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Turret Peak
Turret Peak
	Turret Peak (left) and Pigeon Peak (behind, right)
Highest point
Elevation	13,841 ft (4,219 m)
Prominence	735 ft (224 m)
Parent peak	Pigeon Peak
Isolation	0.50 mi (0.80 km)
Coordinates	37°37′39″N 107°38′23″W / 37.627499°N 107.6397833°W
Geography
	Turret Peak Colorado
Location	La Plata County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	San Juan Mountains,; Needle Mountains
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Snowdon Peak, Colorado

Turret Peak is a high peak of the Needle Mountains, a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of the US State of Colorado. It rises on the east side of the Animas River, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of Pigeon Peak. It is located in the Weminuche Wilderness, part of the San Juan National Forest.

Turret Peak is the 89th highest independent peak in Colorado.^[4]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[5] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.

References

^ The elevation of Turret Peak includes an adjustment of +1.714 m (+5.62 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Turret Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Turret Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
^ "Colorado 13,700-foot Peaks". peakbagger.com.
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.