Religious Places of the Indigenous Peoples of North America Codexery

Hesperus Mountain (Colorado)

Sacred Mountain of the North for the Navajo People.

Last updated

Where it is

Street map of the area around Hesperus Mountain (Colorado); the red dot marks 37°26′42″N 108°05′20″W
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Coordinates: 37°26′42″N 108°05′20″W (37.4450, -108.0890) · Open in OpenStreetMap

Coordinates and connected clubs: the infobox of Wikipedia: Hesperus Mountain (Colorado) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map: drawn by Codexery from OpenStreetMap tiles.

Hesperus Mountain, called Big Mountain Sheep by the Navajo, is the highest peak in the La Plata Mountains. This prominent thirteener is the Navajo Sacred Mountain of the North, marking the edge of their traditional homeland. It is linked to the color black and said to be filled with jet.

More in Religious Places of the Indigenous Peoples of North America

Hole-in-the-Rock (Papago Park)In the Light of ReverenceRecognition of Native American sacred sites in the United StatesAgathla PeakBaboquivari Peak WildernessBear ButteBiltmore MoundBlanca PeakBlue Hills ReservationBridge of the Gods (land bridge)Bryce Canyon National ParkCasa Malpaís

Sources

Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.

Spotted an error? Know more?

Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced

Comments

Loading…
Open in the interactive codex →