Mount Powell (Colorado)

Mount Powell
Mount Powell

Colorado

Elevation 13,586 ft (4,141 m)[1][2]
Prominence 3,000. ft (914 m)[2]
Isolation 21.50 mi (34.60 km)[2]
Listing Colorado 4000 meter summits
Colorado range high points
Location
Location Eagle and Summit counties,
Colorado, United States[3]
Range Highest summit of the
Gore Range[2]
Coordinates 39°45′36″N 106°20′27″W / 39.759991°N 106.340704°WCoordinates: 39°45′36″N 106°20′27″W / 39.759991°N 106.340704°W[3]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Powell, Colorado[3]

Mount Powell is the highest summit of the Gore Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 13,586-foot (4,141 m) thirteener is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north by east (bearing 8°) of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, along the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County.[1][2][3] Mount Powell was named in honor of John Wesley Powell who climbed to the summit in 1868.[3]

Mountain

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The elevation of Mount Powell includes an adjustment of +1.771 m (+5.81 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Mount Powell, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Mount Powell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 21, 2014.

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