page_title: Gilpin Peak
hierarchical_section_title: Gilpin Peak
caption_attribution_description: Yankee Boy Basin
context_page_description: Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles north-northeast of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County. Gilpin Peak was named in honor of William Gilpin, the first Governor of the Territory of Colorado.
context_section_description: Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.  The 13,700-foot (4,176 m) thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northeast (bearing 23°) of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County.  Gilpin Peak was named in honor of William Gilpin, the first Governor of the Territory of Colorado.
caption: Gilpin Peak and Wright Lake
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