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Definition of San Juan Mountains
1. Noun. A mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains.
Terms within: Handies Peak, Uncompahgre Peak, Mount Wilson, Wilson
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of San Juan Mountains
Literary usage of San Juan Mountains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"The geologic structure and to a certain extent the topographic character of the
bordering groups are sufficiently unlike the San Juan Mountains to ..."
2. The Land of the Cliff-dwellers by Frederick Hastings Chapin (1892)
"In these early days the San Juan Mountains were as wild and inaccessible as any
mountain region in the ..."
3. The United States by Henry Gannett (1898)
"San Juan Mountains From the south end of the Sawatch Range a mass of hills runs
south-westward, connecting with an enormous ..."
4. My Mountains by Roselle Theodore Cross (1921)
"CHAPTER XV THE San Juan Mountains SAN JUAN (pronounced San Wan) is Spanish ...
name was derived either from the San Juan Mountains, or the San Juan River. ..."
5. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"San Juan del Norte; Seaport Town of Nicaragua. (Nut Grey Town nor San Juan de
Nicaragua.) San Juan Mountains; include all the mountains of southwest ..."
6. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1878)
"Regarding the San Juan Mountains from the stand-point of a geographer, we must
separate them essentially into two divisions; ..."
7. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"The geologic structure and to a certain extent the topographic character of the
bordering groups are sufficiently unlike the San Juan Mountains to ..."
8. The Land of the Cliff-dwellers by Frederick Hastings Chapin (1892)
"In these early days the San Juan Mountains were as wild and inaccessible as any
mountain region in the ..."
9. The United States by Henry Gannett (1898)
"San Juan Mountains From the south end of the Sawatch Range a mass of hills runs
south-westward, connecting with an enormous ..."
10. My Mountains by Roselle Theodore Cross (1921)
"CHAPTER XV THE San Juan Mountains SAN JUAN (pronounced San Wan) is Spanish ...
name was derived either from the San Juan Mountains, or the San Juan River. ..."
11. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"San Juan del Norte; Seaport Town of Nicaragua. (Nut Grey Town nor San Juan de
Nicaragua.) San Juan Mountains; include all the mountains of southwest ..."
12. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1878)
"Regarding the San Juan Mountains from the stand-point of a geographer, we must
separate them essentially into two divisions; ..."
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