The 13,986-foot (4,263 m) thirteener is located 5.5 miles (8.8 km) east by south (bearing 102°) of the Town of Crestone in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.

On the weekend of August 7, 2003, a group consisting of family members, astronauts, friends and climbers installed a memorial plaque on the summit.

Today, we name a point in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Those who explore space in the days ahead may gaze back at Earth - and know that Columbia Point is there to commend a noble mission.

The point looks up to the heavens and it allows us, once again, to thank our heroes who soared far beyond the mountain, traveled past the sky -- and live on in our memories forever.The plaque reads: In Memory of the Crew of Shuttle Columbia Seven who died accepting the risk, Expanding humankind's horizons February 1, 2003 "Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand.