Mount Garfield (San Juan County, Colorado)

Mount Garfield
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation	13,074 ft (3,985 m)[1]
Prominence	354 ft (108 m)[1]
Parent peak	Graystone Peak (13,489 ft)[2]
Isolation	0.99 mi (1.59 km)[2]
Coordinates	37°41′41″N 107°38′10″W / 37.6946805°N 107.6362463°W / 37.6946805; -107.6362463[3]
Geography
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Location	San Juan County, Colorado, US
Parent range	Rocky Mountains San Juan Mountains Needle Mountains[1]
Topo map	USGS Snowdon Peak
Geology
Age of rock	Statherian
Mountain type	Glacial horn
Type of rock	Quartzite
Climbing
Easiest route	class 3 scramble[2] SE ridge[4]

Mount Garfield is a 13,074-foot-elevation (3,985-meter) mountain summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.^[3] It is situated eight miles south of the community of Silverton, in the Weminuche Wilderness, on land managed by San Juan National Forest. It is part of the San Juan Mountains range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Animas River. The peak can be seen from U.S. Route 550 and the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises over 4,300 feet (1,300 meters) above the river and railway in approximately one mile. It is set six miles west of the Continental Divide, one mile west of Electric Peak, and three miles east-southeast of Snowdon Peak.