Skip to content
Byway
JoinOpen app
Peak · Colorado

Tungsten Mountain

Tungsten Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tungsten Mountain rises to 2,721 m in Colorado. Niwot Mountain stands 3,497 m to the north-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Private Pond, a park 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Colorado, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49085187, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2,721 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.94638, -105.48666

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Private Pond: 0.5 mi
  • Chipeta Park: 1.5 mi
  • Nederland Community Library Area: 1.8 mi
  • Mountain Life Park: 9.8 mi
  • Mountain City Historic Park: 10.1 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Cliffs: 55
  • Clocktower: 2.2 mi
  • Surprising Crag: 2.2 mi
  • Overhung Wall: 2.2 mi
  • The Visor: 2.2 mi
  • Castle Rock: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 51
  • Magic Schoolbus: 2.5 mi
  • Abandoned Steamroller: 6.3 mi
  • Hugh McCammon Barns: 7.1 mi
  • John Frazer Cabin: 7.4 mi
  • Wallstreet Gold Extraction Company Mill: 8.1 mi
Museums: 44
Nature reserves: 38
Gardens: 26
  • Waterwise Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Centennial Community Garden: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Barbeque: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Boulder Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Calypso Cascades: 18.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Caribou Street: 1.9 mi
  • Black Hawk Boulevard: 9.7 mi
  • Boulder Star: 10.9 mi
  • Mariposa Bluff: 11.9 mi
  • Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Tungsten Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Niwot MountainNNW3,497 m8.5 mi
Guinn MountainW3,419 m8.6 mi
Montana MountainSW3,334 m8.5 mi
Dakota HillSSW3,330 m6.4 mi
Oregon HillSSW3,320 m7.1 mi
Colorado MountainSW3,312 m7.3 mi
Chittenden MountainWNW3,309 m7.4 mi
Bryan MountainW3,296 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3419:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2115:5816:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252431354454605952413124
Precip in1.01.32.73.83.22.22.92.81.91.71.21.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coal Creek Canyon, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358916532

More peaks in Colorado

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore peaks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Tungsten Mountain.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens