| Tijeras Peak | |
| Elevation Ft: | 13610. |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
| Prominence Ft: | 744 |
| Isolation Mi: | 1.70 |
| Range: | Sangre de Cristo Range |
| Location: | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Saguache County, Colorado, United States |
| Map: | Colorado |
| Coordinates: | 37.9244°N -105.5403°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Topo: | USGS 7.5' topographic map Crestone Peak, Colorado |
Tijeras Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13610feet thirteener is located 15.8km (09.8miles) southeast by east (bearing 120°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States, in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness on the boundary between Great Sand Dunes National Preserve and Rio Grande National Forest.[1] [2] [3] Tijeras Peak is the highest summit in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.[4] Tijeras is Spanish for scissors, and refers to the double-pronged rocky tip of the mountain.