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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.
The following sortable table comprises the 477 mountain peaks of the United States with at least 3,000 m (9,843 ft) of topographic elevation and at least 500 m (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence. [ 1 ]
Of the 200 most prominent summits of the United States, 84 are located in Alaska, 17 in California, 17 in Nevada, 14 in Washington, 12 in Montana, 11 in Utah, nine in Arizona, seven in Hawaii, six in Colorado, six in Oregon, four in Wyoming, four in Idaho, four in New Mexico, two in North Carolina, and one each in New Hampshire, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Maine.
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 Rosa is a mountain summit of the Pikes Peak Massif in the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,504-foot (3,506 m) peak is located in Pike National Forest , 12.8 miles (20.6 km) southwest by west ( bearing 233°) of downtown Colorado Springs in Teller County , Colorado , United States .
The line would start at a depot in the town of Manitou Springs, located at an elevation of 6,320 feet (1,930 m), [2] and climb 8.9 miles (14.3 km) to the summit of Pikes Peak at an elevation of 14,115 feet (4,302 m). [3]
Of the most prominent summits of Colorado, only Mount Elbert exceeds 2000 meters (6562 feet) of topographic prominence. Three peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence and 14 peaks exceed 1000 meters (3281 feet) of topographic prominence.
The northernmost summits of their elevation in the Rocky Mountains; Rank Mountain Peak Region Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 14 Sentinel Peak [6] [7] [a] [b] British Columbia Canadian Rockies: 2513 m 8,245 ft: 1452 m 4,764 ft: 86.6 km 53.8 mi