Treasure Falls
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Treasure Falls is a waterfall in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,565 m. Summit Peak stands 4,023 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Head, a peak 2.3 miles away. Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway passes 20 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Treasure Falls is a waterfall in the San Juan Mountains, within Mineral County, Colorado, United States. It is located in the San Juan National Forest, off U.S. Route 160, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Pagosa Springs. The falls are named after a local legend about "a treasure of gold" buried in the mountain that the falls plunge from.
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Wikidata Q14685128, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
What the record says
- Height
- 32 m
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, National
81 named places within 25 miles
- Indian Head: 2.3 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Sliderock Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Alberta Peak: 4.4 mi
- Sally Overlook: 18.9 mi
- Rio Grande Palisades: 21.5 mi
- Rock Cliff: 22.1 mi
- Broken Off Point: 22.2 mi
- Overlook Cliff Rocks: 22.2 mi
- South Pagosa Park: 14.8 mi
- Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
- Brown Memorial Park: 20.2 mi
- Coller Wildlife Area: 21.6 mi
- Paradise: 14.3 mi
- Pagosa Hot Spring: 14.3 mi
- The Mother Spring: 14.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Ground: 7.8 mi
- Columbine Pinic Ground: 10.1 mi
- Wagon Wheel Gap Interpretive Site: 23.2 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Shaw Creek: 24.4 mi
- Piedra Falls: 12.4 mi
- Pagosa Springs History Museum: 13.9 mi
- Japanese Gardens: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Treasure Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | ESE 123° | 4,023 m | 11.6 mi |
| South River Peak | NNW 327° | 3,994 m | 10.8 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | ESE 115° | 3,987 m | 11.1 mi |
| Fisher Mountain | NNW 347° | 3,916 m | 15.2 mi |
| Long Trek Mountain | ESE 110° | 3,911 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Hope | N 2° | 3,894 m | 7.0 mi |
| North Mountain | E 88° | 3,868 m | 14.8 mi |
| Table Mountain | N 7° | 3,859 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 58 | 51 | 41 | 29 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hermit 8 SE, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element node/6429849555
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