Isolation 1.20 mi (1.93 km) Prominence 220 m Parent peak Mount Sneffels | Elevation 4,176 m Mountain range San Juan Mountains | |
Location Ouray and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Grays Peak, Colorado Parent ranges San Juan Mountains, Sneffels Range Similar Mount Sneffels, Dallas Peak, Teakettle Mountain, Gladstone Peak, Fletcher Mountain |
Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot (4,176 m) thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northeast (bearing 23°) of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County. Gilpin Peak was named in honor of William Gilpin, the first Governor of the Territory of Colorado.
Map of Gilpin Peak, Colorado 81432, USA
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