List of the most prominent summits of Colorado

The following sortable table comprises the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado.

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 topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum great-circle distance to a point of equal elevation.

This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence. There are 126 ultra-prominent summits in the United States.

All elevations include an adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey .

If an elevation or prominence is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.

Most prominent summits

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• 1. Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
• 2. Pikes Peak is the second most topographically prominent mountain peak of Colorado.
• 3. Blanca Peak is the highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the second most topographically isolated peak of Colorado.
• 4. Culebra Peak is the southernmost 14,000-foot summit of the Rocky Mountains.
• 5. Crestone Peak is the highest peak of the Crestones and the seventh highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
• 6. Uncompahgre Peak is the highest peak of the San Juan Mountains and the sixth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
• 10. Mount Lincoln is the highest peak of the Mosquito Range and the eighth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
• 20. Castle Peak is the highest peak of the Elk Mountains and the ninth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
• 27. Grays Peak is the highest peak of the Front Range and the tenth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
• 51. Mount Harvard is the highest of the Collegiate Peaks and the third highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
• 72. This photograph of the legendary Mount of the Holy Cross was taken by William Henry Jackson in 1874.
• 99. La Plata Peak in the Collegiate Peaks is the fifth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.

See also

• List of mountain peaks of North America List of mountain peaks of Greenland List of mountain peaks of Canada List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains List of mountain peaks of the United States List of mountain peaks of Alaska List of mountain peaks of California List of mountain peaks of Colorado List of the highest major summits of Colorado List of the major 4000-meter summits of Colorado List of Colorado fourteeners List of the most prominent summits of Colorado List of mountain ranges of Colorado List of mountain peaks of Hawaiʻi List of mountain peaks of México List of mountain peaks of Central America List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
• Colorado Geography of Colorado Category:Mountains of Colorado commons:Category:Mountains of Colorado
• Physical geography Topography Topographic elevation Topographic prominence Topographic isolation

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39°07′04″N 106°26′43″W/39.1178°N 106.4454°W/ 39.1178; -106.4454(Mount Elbert)