Mount Parnassus, Arapaho National Forest

Name: Mount Parnassus
Address: Arapaho National Forest, United States

#8 among attractions in Arapaho National Forest

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Parnassus, Arapaho National Forest

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Mount Parnassus is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,580-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 5.4 miles west-northwest of the Town of Silver Plume in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. ()

Elevation: 13580 ftProminence: 537 ftCoordinates: 39°43'12"N, 105°49'23"W

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Mount Parnassus – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Loveland Ski Area, Pass Lake, Torreys Peak, Grizzly Peak.

4.8 miSW
Winter sport, Ski area
Loveland Ski Area, Arapaho National Forest
123 min walk • Loveland Ski Area is a ski area in the western United States, located near the town of Georgetown, Colorado. Located at the eastern portal of the Eisenhower Tunnel, Loveland is within the Arapahoe National Forest.
5.4 miSW
Lake
Pass Lake, Arapahoe Basin
138 min walk • Pass Lake is a small lake located south of Loveland Pass in Summit County, Colorado. Pass Lake drains east via an unnamed stream which flows into North Fork Snake River. The Pass Lake Picnic Area is located by the lake.
5.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Torreys Peak, Arapaho National Forest
136 min walk • Torreys Peak is a mountain in the Front Range region of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. It is one of 53 fourteeners in Colorado. Its nearest major city is Denver. Torreys Peak is located along the Continental Divide, as well as the division between Clear Creek County and Summit County.
5.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Grizzly Peak, Arapaho National Forest
138 min walk • Grizzly Peak is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Also known as Grizzly Peak D, the 13,433-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 2.1 miles southeast by east of Loveland Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Clear Creek and Summit counties.
3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Sniktau, Arapaho National Forest
88 min walk • Mount Sniktau is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,240-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 1.6 miles northeast of Loveland Pass in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.
1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bard Peak, Arapaho National Forest
26 min walk • Bard Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,647-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 4.5 miles west-northwest of the Town of Silver Plume in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.
5.5 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Grays Peak Trail, Arapaho National Forest
140 min walk • Grays Peak National Recreation Trail or Grays Peak Trail lies along the Continental Divide of the Americas, part of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the White River National Forest, Summit County. Grays Peak Trail is south of Interstate 70, east of Keystone Resort and near Montezuma.
6.2 miSW
Nature, Canyon
Clear Creek, Arapaho National Forest
158 min walk • Clear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 66 miles long, in north central Colorado in the United States.
2.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Engelmann Peak, Arapaho National Forest
54 min walk • Engelmann Peak is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,368-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 6.3 miles west by south of the Town of Empire in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.
4.9 miSW
View point
Loveland Pass, Keystone
125 min walk • Loveland Pass is a high mountain pass in north-central Colorado, at an elevation of 11,990 feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains of the Western United States.
5.1 miNW
Mountain pass, Nature
Jones Pass, Arapaho National Forest
131 min walk • Jones Pass, elevation 12,454 ft, is a mountain pass that crosses the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in the United States.