Potosi Peak
Potosi Peak is a 13,786-foot-elevation mountain summit located in Ouray County of Colorado, United States. It is situated five miles southwest of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,763 feet
- Description: mountain in Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mount” and “Potosi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Teakettle Mountain and Gilpin Peak.
Teakettle Mountain
Peak
Teakettle Mountain, elevation 13,825 ft, is a summit in the Sneffels Range of southwest Colorado. The peak is west of Ouray in the Uncompahgre National Forest.
Gilpin Peak
Peak
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Bird and Thistledown.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361.
Thistledown
Hamlet
Thistledown is an unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The community is located southwest of Ouray on Camp Bird Road between Ouray and Camp Bird.
Tomboy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States.
Potosi Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.98972° or 37° 59′ 23″ northLongitude
-107.74951° or 107° 44′ 58″ westElevation
13,763 feet (4,195 metres)Open location code
859JX7Q2+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 358922908OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Potosi Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Potosi Peak (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Colorado)”
- Cebuano: “Potosi Peak”
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