Mount Herard

Mount Herard

Mount Herard as seen from the Great Sand Dunes
Highest point
Elevation 13,345 ft (4,068 m) [1][2]
Prominence 2,040 ft (622 m) [2]
Isolation 4.63 mi (7.45 km) [2]
Listing
Coordinates 37°50′57″N 105°29′40″W / 37.8491666°N 105.4945°W / 37.8491666; -105.4945Coordinates: 37°50′57″N 105°29′40″W / 37.8491666°N 105.4945°W / 37.8491666; -105.4945 [3]
Geography
Mount Herard

Colorado

Location Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Saguache County, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent range Sangre de Cristo Range[2]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Medano Pass, Colorado[3]

Mount Herard is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,345-foot (4,068 m) thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve, 15.0 miles (24.1 km) southeast (bearing 132°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Herard is the highest point in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.[1][2][3]

Mountain

Originally called Medano Peak, the mountain with seven separate summits was renamed Mount Seven at the request of the Colorado Mountain Club in 1970.[3] In 1984 the mountain's name was changed to honor Ulysses Herard who homesteaded on its slopes in 1876.[3]

Historical names

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Mount Herard includes an adjustment of +1.640 m (+5.38 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Herard, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Mount Herard". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.