Tenderfoot Mountain
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.
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Wikidata Q49081883, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,488 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 29.5 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- The Goat: 7.0 mi
- Three Cowboys: 10.6 mi
- The Sheave: 10.8 mi
- Tom’s Baby: 10.8 mi
- Through The Eye Of The Needle: 10.8 mi
- 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
- Summit Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
- Frisco Historic Park & Museum: 6.6 mi
- Red White and Blue Fire Museum: 10.6 mi
- Edwin Carter Discovery Center: 10.8 mi
- Lomax Placer Mine: 10.9 mi
- Wichita State University football team plane crash memorial: 8.1 mi
- Reiling Dredge: 10.5 mi
- Sons of Norway: 11.0 mi
- Frank & Theta Brown: 11.0 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 11.1 mi
- Country Boy Mine: 10.7 mi
- Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 11.0 mi
- Alpine Super Slide: 11.3 mi
- Gold Runner Alpine Coaster: 11.3 mi
- Baker's Tank: 13.3 mi
- 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
- Saints John: 7.8 mi
- Tiger: 8.1 mi
- Preston: 9.7 mi
- Parkville: 9.9 mi
- Bakerville: 11.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 12.2 mi
- Eagle Roost: 14.6 mi
- Target Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Pavillion Point: 16.5 mi
- Angel's Ridge: 20.8 mi
- Willow Creek falls: 7.1 mi
- Continental Falls: 15.5 mi
- East Vail Falls: 16.1 mi
- Booth Falls: 16.6 mi
- Cataract Falls: 21.7 mi
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Abyss Lake Scenic Area: 18.8 mi
- Vail Nature Center: 19.1 mi
- Cozens Ranch Open Space: 23.6 mi
- Sweet Beach Cove: 4.3 mi
- Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 6.0 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass: 13.6 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Peak | E 91° | 4,352 m | 9.9 mi |
| Torreys Peak | E 87° | 4,351 m | 9.7 mi |
| Pettingell Peak | NE 39° | 4,104 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Silverthorne | W 277° | 4,072 m | 10.0 mi |
| East Thorn | W 278° | 4,065 m | 9.5 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | E 86° | 4,064 m | 8.3 mi |
| The Citadel | NE 41° | 4,054 m | 7.4 mi |
| Ruby Mountain | E 98° | 4,032 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 19 | 26 | 33 | 42 | 51 | 57 | 55 | 48 | 37 | 26 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 1 E, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 202343 — Tenderfoot Mountain, Summit County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358943023
Day trips start here
- Breckenridge · 11 mi
- Vail · 19 mi
- Idaho Springs · 27 mi
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