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Tenderfoot Mountain

Tenderfoot Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tenderfoot Mountain rises to 3,488 m in Colorado. Grays Peak stands 4,352 m to the east, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Historical Museum, a museum 2.1 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 12 miles off.

The story

Tenderfoot Mountain is a mountain east of Dillon in Summit County, Colorado. Swan Mountain lies south of Tenderfoot Mountain and Dillon Reservoir is located southwest.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49081883, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3488 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.63582, -106.00363

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Park: 2.2 mi
  • Dillon Marina Park: 2.5 mi
  • Windy Point Fisherman Park: 3.0 mi
  • Platte Park: 3.8 mi
  • Trent Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
  • Lake Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Sapphire Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Ptarmigan Peak: 4.0 mi
  • Swan Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Coon Hill: 4.8 mi
Artworks: 47
Gardens: 25
  • Northeast Entrance Rock Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Aspen Grove: 19.2 mi
  • Rocky Mountain Alpine Garden: 19.3 mi
  • The Children's Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Saxifrage Garden: 19.3 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 23
Attractions: 23
Picnic sites: 14
  • Williams Fork: 10.8 mi
  • Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Hand Cart Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Willow Creek falls: 7.1 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Continental Falls: 15.5 mi
  • East Vail Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Booth Falls: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 4.3 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 6.0 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Tenderfoot Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakE 91°4,352 m9.9 mi
Torreys PeakE 87°4,351 m9.7 mi
Pettingell PeakNE 39°4,104 m8.3 mi
Mount SilverthorneW 277°4,072 m10.0 mi
East ThornW 278°4,065 m9.5 mi
Grizzly PeakE 86°4,064 m8.3 mi
The CitadelNE 41°4,054 m7.4 mi
Ruby MountainE 98°4,032 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:3719:5520:36
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2216:0116:44

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161926334251575548372617
Precip in0.91.01.11.41.31.11.91.91.41.00.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 1 E, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 202343 — Tenderfoot Mountain, Summit County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358943023

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