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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.
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in Colorado. The following sortable table comprises the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado .
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] in Colorado. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: 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.
[a] Colorado has five municipalities above 10,000 feet (3,048 m) elevation, 40 above 8,000 feet (2,438 m) elevation, 115 above 6,000 feet (1,829 m) elevation, 256 above 4,000 feet (1,219 m) elevation, and all 273 municipalities are above 3,350 feet (1,021 m) elevation. The Town of Carbonate, Colorado is technically the highest elevation ...
This is a list of the highest elevation towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. This list includes both incorporated municipalities and census-designated places included in the 2020 United States Census. The highest 82 places on this list are included in the List of cities in the United States by elevation.
As given in the table, topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. The topographic prominence of a summit is the elevation difference between that summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit.
The highest point in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains as a whole is the summit of Mount Elbert in Lake County at 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m). Of the 64 Colorado counties, 20 counties rise above 14,000 feet (4,267 m) elevation, 32 counties rise above 13,000 feet (3,962 m), 42 counties rise above 10,000 feet (3,048 m), and all 64 Colorado counties ...
Laurette, Colorado Territory in 1864.. This is a chronological list of the highest elevation town in the United States from 1849 to present. [1] This list includes both incorporated municipalities [2] [3] [4] and unicorporated communities with a post office.