Missouri Mountain

Missouri Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 14,074 ft (4,290 m) [1][2]
Prominence 847 ft (258 m) [3]
Isolation 1.31 mi (2.11 km) [3]
Listing Colorado Fourteener 36th
Coordinates 38°56′51″N 106°22′43″W / 38.9475647°N 106.3784982°W / 38.9475647; -106.3784982Coordinates: 38°56′51″N 106°22′43″W / 38.9475647°N 106.3784982°W / 38.9475647; -106.3784982 [1]
Geography
Missouri Mountain

Colorado

Location Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent range Sawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[3]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Winfield, Colorado[1]
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

Missouri Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,074-foot (4,290 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 15.2 miles (24.5 km) northwest by west (bearing 302°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3][4] Missouri Mountain is separated from its eastern neighbor Mount Belford by Elkhead Pass (13,220 feet).[5]

Mountain

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "MISSOURI MTN". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 The elevation of Missouri Mountain includes an adjustment of +2.113 m (+6.93 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Missouri Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Missouri Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ Louis W. Dawson II (1996). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-1-8.

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