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Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners, mountains more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level. The massif rises over 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above downtown Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark. It is composed of a characteristic pink granite called Pikes Peak granite.
If an elevation or prominence is calculated as a range of values, ... 14,440 ft 4401 m: 9,093 ft 2772 m: 671 mi ... Pikes Peak Massif: Pikes Peak [89] [90] [bp] [bq] [br]
If an elevation or prominence is calculated as a range of ... 14,440 ft 4401.2 m: 9,093 ft ... Pikes Peak is the second most topographically prominent mountain peak ...
Of the 100 highest major summits of the United States, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation, four peaks exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), and all 100 peaks exceed 4012 meters (13,163 feet) elevation.
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado.. The following sortable table comprises the 117 highest mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado with at least 3000 meters (9843 feet) of elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [ b ] [ c ] The first table below ranks the 55 highest major summits of Colorado by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
Mountain Peak Subrange Elevation Prominence Isolation; 1 Grays Peak [6] NGS: Front Range 14,278 ft 4352 m: 2,770 ft 844 m: 25 mi 40.3 km 2 Mount Blue Sky NGS: Front Range 14,265 ft 4348 m: 2,769 ft 844 m: 9.79 mi 15.76 km 3 Longs Peak NGS: Front Range 14,259 ft 4346 m: 2,940 ft 896 m: 43.6 mi 70.2 km 4 Pikes Peak NGS: Pikes Peak Massif: 14,115 ...
Highest elevation: 14,115 ft (4,302 m) Route map. mi. 9. ... The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog ... to the summit of Pikes Peak at an elevation of 14,115 ...