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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.
Mountain Peak Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Mount Elbert [1] [2] [3] [a] Sawatch Range: 14,440 ft 4401.2 m: ... Pikes Peak is the second ...
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 ...
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.
The high point of the Rampart Range is Devils Head at an elevation of 9,748 feet (2,971 m). Several other peaks in the range are over 9,000 feet (2,743 m), but these elevations stand in contrast to the higher peaks of the Front Range to the north ( Mount Blue Sky ) and south ( Pikes Peak ).
A total of 477 mountain summits in the United States meet both criteria for the definition of "major summit" used here: at least 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) of topographic elevation and at least 500 metres (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence.
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.
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.