Hesperus Mountain
Dibé Ntsaa(in Navajo)
Hesperus Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	13,237 ft (4,035 m)[1][2]
Prominence	2,852 ft (869 m)[2]
Isolation	24.53 mi (39.48 km)[2]
Listing	North America highest peaks 110th US highest major peaks 91st Colorado highest major peaks 50th Colorado county high points 28th
Coordinates	37°26′42″N108°05′20″W / 37.4449971°N 108.0889642°W /37.4449971; -108.0889642[3]
Geography
Hesperus Mountain Colorado
Location	High point ofMontezuma County,Colorado, United States[2]
Parent range	Highest summit of the La Plata Mountains[2]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map La Plata, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest route	Scramble

Hesperus Mountain (Navajo:Dibé Ntsaa meaning "Big Mountain Sheep"^[4]) is thehighest summit of theLa Plata Mountains range of theRocky Mountains ofNorth America. Theprominent 13,237-foot (4,035 m)thirteener is located inSan Juan National Forest, 13.2 miles (21.2 km) northeast by east (bearing 59°) of theTown of Mancos inMontezuma County,Colorado, United States. The summit of Hesperus Mountain is thehighest point in Montezuma County.^[1][2][3]

Though not of particularly high elevation for the region, Hesperus Mountain is visually quite prominent, as it is near the southern edge of theSan Juan Mountains and rises over 7,000 ft (2,100 m) above the area.

Hesperus is notable as theNavajo People's Sacred Mountain of the North,Dibé Ntsaa, which marks the northern boundary of theDinetah, their traditional homeland. It is associated with the color black, and is said to be impregnated withjet. When First Man created the mountain as a replica of mountains in the Fourth World, he fastened it to the ground with a rainbow and covered it in darkness.^[5]

The San Juan Mountains have been the traditional homeland of the Ute People.http://www.dargnet.orghttp://uintahbasintah.org/maps/ubsw.jpg

Along with Ute the La Plata Mountain Range has also been the early homeland of the Navajo People who had settled on and near this mountain and the La Plata Mountain Range.

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• San Juan Mountains (Colorado)
• San Juan National Forest
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• Sacred mountains of the United States
• Religious places of the Indigenous peoples of North America

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