vicksburg: 9.5 mi
- Ashcroft: 14.2 mi
- Lenado: 17.5 mi
- Pieplant Mill: 8.7 mi
- Stringtown Smelters: 17.3 mi
- Dog Memorial: 17.3 mi
- The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 17.4 mi
- Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Aspen Center for Environmental Studies: 18.0 mi
- Marolt Open Space: 18.6 mi
- Moore Open Space: 19.1 mi
- Sky Mountain Park: 23.0 mi
- North Mesa: 24.0 mi
- Lower Grotto Wall: 9.8 mi
- Lower Buttressess: 19.7 mi
- East Face: 19.7 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 8.2 mi
- Judd Falls: 24.9 mi
- Emerald Lake: 9.3 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Cloud City Farm & Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Chromatic Gate: 18.4 mi
- White Water Spring: 18.6 mi
- Conundrum Hot Springs: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Star Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Elbert | NE 51° | 4,401 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Massive | NNE 20° | 4,398 m | 9.2 mi |
| La Plata Peak | SE 124° | 4,372 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Belford | SE 127° | 4,329 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Oxford | ESE 123° | 4,316 m | 12.4 mi |
| Missouri Mountain | SE 133° | 4,290 m | 11.5 mi |
| Huron Peak | SSE 147° | 4,270 m | 9.5 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | WSW 249° | 4,258 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:05 | 16:48 |
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 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 57 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twin Lakes Rsvr, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358915411
Day trips start here
- Aspen · 18 mi
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