Colorado Gazetteer
Challenger Point is a physical feature (summit) in Saguache County. The primary coordinates for Challenger Point places it within the CO 81131 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Challenger Point |
| Category: | Colorado physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | In the Sangre de Cristo Range, on Kit Carson Mountain, 2.2 km (1.4 mi.) NW of Crestone Peak. |
| History: | Named as a memorial to the men and women, Francis (Dick) Scobee, Michael Smith, Gregory Jarvis, Ronald McNair, Elllison Onizuka, Judith Resnick, and Christa McAuliffe, who died in the NASA Challenger space shuttle accident on January 28, 1986 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
| County: | Saguache County |
| Latitude: | 37.9804151 |
| Longitude: | -105.6066013 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Challenger Point: Challenger Point.
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 Challenger Point does not include property ownership information.
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