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Mount Oxford (Colorado)

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Isolation
  
1.22 mi (1.96 km)

Prominence
  
193 m

Parent range
  
Collegiate Peaks

Elevation
  
4,316 m

Easiest route
  
Hiking

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Listing
  
Colorado Fourteener 26th

Location
  
Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.

Topo map
  
USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Harvard, Colorado

Mountain range
  
Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains, Collegiate Peaks

Similar
  
Mount Belford, Missouri Mountain, Mount Harvard, Mount Columbia, Huron Peak

Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,160-foot (4,316 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 14.2 miles (22.9 km) northwest (bearing 311°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oxford.

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Map of Mt Oxford, Colorado 81211, USA

MountainEdit

Mount Oxford lies 1.2 miles (2.0 km) east by north of the slightly higher Mount Belford. For this reason it is often climbed in combination with Mount Belford.

Historical namesEdit

  • Mount Oxford
  • Oxford Peak
  • References

    Mount Oxford (Colorado) Wikipedia