Whitecross Mountain
Whitecross Mountain is a 13,553-foot-elevation summit in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. Whitecross Mountain has an elevation of 13,491 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Handies Peak.
Handies Peak
Peak
Photo: Mitchtobin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Handies Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the San Juan Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,058-foot fourteener is located in the Bureau of Land Management Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area, 13.4 miles southwest by west of the Town of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States.
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.
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 southwest of Whitecross 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 north of Whitecross Mountain.
Whitecross Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,491 feet
- Description: mountain in Colorado, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Hinsdale, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.93055° or 37° 55′ 50″ northLongitude
-107.49311° or 107° 29′ 35″ westElevation
13,491 feet (4,112 metres)Open location code
859JWGJ4+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 358923045OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Whitecross Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Whitecross Mountain”
- Dutch: “Whitecross Mountain”
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