Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America. With an elevation of 14,438 feet, it is also the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney, which is slightly taller. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range, as w…
Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America. With an elevation of 14,438 feet, it is also the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney, which is slightly taller. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range, as well as the highest point in the entire Mississippi River drainage basin. Mount Elbert is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.1 miles southwest of the city of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado.
Elevation: 14437.6 feet (4400.58 m) · NAPGD2022
Location: High point of Lake County and the State of Colorado, U.S.
Prominence: 9,093 feet (2772 m)
Isolation: 671 miles (1079 km)
Listing: North America highest peaks 27th · North America prominent peaks 23rd · North America isolated peaks 8th · US highest major peaks 14th · U.S. state high points 3rd · Colorado highest major peaks 1st · Colorado fourteeners 1st · Colorado county high points 1st
Etymology: Samuel Hitt Elbert
Parent range: Highest summit of the · Rocky Mountains · Southern Rocky Mountains · Sawatch Range · and Elbert Massif
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