Lavender Peak (Colorado)

Lavender Peak
Lavender Peak

Colorado

Elevation 13,233 ft (4,033 m)[1][2]
Prominence 408 ft (124 m)[2]
Isolation 0.50 mi (0.80 km)[2]
Parent peak Hesperus Mountain[2]
Location
Location Montezuma County, Colorado, United States[3]
Range La Plata Mountains[2]
Coordinates 37°26′30″N 108°04′49″W / 37.4416667°N 108.0802778°WCoordinates: 37°26′30″N 108°04′49″W / 37.4416667°N 108.0802778°W[3]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
La Plata, Colorado[2]
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble

Lavender Peak is a high mountain summit in the La Plata Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,233-foot (4,033 m) thirteener is located in San Juan National Forest, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) northeast by east (bearing 61°) of the Town of Mancos in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3] The peak lies 0.53 miles (0.85 km) east-southeast of the higher and more well-known Hesperus Mountain. Lavender Peak was named in honor of Dwight Garrigues Lavender (1911-1934), the author of a 1932 climbing guide to the San Juan Mountains.[3]

Historical names

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The elevation of Lavender Peak includes an adjustment of +1.647 m (+5.40 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Lavender Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Lavender Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.

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