Isolation 4.63 mi (7.45 km) Prominence 622 m | Elevation 4,068 m Parent range Sangre de Cristo Range | |
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Listing North America highest peaks 101st
US highest major peaks 84th
Colorado highest major peaks 44th Location Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Saguache County, Colorado, United States Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Medano Pass, Colorado Mountain range San Juan Mountains, Sangre de Cristo Range, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Rocky Mountains Similar West Buffalo Peak, Mount Powell, Hagues Peak, Treasure Mountain, Mount Silverheels | ||
Mount Herard is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,345-foot (4,068 m) thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve, 15.0 miles (24.1 km) southeast (bearing 132°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Herard is the highest point in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
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Map of Mt Herard, Colorado 81252, USA
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Originally called Medano Peak, the mountain with seven separate summits was renamed Mount Seven at the request of the Colorado Mountain Club in 1970. In 1984 the mountain's name was changed to honor Ulysses Herard who homesteaded on its slopes in 1876.
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