Handies Peak

Handies Peak
Handies Peak

Colorado

Highest point
Elevation 14,058 ft (4284.8 m) [1] NAVD88
Prominence 1908 ft (582 m) [2]
Isolation 11.18 mi (18.00 km) [2]
Listing
Coordinates 37°54′47″N 107°30′16″W / 37.9129769°N 107.5044042°W / 37.9129769; -107.5044042Coordinates: 37°54′47″N 107°30′16″W / 37.9129769°N 107.5044042°W / 37.9129769; -107.5044042 [1]
Geography
Location Hinsdale County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range San Juan Mountains[2]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Handies Peak, Colorado[1]
Climbing
First ascent 1874 Franklin Rhoda
Easiest route hike

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 (4284.8 m) fourteener is located in the Bureau of Land Management Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area, 13.4 miles (21.5 km) southwest by west (bearing 232°) of the Town of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States.[2][3][4]

Mountain

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "HANDIES". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Handies Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Handies Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Handies Peak". Bureau of Land Management. 2013-02-27. Retrieved 30 May 2013.


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