Storm King Mountain
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Storm King Mountain rises to 2,675 m in Colorado. W Mountain stands 3,624 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is South Canyon Hot Springs, a hot spring 2.5 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 29 miles off.
The story
Storm King Mountain is a mountain in the White River National Forest of the Rocky Mountains, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in northeastern Garfield County. It is on the north side of the Colorado River and Interstate 70 (I-70), between Glenwood Springs and New Castle. A Ski lift at Copper Mountain is named after the mountain.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7620137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,675 m
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Flat Tops Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Flatiron Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Baxter Peak: 7.3 mi
- Spring Hill: 8.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Sister Lucy Downey Park: 2.9 mi
- Glenwood Springs Whitewater Park: 3.0 mi
- Two Rivers Park: 4.5 mi
- Veltus Park: 4.8 mi
- Centennial Park: 5.1 mi
- Windy Point: 5.6 mi
- Meadow Creek Point: 12.5 mi
- Deep Creek Point: 13.1 mi
- Clark Point: 14.6 mi
- The Slides: 15.5 mi
- Frontier Historical Society Museum: 5.1 mi
- New Castle Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
- Silt Historical Museum: 13.8 mi
- Powers Art Center: 15.9 mi
- Rifle Heritage Museum: 20.7 mi
- South Canyon Hot Springs: 2.5 mi
- Glenwood Hot Springs Grand Pool: 4.9 mi
- Sacred Waters: 5.0 mi
- Yampah Source Spring: 5.0 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 6.2 mi
- Grizzly Creek: 8.2 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 11.2 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Rifle: 21.0 mi
- Cocktail Spring: 5.0 mi
- Broken Rib Spring: 10.8 mi
- Deep Lake Spring: 13.8 mi
- Doc Holliday Grave: 5.5 mi
- Kid Curry Grave: 5.6 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 5.7 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 20.3 mi
- Cross and Statue at Entrance: 20.3 mi
- Carbonate: 11.0 mi
- Deep Lake Day Use: 13.6 mi
- The Peace Garden: 16.5 mi
- Rifle Falls: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Storm King Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| W Mountain | NE 35° | 3,624 m | 24.2 mi |
| Shingle Peak | NNE 26° | 3,615 m | 23.9 mi |
| Turret Peak | NNE 29° | 3,498 m | 22.5 mi |
| Blair Mountain | N 356° | 3,492 m | 14.2 mi |
| Timber Mountain | N 6° | 3,476 m | 21.2 mi |
| White River Plateau | N 5° | 3,466 m | 11.4 mi |
| Hunns Peak | NNE 15° | 3,420 m | 14.2 mi |
| Baxter Peak | NE 37° | 3,409 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
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 | 30 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood Spgs #2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 174073 — Storm King Mountain, Garfield County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358908739
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