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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