El Diente Peak, Lizard Head Wilderness

Name: El Diente Peak
Address: Lizard Head Wilderness, United States

#2 among attractions in Lizard Head Wilderness

Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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El Diente Peak is a high summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,165-foot peak is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 10.5 miles north by east of the Town of Rico in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. "El Diente" is Spanish for "The Tooth", a reference to the shape of the peak. ()

Elevation: 14165 ftProminence: 239 ftCoordinates: 37°50'22"N, 108°0'18"W

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Lizard Head Wilderness United States

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El Diente Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Wilson, Wilson Peak, Lizard Head, Gladstone Peak.

0.8 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Wilson, Lizard Head Wilderness
20 min walk • Mount Wilson is the highest summit of the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,252-foot fourteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 10.6 miles north by east of the Town of Rico in Dolores County, Colorado, United States.
1.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wilson Peak, Uncompahgre National Forest
47 min walk • Wilson Peak is a 14,023-foot mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of the Uncompahgre National Forest, in the northwestern San Juan Mountains. It is the highest point in San Miguel County. The mountain was named for A.D. Wilson, the chief topographer with the Hayden Survey.
3 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Vernacular architecture
Lizard Head, Lizard Head Wilderness
76 min walk • Lizard Head is a mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,119-foot thirteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness, 6.8 miles west by south of the Town of Ophir, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide...
1.2 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Gladstone Peak, Lizard Head Wilderness
31 min walk • Gladstone Peak is a high mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,919-foot thirteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness, 11.2 miles southwest by west of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the...
5 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Dolores Peak, Lizard Head Wilderness
127 min walk • Dolores Peak is a high mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,296-foot thirteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness, 16.7 miles west-southwest of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage...
5.6 miE
Mountain pass, Nature
Lizard Head Pass, Uncompahgre National Forest
144 min walk • Lizard Head Pass, elevation 10,222 feet, is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, on the border between Dolores and San Miguel counties. It is also on the divide between the watersheds of the Dolores River and San Miguel River. The pass lies in the saddle between Lizard Head and Sheep Mountain.