West Spanish Peak
West Spanish Peak rises to 4,140 m in Colorado. Culebra Peak stands 4,283 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Spanish Peaks, a peak 1.0 miles away. Scenic Highway of Legends passes 2.1 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
West Spanish Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit that is the higher of the two Spanish Peaks in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 13,631-foot (4,155 m) peak is located in the Spanish Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.1 miles (14.7 km) south (bearing 175°) of the Town of La Veta, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Huerfano and Las Animas counties. The summit of West Spanish Peak is the highest point in Las Animas County, Colorado. The Spanish Peaks are two large igneous stocks which form an eastern outlier of the Culebra Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. West Spanish Peak is the easternmost 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) mountain peak in the United States. Due to its position well east of the Culebra Range and on the edge of the eastern plains of Colorado, West Spanish Peak enjoys great local vertical relief in almost all directions. For example, it rises over 6,000 ft (1,800 m) in less than 6.5 miles (10.5 km) on both its north and south flanks. Though not a fourteener, West Spanish Peak is the twelfth most topographically prominent peak in the state.
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Wikidata Q7986563, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4140 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
Overlooks nearby
83 named places within 25 miles
- Spanish Peaks: 1.0 mi
- East Spanish Peak: 4.2 mi
- North White Peak: 4.7 mi
- Middle White Peak: 4.9 mi
- South White Peak: 5.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 3.4 mi
- Sawtooth Rock: 3.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 3.5 mi
- Devils Stairsteps: 3.9 mi
- Big Wall: 4.0 mi
- Railroad Park: 9.3 mi
- Spanish Peaks State Wildlife Area: 13.1 mi
- City Park: 20.1 mi
- Veteran's Park: 23.5 mi
- Fort Garland Park: 24.4 mi
- Huerfano Heritage Center: 20.7 mi
- Musuem of Friends: 20.7 mi
- Walsenburg Mining Museum: 20.7 mi
- Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center: 24.3 mi
- West Beach Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Heritage Park: 20.8 mi
- Hastings Mine Explosion: 20.4 mi
- Ludlow Memorial: 22.6 mi
- Apishapa Arche: 2.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Spanish Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culebra Peak | SSW 211° | 4,283 m | 20.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | SSW 210° | 4,237 m | 20.9 mi |
| Vermejo Peak | SSW 209° | 4,186 m | 22.3 mi |
| Purgatoire Peak | SSW 210° | 4,167 m | 24.1 mi |
| Spanish Peaks | E 87° | 4,136 m | 1.0 mi |
| Trinchera Peak | WSW 238° | 4,118 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cuatro Peak | SW 227° | 4,113 m | 12.0 mi |
| Miranda Peak | SSW 212° | 4,095 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walsenburg 1 NW, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 194402 — West Spanish Peak, Las Animas County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358929842
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