Isolation 1.70 mi (2.74 km) Prominence 220 m | Elevation 4,147 m Parent range Sangre de Cristo Range | |
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Location Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Saguache County, Colorado, United States Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Crestone Peak, Colorado Mountain range Rocky Mountains, Sangre de Cristo Range Similar Columbia Point, Broken Hand Peak, Red Mountain, Ellingwood Point, Humboldt Peak | ||
Tijeras peak
Tijeras Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,610-foot (4,148 m) thirteener is located 9.8 miles (15.8 km) southeast by east (bearing 120°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States, on the boundary between the Great Sand Dunes Wilderness in Great Sand Dunes National Preserve and the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in Rio Grande National Forest. Tijeras Peak is the highest summit in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Tijeras is Spanish for scissors, and refers to the double-pronged rocky tip of the mountain.
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Map of Tijeras Peak, Colorado 81252, USA
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