Mount Oxford (Colorado)

Coordinates: 38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W / 38.9648153°N 106.3388148°W / 38.9648153; -106.3388148
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Mount Oxford
Highest point
Elevation14,160 ft (4,316 m)[1][2]
Prominence653 ft (199 m)[3]
Isolation1.22 mi (1.96 km)[3]
ListingColorado Fourteener 26th
Coordinates38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W / 38.9648153°N 106.3388148°W / 38.9648153; -106.3388148[1]
Geography
Mount Oxford is located in Colorado
Mount Oxford
Mount Oxford
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent rangeSawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[3]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Harvard, Colorado[1]
Climbing
Easiest routeVia Mt. Belford: Hike, class 2[5]

Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,160-foot (4,316 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 14.2 miles (22.9 km) northwest (bearing 311°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oxford.[1][2][3][4]

Mount Oxford (north aspect)
Mt. Oxford from Twin Lakes turnoff from US 24

Mountain[edit]

Mount Oxford lies 1.2 miles (2.0 km) east by north of the slightly higher Mount Belford. For this reason it is often climbed in combination with Mount Belford.[6]

Historical names[edit]

  • Mount Oxford [4]
  • Oxford Peak

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "MT OXFORD". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  2. ^ a b The elevation of Mount Oxford includes an adjustment of +2.042 m (+6.70 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Oxford, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Mount Oxford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. ^ "Mt. Oxford Routes". 14ers.com.
  6. ^ "Mount Oxford". Summitpost.org.

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