Lavender Peak (Colorado)

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Lavender Peak
Lavender Peak is located in Colorado
Lavender Peak
Lavender Peak
Colorado
Highest point
Elevation13,233 ft (4,033 m)[2][3]
Prominence408 ft (124 m)[3]
Parent peakHesperus Mountain[3]
Isolation0.50 mi (0.80 km)[3]
Coordinates37°26′30″N 108°04′49″W / 37.4416667°N 108.0802778°W / 37.4416667; -108.0802778Coordinates: 37°26′30″N 108°04′49″W / 37.4416667°N 108.0802778°W / 37.4416667; -108.0802778[1]
Geography
LocationMontezuma County, Colorado, United States[1]
Parent rangeLa Plata Mountains[3]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
La Plata, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest routeScramble

Lavender Peak is a high mountain summit in the La Plata Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,233-foot (4,033 m) thirteener is located in San Juan National Forest, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) northeast by east (bearing 61°) of the Town of Mancos in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.[2][3][1] The peak lies 0.53 miles (0.85 km) east-southeast of the higher and more well-known Hesperus Mountain. Lavender Peak was named in honor of (1911-1934), the author of a 1932 climbing guide to the San Juan Mountains.[1]

Mountain[]

Historical names[]

  • Lavendar Peak
  • Lavender Peak – 1976 [1]

See also[]

  • List of Colorado mountain ranges
  • List of Colorado mountain summits
    • List of Colorado fourteeners
    • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
    • List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
  • List of Colorado county high points

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Lavender Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b The elevation of Lavender Peak includes an adjustment of +1.647 m (+5.40 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Lavender Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.

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