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Sunlight Peak

SummitColorado, United States

Weminuche WildernessSan Juan National Forest
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About Sunlight Peak

Sunlight Peak is a high mountain summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,059.0-foot (4,285 m) fourteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 28.5 miles (45.8 km) northeast by north of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.

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14,058ftElevation
377ftProminence
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Forecast near Sunlight Peak · destination elevation 14,058 ft. Conditions can vary with elevation.

Today
44°F / 31°F
0.0"
14 mph ESE
Tomorrow
43°F / 29°F
0.3"
9 mph SE
Thu
46°F / 29°F
0.1"
10 mph NW
Fri
43°F / 27°F
0.1"
10 mph WNW

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Sunlight Peak
Photo: Jeremiah LaRocco / CC BY-SA 2.0

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37.6274° N, 107.5959° WOpenStreetMapGoogle Maps

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