Peak · Colorado

Whittaker Point

Elevation: 2,764 m
Latitude: 39.5692
Longitude: -106.7186

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Whittaker Point rises to 2,764 m in Colorado. Mount of the Holy Cross stands 4,271 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 15 miles off.

The record

Elevation: 2764 m

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Whittaker Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount of the Holy Cross	ESE 119°	4,270.5 m	14.5 mi
Mount Jackson	ESE 121°	4,164 m	11.3 mi
Gold Dust Peak	SE 133°	4,075 m	9.1 mi
Whitney Peak	SE 126°	4,041 m	16.1 mi
Notch Mountain	ESE 115°	4,030 m	15.1 mi
Savage Peak	SE 141°	3,972 m	16.8 mi
Eagle Peak	SE 139°	3,965 m	11.2 mi
Fools Peak	SE 142°	3,926 m	10.3 mi

On the road

14.8 mi off the Top of the RockiesNational
20.2 mi off the Colorado River HeadwatersNational

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Historic sites10

Zeke M. Pierce18.4 mi
International Bridge and World Plaza Aug 21 199218.9 mi
Earl V. Eaton19.0 mi
The Edge19.0 mi
Pete Seibert's Dream19.0 mi

Ghost towns4

Holy Cross City16.7 mi
Gilman17.6 mi
Pando21.9 mi
Lenado22.7 mi

Rest areas2

CDOT Rest Area: Edwards7.6 mi
Edwards Rest Area8.6 mi

Waterfalls2

East Vail Falls22.5 mi
Booth Falls22.8 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:11	18:44	19:19
June solstice	05:40	19:58	20:38
September equinox	06:55	18:30	19:06
December solstice	07:25	16:04	16:47

Local time (America/Denver).

Sources

OpenStreetMap record

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