Mendota Peak
Mendota Peak is a peak in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 13,251 feet. Mendota Peak is situated nearby to the hamlet Pandora, as well as near the locality Tomboy.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gilpin Peak.
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 Telluride and Tomboy.
Telluride
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.
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.
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.
Mendota Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,251 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.9611° or 37° 57′ 40″ northLongitude
-107.7784° or 107° 46′ 42″ westElevation
13,251 feet (4,039 metres)Open location code
859JX66C+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 358922867OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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