- Needle Mountains (Colorado)
Geobox|Mountain Range
name = Needle Mountains
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image_caption =Mount Eolus , the highest of the Needle Mountains.
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state = Colorado
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range = San Juan Mountains | range1 = Rocky Mountains
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highest = Mount Eolus
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highest_elevation_imperial = 14089
highest_lat_d = 37 | highest_lat_m = 37 | highest_lat_s = 19 | highest_lat_NS = N
highest_long_d = 107 | highest_long_m = 37 | highest_long_s = 22 | highest_long_EW = W
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length_imperial = 54 | length_orientation = N-S
width_imperial = 21 | width_orientation = E-W
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area_imperial = 728
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footnotes =The Needle Mountains are a subrange of theSan Juan Mountains of theRocky Mountains located in the southwestern part of theU.S. State of Colorado . Much of the range is protected in theWeminuche Wilderness of theSan Juan National Forest . The range is notable for having some of the most rugged mountains in the state, and includes many technical climbs and scrambles. A small but dramatic east-west subrange in the northern section is known as theGrenadier Range .Notable peaks include:
*Mount Eolus , 14,083 ft
*Windom Peak , 14,082 ft
*Sunlight Peak , 14,059 ft
*Pigeon Peak , 13,972 ft
*Vestal Peak , 13,864 ft (Grenadier Range)
*Turret Peak (Colorado) , 13,835 ft
*Arrow Peak , 13,803 ft (Grenadier Range)
*Animas Mountain , 13,786 ft
*Storm King Peak , 13,752 ft (Grenadier Range)
*Mount Silex , 13,628 ft
*The Guardian (Colorado) , 13,617 ft
*Leviathan Peak , 13,528 ft
*Vallecito Mountain , 13,428 ft
*Mount Garfield , 13,074 ftee also
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Geography of Colorado
*Grenadier Range
*Mountain peaks of Colorado
*Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
*Mountain ranges of Colorado
*Rocky Mountains
*San Juan Mountains
*State of Colorado
*West Needle Mountains
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