Navajo Peak
About
Navajo Peak is a summit of about 13,408 feet in Grand County, Colorado, inside the Indian Peaks Wilderness. The surrounding land is part of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, managed by the Forest Service, and the nearest town is Ward, about 7 miles away. Apache Peak, a climbing area, sits just 0.4 miles away, and the Indian Peaks climbing area is about a mile off. For a hike, Pawnee Pass is roughly 1.7 miles away, and Pawnee Campground is about 4.6 miles away.
Summit Facts
Summit elevation
13,408 ft
Land manager
Forest Service
Elevation from USGS 3D Elevation Program terrain data (about 10 m resolution).
Location
Navajo Peak
Colorado
Name and location: U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program. View the GNIS record.
Facts about this place
Where it is
- Indian Peaks Wilderness · Wilderness
- Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · National forest
- Nearest town
- Ward, Colorado · 7.1 mi
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1; USGS GNIS populated places
Conditions
Active alerts for Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests as of Oct 9, 2026:
fire-restriction · posted Sep 21, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Dowdy Lake Campground Restrictions
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Never Summer Wilderness Restrictions
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Lost Lake/ Laramie Lake/ Twin Lakes
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Arapaho National Recreation Area
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Byers Peak Wilderness Restrictions
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Vasquez Wilderness Restrictions
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Apache PeakRock climbing0.4 mi
- Indian PeaksRock climbing1 mi
Pawnee PassHikingPhoto: Steven Bratman, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.7 mi
Shoshoni Summit RouteHikingPhoto: Steven Bratman, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.7 mi- Arapaho CreekCanoeing3.6 mi
- Pawnee CampgroundCamping4.6 mi
- Buchanan CreekCanoeing4.8 mi
- Rainbow Lakes CampgroundCamping5.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)