Black Mountain (Moffat County, Colorado)
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Black Mountain is a prominent
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summit in the
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range of the
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of North America. The peak is located in
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, north-northeast ( bearing 25°) of the City of Craig in Moffat County,
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. Black Mountain is the highest point in Moffat County.


Mountain


Historical names

*Black Mountain *Welba Peak


See also

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List of mountain peaks of Colorado This is a list of major mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a m ...
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List of the most prominent summits of Colorado The following sortable table comprises the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea le ...
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List of Colorado county high points This is a list of all 64 counties of the U.S. State of Colorado by their points of highest elevation. Of the 50 highest county high points in the United States, 30 are located in Colorado. The highest point in Colorado is the summit of Mount ...


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Mountains of Colorado Mountains of Moffat County, Colorado Routt National Forest North American 3000 m summits {{Colorado-geo-stub