Longs Peak is a mountain in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,256-foot fourteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.6 miles southwest by south of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States. Longs Peak is the northernmost fourteener in the Rocky Mountains and the highest poin…
Longs Peak is a mountain in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,256-foot fourteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.6 miles southwest by south of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States. Longs Peak is the northernmost fourteener in the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in Boulder County and Rocky Mountain National Park. The mountain was named in honor of explorer Stephen Harriman Long and is featured on the Colorado state quarter.
Elevation: 14259.9 ft (4345.22 m) · NAPGD2022
Location: High point of · Rocky Mountain National Park and Boulder County, Colorado, U.S.
Prominence: 2940 ft (896 m)
Isolation: 43.6 mi (70.2 km)
Listing: North America highest peaks 42nd · US highest major peaks 28th · Colorado highest major peaks 13th · Colorado fourteeners 15th · Colorado county high points 14th
Parent range: Front Range, Highest summit · of the Twin Peaks Massif
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