Teakettle Mountain
Teakettle Mountain rises to 4,172 m in Colorado. Mount Sneffels stands 4,315 m to the west, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cirque Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. San Juan Skyway passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Teakettle Mountain, elevation 13,825 ft (4,214 m), is a summit in the Sneffels Range of southwest Colorado. The peak is west of Ouray in the Uncompahgre National Forest.
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Wikidata Q14685119, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,172 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the San Juan Skyway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Alpine Loop
- 24.2 mi off the Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Look Out Point · 5 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Oh Point (Odom Point) · 9 mi
- Gold Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cirque Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mount Ridgway: 1.0 mi
- Potosi Peak: 1.0 mi
- Stony Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mount Sneffels: 1.7 mi
- Five Fingers: 4.8 mi
- Stump Wall: 4.8 mi
- Scottish Gullies: 4.9 mi
- Lower Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Kid's Wall: 4.9 mi
- Smuggler Union Tramhouse: 4.2 mi
- Fort Peabody: 5.2 mi
- The Steps: 5.4 mi
- Little Hawaii Grotto: 5.7 mi
- Bachelor Syracuse Mine Tour: 6.1 mi
- Town Park: 5.2 mi
- Judy Long Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
- Fellin Park: 5.2 mi
- Women's Club Mini-Park: 5.3 mi
- Ore Station Park: 5.3 mi
- Tomboy: 4.4 mi
- Ouray Climbers Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Red Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Corkscrew Gulch Turntable: 6.8 mi
- Animas Forks: 11.4 mi
- Upper Twin Falls: 1.0 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 1.0 mi
- Sneffels Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
- Lower Ingram Falls: 5.4 mi
- Upper Ingram Falls: 5.4 mi
- Sneffels: 1.9 mi
- Tomboy: 4.5 mi
- Ironton: 6.5 mi
- Guston: 7.0 mi
- Red Mountain Town: 7.5 mi
- historic mine cart: 5.1 mi
- historic hanging mine car: 5.2 mi
- historic mineshaft winch: 5.2 mi
- Marian Shrine: 14.1 mi
- Russ Brown Gallery: 24.3 mi
- Telluride Historical Museum: 5.0 mi
- Ridgway Railroad Museum: 10.5 mi
- Lake City Museum: 24.3 mi
- Mud Spring: 22.9 mi
- Turkey Plot Spring: 23.7 mi
- Galloway Spring: 23.9 mi
- Orvis Hot Spring: 9.3 mi
- Bike path access: 13.6 mi
- Dutch Charlie Swim Beach: 15.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Teakettle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sneffels | W 277° | 4,315 m | 1.7 mi |
| Potosi Peak | SE 139° | 4,195 m | 1.0 mi |
| Cirque Mountain | WNW 291° | 4,175 m | 0.6 mi |
| Dallas Peak | WSW 255° | 4,168 m | 3.5 mi |
| Gilpin Peak | WSW 240° | 4,162 m | 2.0 mi |
| Lookout Peak | S 186° | 4,151 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Emma | SW 221° | 4,138 m | 2.4 mi |
| Wasatch Mountain | SSW 194° | 4,127 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ouray #2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358924297
Day trips start here
- Southwestern Colorado · 19 mi
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