Mount Herard
Mount Herard as seen from the Great Sand Dunes
Highest point
Elevation	13,345 ft (4,068 m) [1] [2]
Prominence	2,040 ft (622 m) [2]
Isolation	4.63 mi (7.45 km) [2]
Listing	North America highest peaks 101st US highest major peaks 84th Colorado highest major peaks 44th
Coordinates	37°50′57″N 105°29′40″W / 37.8491666°N 105.4945°W / 37.8491666; -105.4945 [3]
Geography
Mount Herard Colorado
Location	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Saguache County, Colorado, United States [3]
Parent range	Sangre de Cristo Range [2]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Medano Pass, Colorado [3]

Mount Herard is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,345-foot (4,068 m) thirteener is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve, 15.0 miles (24.1 km) southeast ( bearing 132°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Mountain

Originally called Medano Peak, the mountain with seven separate summits was renamed Mount Seven at the request of the Colorado Mountain Club in 1970. ^[3] In 1984 the mountain's name was changed to honor Ulysses Herard who homesteaded on its slopes in 1876. ^[3]

Historical names

• Herard Peak
• Medano Peak ^[3]
• Mount Cleveland
• Mount Herard – 1984 ^[3]
• Mount Seven – 1970 ^[3]
• XL Mountain

See also

• List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
    • List of mountain peaks of Colorado

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