Horsefly Peak

Mountain in the state of Colorado

Horsefly Peak

Colorado

Highest pointElevation10,353 ft (3,156 m)^[2]^[3]Prominence1,437 ft (438 m)^[4]Isolation13.04 mi (20.99 km)^[4]ListingColorado range high pointsCoordinates38°11′37″N 107°55′54″W / 38.1936083°N 107.9316932°W / 38.1936083; -107.9316932^[2]GeographyLocationOuray County, Colorado, U.S.^[1]Parent rangeHighest summit of the
Uncompahgre Plateau^[4]Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Horsefly Peak, Colorado^[2]ClimbingEasiest routehike

Horsefly Peak is the highest summit of the Uncompahgre Plateau in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 10,353-foot (3,156 m) peak is located 10.0 miles (16.1 km) west by north (bearing 284°) of the Town of Ridgway in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Horsefly Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "HORSEFLY PK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
^ ^a ^b The elevation of Horsefly Peak includes an adjustment of +1.581 m (+5.19 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Horsefly Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.

Mountains of Colorado

Book Cliffs

Mount Garfield

Elk Mountains

Aspen Mountain
Capitol Peak
Castle Peak
Cathedral Peak
Chair Mountain
Crested Butte
Gothic Mountain
Italian Mountain
Maroon Bells
Mount Emmons
Mount Owen
Mount Sopris
Pyramid Peak
Snowmass Mountain
Snowmass Peak
Treasure Mountain

Elkhead Mountains

Black Mountain (Moffat County)
Columbus Mountain
Elk Mountain (Routt County)
Hahns Peak

Flat Tops

Flat Top Mountain
Sleepy Cat Peak

Front Range

Kenosha Mountains	Buffalo Peak Green Mountain (Jefferson County) Shawnee Peak Windy Peak
Mummy Range	Fairchild Mountain Hagues Peak Mount Chiquita Mount McConnel Mummy Mountain Ypsilon Mountain
Never Summer Mountains	Braddock Peak Iron Mountain (Jackson/Larimer Counties) Mount Cirrus Mount Cumulus Mount Nimbus Mount Richthofen Nokhu Crags Seven Utes Mountain Static Peak
Rampart Range	Blodgett Peak Devils Head
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Gore Range

Eagles Nest
Jacque Peak
Meridian Peak
Mount Powell
The Spider

Grand Mesa

Crater Peak
North Mamm Peak

Laramie Mountains

Medicine Bow Mountains

Clark Peak

Mosquito Range

Park Range

Rabbit Ears Range

Elk Mountain (Grand County)
Parkview Mountain
Radial Mountain
Whiteley Peak

Raton Mesa

Fishers Peak

San Juan Mountains

La Garita Mountains	Phoenix Peak
La Plata Mountains	Hesperus Mountain Lavender Peak Mount Moss Spiller Peak
Needle Mountains	Arrow Peak Electric Peak Mount Eolus Mount Garfield Jagged Mountain Jupiter Mountain Pigeon Peak Snowdon Peak Sunlight Peak Turret Peak Twilight Peak Vestal Peak Windom Peak
Sneffels Range	Cirque Mountain Dallas Peak Gilpin Peak Mears Peak Potosi Peak Mount Emma Mount Sneffels Teakettle Mountain
Others	Baldy Cinco Bennett Peak Calf Creek Plateau Cannibal Plateau Cimarron Ridge Cochetopa Dome Conejos Peak Coxcomb Peak Dolores Peak El Diente Peak Elliott Mountain Engineer Mountain Gladstone Peak Graham Peak Half Peak Handies Peak HD Mountains Horse Mountain Little Cone Lizard Head Lone Cone Matterhorn Peak Menefee Peak Middle Peak Mount Oso Mount Wilson Niagara Peak Red Mountain (Ouray County) Redcloud Peak Rio Grande Pyramid San Luis Peak Sharkstooth Peak South River Peak Stewart Peak Sultan Mountain Summit Peak Sunshine Peak Tower Mountain Uncompahgre Peak Vermilion Peak Wetterhorn Peak Wilson Peak

Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Sangre de Cristo Range	Blanca Peak Bushnell Peak California Peak Challenger Point Columbia Point Crestone Needle Crestone Peak Ellingwood Point Hardscrabble Mountain Horn Peak Humboldt Peak Hunts Peak Iron Mountain (Costilla/Huerfano Counties) Kit Carson Peak Little Bear Peak Methodist Mountain Mount Adams Mount Herard Mount Lindsey Mount Mestas Mount Zwischen Rito Alto Peak Silver Mountain Tijeras Peak
Wet Mountains	Greenhorn Mountain Lead Mountain (Custer County)
Others	Culebra Peak Red Mountain (Costilla County) Trinchera Peak

Sawatch Range

Collegiate Peaks	Emerald Peak Garfield Peak Grizzly Peak (Chaffee/Pitkin Counties) Huron Peak Ice Mountain La Plata Peak Missouri Mountain Mount Belford Mount Blaurock Mount Columbia Mount Harvard Mount Hope Mount Oxford Mount Yale Peak 13,762 Winfield Peak
Others	Antora Peak Bill Williams Peak Carbonate Mountain Casco Peak Castle Peak Chipeta Mountain Cronin Peak Fairview Peak French Mountain Henry Mountain Mount Antero Mount Elbert Mount of the Holy Cross Mount Jackson Mount Massive Mount Oklahoma Mount Ouray Mount Shavano Ouray Peak Park Cone Red Table Mountain Tabeguache Peak Tomichi Dome

Others

Bear Mountain
Blair Mountain
Chalk Mountains
Cochetopa Hills
Dawson Butte
Diamond Peak
Flirtation Peak
Granite Peak
Grand Hogback
Grannys Nipple
Horsefly Peak
Lead Mountain (Grand County)
Mount Neva
Powell Peak
San Luis Hills
Storm King Mountain
Terrible Mountain
Two Buttes
Ute Mountain

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Protected areas of Colorado

Federal

4 National Parks	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Great Sand Dunes Mesa Verde Rocky Mountain
9 National Monuments	Browns Canyon (BLM-USFS) Camp Hale-Continental Divide (USFS) Canyons of the Ancients (BLM) Chimney Rock (USFS) Colorado Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds Hovenweep Yucca House
3 National Historic Sites	Amache Bent's Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre
2 National Recreation Areas	Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti
1 Wild and Scenic River	Cache la Poudre River
4 National Historic Trails	California Trail Old Spanish Trail Pony Express Trail Santa Fe Trail
1 National Scenic Trail	Continental Divide Trail
11 National Forests	Arapaho Grand Mesa Gunnison Medicine Bow–Routt Pike Rio Grande Roosevelt San Isabel San Juan Uncompahgre White River
2 National Grasslands	Comanche Pawnee
44 National Wildernesses	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Black Ridge Canyons Buffalo Peaks Byers Peak Cache La Poudre Collegiate Peaks Comanche Peak Dominguez Canyon Eagles Nest Flat Tops Fossil Ridge Great Sand Dunes Greenhorn Mountain Gunnison Gorge Hermosa Creek Holy Cross Hunter–Fryingpan Indian Peaks James Peak La Garita Lizard Head Lost Creek Maroon Bells-Snowmass Mesa Verde Mount Evans Mount Massive Mount Sneffels Mount Zirkel Neota Never Summer Platte River Powderhorn Ptarmigan Peak Raggeds Rawah Rocky Mountain National Park Sangre de Cristo Sarvis Creek South San Juan Spanish Peaks Uncompahgre Vasquez Peak Weminuche West Elk
3 National Conservation Areas	Dominguez–Escalante Gunnison Gorge McInnis Canyons
8 National Wildlife Refuges	Alamosa Arapaho Baca Browns Park Monte Vista Rocky Flats Rocky Mountain Arsenal Two Ponds
3 National Heritage Areas	Cache la Poudre River Corridor Sangre de Cristo South Park
28 National Historic Landmarks	Beaver Meadows Visitor Center Bent's Old Fort Central City/Black Hawk Historic District Colorado Chautauqua Cripple Creek Historic District Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Denver Civic Center Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Elitch Gardens Carousel Georgetown–Silver Plume Historic District Granada War Relocation Center Leadville Historic District Lindenmeier site Lowry Pueblo Ludlow Tent Colony Site Mesa Verde Administrative District Minnequa Steel Works Pikes Peak Pike's Stockade Raton Pass Red Rocks Park Shenandoah-Dives Mill Silverton Historic District Telluride Historic District Temple Aaron Trujillo Homesteads United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area Winks Panorama
16 National Natural Landmarks	Big Spring Creek Garden of the Gods Garden Park Fossil Area Hanging Lake Indian Springs Trace Fossil Natural Area Lost Creek Scenic Area Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas Raton Mesa Roxborough Russell Lakes Sand Creek Slumgullion Earthflow Spanish Peaks Sulphur Cave and Spring Summit Lake West Bijou Site
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State

43 State Parks	Arkansas Headwaters Barr Lake Boyd Lake Castlewood Canyon Chatfield Cherry Creek Cheyenne Mountain Crawford Eldorado Canyon Eleven Mile Elkhead Fishers Peak Golden Gate Canyon Harvey Gap Highline Lake Jackson Lake James M. Robb - Colorado River John Martin Reservoir Lake Pueblo Lathrop Lone Mesa Lory Mancos Mueller Navajo North Sterling Paonia Pearl Lake Ridgway Rifle Falls Rifle Gap Roxborough Spinney Mountain St. Vrain Stagecoach State Forest Staunton Steamboat Lake Sweetwater Lake Sweitzer Lake Sylvan Lake Trinidad Lake Vega Yampa River
1 State Forest	State Forest
307 State Wildlife Areas	List of Colorado state wildlife areas
96 State Natural Areas	Aiken Canyon Antero-Salt Creek Arikaree River Badger Wash Blacks Gulch Blue Mountain-Little Thompson Fault Bonny Prairie Boulder Mountain Park Brush Creek Fen California Park Castlewood Canyon Chalk Bluffs Coal Creek Tallgrass Prairie Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Comanche Grassland Copeland Willow Carr Corral Bluffs Cross Mountain Canyon Dakota Hogback Deer Gulch Dome Rock Droney Gulch Duck Creek Dudley Bluffs East Lost Park East Sand Dunes Elephant Rocks Escalante Canyon Fairview Fourmile Creek Fruita Paleontological Garden Park Fossil Gateway Palisade Geneva Basin Iron Fens Gothic Gunnison Gravels Haviland Lake High Creek Fen High Mesa Grassland Hoosier Ridge Hurricane Canyon Indian Spring Indian Springs Trace Fossil Irish Canyon Jimmy Creek Ken-Caryl Ranch Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Limestone Ridge Lookout Mountain Lower Greasewood Creek McElmo Mexican Cut Mini-Wheeler Miramonte Reservoir Mishak Lakes Mount Callahan & Logan Wash Mine Mount Emmons Iron Bog Mount Goliath Narraguinnep Needle Rock North Park Phacelia Orient Mine Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch Saddle Mountain San Miguel River Sand Creek Shell Duck Creek Shell Rock Slumgullion Earthflow South Beaver Creek South Boulder Creek South Cathedral Bluffs Specimen Mountain Staunton Tamarack Ranch Treasurevault Mountain Trinidad K-T Boundary Two Buttes Unaweep Seep Wacker Ranch West Creek Wheeler Geologic White Rocks Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek Natural Area Zapata Falls
26 Scenic and Historic Byways	Alpine Loop Cache la Poudre-North Park Collegiate Peaks Colorado River Headwaters Dinosaur Diamond Flat Tops Trail Frontier Pathways Gold Belt Tour Grand Mesa Guanella Pass Highway of Legends Lariat Loop Los Caminos Antiguos Mount Evans Pawnee Pioneer Trails Peak to Peak San Juan Skyway Santa Fe Trail Silver Thread South Platte River Trail Top of the Rockies Tracks Across Borders Trail of the Ancients Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Unaweep Tabeguache West Elk Loop