Wood Mountain
Wood Mountain is a 13,682-foot-elevation summit located on the boundary shared by Hinsdale County with San Juan County, in Colorado, United States.Photo: Eggbones, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 13,642 feet
- Description: mountain in San Juan County and Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “Weed Mountain”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Animas Forks and Eureka.
Animas Forks
Locality
Photo: Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Animas Forks is an extinct mining town located 12 miles northeast of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Animas Forks is situated 2 miles southwest of Wood Mountain.
Eureka
Hamlet
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eureka is an extinct mining town in northeastern San Juan County, Colorado, United States, along the Animas River, between Silverton and Animas Forks. The town derives its name from the Greek interjection Eureka! Eureka is situated 5 miles south of Wood Mountain.
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. Capitol City is situated 6 miles northeast of Wood Mountain.
Wood Mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: San Juan, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Wood Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Weed Mountain”
- Dutch: “Weed Mountain”
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