Lavender Peak is a high mountain summit in the La Plata Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,233-foot (4,033 m) thirteener is located in San Juan National Forest, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) northeast by east (bearing 61°) of the Town of Mancos in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The peak lies 0.53 miles (0.85 km) east-southeast of the higher and more well-known Hesperus Mountain. Lavender Peak was named in honor of Dwight Garrigues Lavender (1911-1934), the author of a 1932 climbing guide to the San Juan Mountains.
Mountain
Historical names
- Lavendar Peak
- Lavender Peak â€" 1976
See also
- List of Colorado mountain ranges
- List of Colorado mountain summits
- List of Colorado fourteeners
- List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
- List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
- List of Colorado county high points
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