Colorado Gazetteer
Mount Mestas is a physical feature (summit) in Huerfano County. The primary coordinates for Mount Mestas places it within the CO 81055 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Mount Mestas |
| Category: | Colorado physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| History: | Named La Veta Peak by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) in 1906, but renamed by the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) on June 23, 1949, in response to Colorado State Statute, to Mount Mestas. The name honors Felix B. Mestas, Jr., a member of the 88th Division who died in battle in Italy during World War II. |
| County: | Huerfano County |
| Latitude: | 37.5829166 |
| Longitude: | -105.1473417 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Mestas: Mount Mestas.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mount Mestas does not include property ownership information.
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La Veta, CO
(9.4 miles SE) Gardner, CO (13.9 miles N) |
Fort Garland, CO
(19 miles SW) |
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Muleshoe, CO
(1.9 miles WNW) La Veta Pass, CO (3.1 miles WNW) |
Occidental, CO
(5.1 miles SSE) |
