Lone Cone (Colorado)

Lone Cone is a prominent mountain summit at the western end of the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,618-foot (3,846 m) peak is located 24.2 miles (38.9 km) west by south (bearing 262°) of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Juan National Forest and Dolores County from Uncompahgre National Forest and San Miguel County.^[1][2][3][4]

Lone Cone from the northeast

Lone Cone
Lone Cone from the south
Highest point
Elevation	12,618 ft (3,846 m)[1][2]
Prominence	2,273 ft (693 m)[3]
Isolation	8.40 mi (13.52 km)[3]
Listing	Colorado prominent summits
Coordinates	37°53′17″N 108°15′20″W[1]
Geography
Lone Cone Colorado
Location	Dolores and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States[4]
Parent range	San Miguel Mountains[3]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Lone Cone, Colorado[1]

Geology

The mountain, a laccolith, is between 20 and 40 million years old and is the westernmost of over a dozen laccoliths that are the same age as rocks in the San Juan volcanic field.^[5]

Historical names

• Lone Cone – 1906 ^[4]
• West Point

See also

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• List of Colorado mountain ranges
• List of Colorado mountain summits
  • List of Colorado fourteeners
  • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
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• List of Colorado county high points