Uncompahgre Peak
Uncompahgre Peak is the sixth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,316-foot fourteener is the highest summit of the San Juan Mountains and the highest point in the drainage basin of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gregstoner88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 14,301 feet
- Description: Fourteener and sixth highest mountain in the US state of Colorado (14,321‘).
- Also known as: “Unca-pah-gre Mountain” and “Uncompahgre Mountain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Matterhorn Peak.
Matterhorn Peak
Peak
Photo: Jbsco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Matterhorn Peak is a high mountain summit in the San Juan Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,596-foot thirteener is located in the Uncompahgre Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 10.3 miles west by north of the Town of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol City and Henson.
Capitol City
Locality
Photo: robert thigpen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capitol City is an extinct silver mining town located in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. Founded as Galena City in 1877, the townsite is located on the Alpine Loop National Scenic Back Country Byway.
Henson
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
Henson is a ghost town in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. Its elevation is 9,236 feet. Henson's name has historically been spelled several different ways, including Hansen, Hanson, Hensen, and Honsen; the Board on Geographic Names officially supported the current spelling in 1896. Henson is situated 6 miles southeast of Uncompahgre Peak.
Uncompahgre Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Hinsdale, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.07175° or 38° 4′ 18″ northLongitude
-107.46251° or 107° 27′ 45″ westElevation
14,301 feet (4,359 metres)Open location code
85CJ3GCP+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 358924395OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Uncompahgre Peak” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Uncompahgre Peak”
- Cebuano: “Uncompahgre Peak”
- Chinese: “安肯帕格里峰”
- Czech: “Uncompahgre Peak”
- Dutch: “Uncompahgre Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل انكومپاهجر پياك”
- French: “pic Uncompahgre”
- French: “Pic Uncompahgre”
- German: “Uncompahgre Peak”
- Hebrew: “פסגת אנקומפגרה”
- Ladin: “Uncompahgre Peak”
- Marathi: “उनकॉम्पाग्रे पीक”
- Polish: “Uncompahgre Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Uncompahgre”
- Urdu: “انکومپہگرے پیک”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Iron Beds and Roses Cabin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beth Number One Mine and Broken Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Uncompahgre Peak”. Photo: Gregstoner88, CC BY-SA 3.0.