South of Haxtun • Phillips County (Colorado) Highpoint

Date Climbed
May 18, 2004

Elevation
4,120 feet

Distance
No hiking

Time
1 frantic minute

Gain
None

Conditions
Getting dark

Topozone

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This was the eleventh and final county highpoint I did today, and by the time I got to it it was getting dark and I was beyond exhaustion. I had done my first highpoint at 1:45 this morning, and aside from about a 3 hour nap in my vehicle, I had been out and about the entire day hiking and driving. As much as I enjoy this hobby, I was just downright tired and wanted no more of it for today. Fortunately, this is just a drive-up along a farm road south of the town of Haxtun, which in turn is just a few miles south of the Sedgwick county highpoint, which I had just completed. The Phillips highpoint is along County Road 1, which straddles the Phillips and Logan county line. It's two miles west of CO-59 and between County Roads 16 and 18. All I did was drive up to it, get out, run about 100 feet north, then run back. That was good enough for me. Back through Haxtun, I drove about 45 miles further to Sterling and took a hotel in town.

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