Dolores Peak facts for kids

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Dolores Peak Location in Colorado
Highest point
Elevation	13,296 ft (4,053 m)
Prominence	730 ft (223 m)
Isolation	1.12 mi (1.80 km)
Parent peak	Middle Peak
Geography
Location	Dolores and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States
Parent range	San Miguel Mountains
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Dolores Peak, Colorado

Dolores Peak is a high mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,296-foot (4,053 m) thirteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness, 16.7 miles (26.9 km) west-southwest (bearing 246°) 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.

Topographic prominence

Dolores Peak may be higher than neighboring Middle Peak on the same drainage divide. If this is the case, Dolores Peak would be the more topographically prominent of the two summits.

Historical names

• Dolores Mountain
• Dolores Peak – 1965
• Dunn Peak
• Dunns Peak