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Mount Harvard
- Easiest route
- 10.3 km+1,376 m · about 5 h · T4
- Prominence
- 709 m2,324 ft
- Isolation
- 24 km
- Tonight
- 25°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5–10 mph SW
Mount Harvard is a 4,391 m (14,406 ft) mountain in the Collegiate Peaks, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,391 m · 14,406 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Elbert (4,401 m)
- Range
- Collegiate Peaks
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Protected area
- San Isabel National Forest
- Spanish name
- Monte Harvard
- Coordinates
- 38.9245° N, 106.3207° W
How to get to the top of Mount Harvard
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From North Cottonwood Creek Trailhead (parking)
- Distance
- 10.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,376 m(4,514 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Harvard 3D map
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Mount Harvard terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Harvard weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 25°F (-4°C) · 13% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph SW
Mount Harvard forecast for the summit, about 3,824 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,108 m.
- Tonight25°13%5–10 mph SWBase 32°
- Sat25°28°93%5–15 mph SSEBase 31 / 37°
- Sun20°30°63%5–10 mph SSEBase 27 / 40°
- Mon17°31°8%5–10 mph WBase 24 / 41°
- Tue19°34°3%15 mph WSWBase 26 / 44°
- Wed19°33°1%10–15 mph WSWBase 25 / 43°
- Thu22°34°8%10 mph WSWBase 28 / 44°
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:06 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Harvard
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Harvard, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
3.6 km SSE
Nearest parking
North Cottonwood Creek Trailhead
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 3.6 km SSE |
| Campsite | 3.8 km S |
| Campsite | 7.6 km NW |
| North Cottonwood Creek TrailheadParking | 7.6 km SE |
How steep is the route to Mount Harvard?
The easiest mapped route, 10.3 km from 3,012 m to 4,391 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.
- 0–15°9.1 km
- 15–30°1.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Mount Harvard summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Mount Columbia4,285 m 3.0 km SE
- 2Mount Oxford4,316 m 4.7 km NNW
- 3Birthday Peak3,881 m 4.9 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 150 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-bellied Marmot18
- Alpine springbeauty16
- Elephant's-Head lousewort12
- American Pika11
- Ross' Avens11
- Parry's primrose10
Where Mount Harvard sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
La Plata Peak4,369 m↑18 km NW
Independence Pass3,689 m↑29 km NW
Mount MassivePeak · 4,395 m↑32 km NNW
Fremont Pass3,450 m↑51 km NNE
Mount LincolnPeak · 4,354 m↑51 km NNE
More in the Sawatch Range 1
Mount Harvard downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,390 m at the summit; the official height is 4,391 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,391 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,395 m | +4 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,390 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,382 m | -9 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,364 m | -27 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-09-12)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia