Winfield Peak (Colorado)

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Winfield Peak
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View of the peak from the saddle
Highest point
Elevation 13,084 ft (3,988 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 177 ft (54 m) [2]
Isolation 0.75 mi (1.21 km) [2]
Coordinates 38°58′34″N106°28′53″W / 38.976°N 106.4815°W / 38.976; -106.4815 [3]
Geography
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Winfield Peak
Location Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S. [3]
Parent range Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks [2]
Topo map(s) USGS 7.5' topographic map
Winfield, Colorado [3]

Winfield Peak is a mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,084-foot (3,988 m) summit is located in Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S., two miles north of the ghost town of Winfield. [3]

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References

  1. The elevation of Winfield Peak includes an adjustment of +2.091 m (+6.86 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Winfield Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Winfield Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 6, 2014.