Sunlight Peak, Weminuche Wilderness

Name: Sunlight Peak
Address: Weminuche Wilderness, United States

#2 among attractions in Weminuche Wilderness

Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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Sunlight Peak is a high mountain summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,065-foot fourteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 28.5 miles northeast by north of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. ()

Elevation: 14065 ftProminence: 399 ftCoordinates: 37°37'39"N, 107°35'42"W

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Sunlight Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Eolus, Windom Peak, Pigeon Peak, Vestal Peak.

1.6 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain, Vernacular architecture
Mount Eolus, Weminuche Wilderness
41 min walk • Mount Eolus is a high mountain summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,090-foot fourteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 27.4 miles northeast by north of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.
0.5 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Windom Peak, Weminuche Wilderness
12 min walk • Windom Peak is the highest summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,093-foot fourteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 28.2 miles northeast by north of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.
2.8 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Pigeon Peak, Weminuche Wilderness
72 min walk • Pigeon Peak, elevation 13,978 ft, is a summit in the Needle Mountains, a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of the US State of Colorado.
4.3 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Vestal Peak, Weminuche Wilderness
110 min walk • Vestal Peak, elevation 13,870 ft, is a summit in the Needle Mountains of southwest Colorado. The peak is southeast of Silverton in the Weminuche Wilderness.
1.4 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Jagged Mountain, Weminuche Wilderness
36 min walk • Jagged Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,830-foot thirteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 12.2 miles south-southeast of the Town of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.
2.5 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Turret Peak, Weminuche Wilderness
63 min walk • Turret Peak is a high peak of the Needle Mountains, a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of the US State of Colorado. It rises on the east side of the Animas River, 0.5 miles southeast of Pigeon Peak. It is located in the Weminuche Wilderness, part of the San Juan National Forest.
1.4 miSW
Natural attraction, Valley
Chicago Basin, Weminuche Wilderness
37 min walk • Chicago Basin comprises the upper portion of the Needle Creek watershed in the Needle Mountains, a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the US State of Colorado. It lies within the Weminuche Wilderness, part of the San Juan National Forest. Needle Creek is an east-side tributary of the Animas River.
1.6 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain, Vernacular architecture
Needle Mountains, Weminuche Wilderness
41 min walk • The Needle Mountains are a subrange of the San Juan Mountains of the Rocky Mountains located in the southwestern part of the U.S. State of Colorado. Much of the range is protected in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan National Forest.
4.6 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Arrow Peak, Weminuche Wilderness
117 min walk • Arrow Peak is a high mountain summit in the Grenadier Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,809-foot thirteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 8.7 miles south-southeast of the Town of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.
1 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
Jupiter Mountain, Weminuche Wilderness
27 min walk • Jupiter Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,836-foot thirteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 27.7 miles northeast by north of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.
5.7 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Oso, Weminuche Wilderness
146 min walk • Mount Oso is a high and prominent mountain summit in the San Juan Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,690-foot peak is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 30.8 miles northeast of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.