Mount Elbert, San Isabel National Forest

Name: Mount Elbert
Address: San Isabel National Forest, United States

#1 among attractions in San Isabel National Forest

Natural attraction, Mountain, Top attraction, Park

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Mount Elbert, San Isabel National Forest

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Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains, the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado, and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States. The ultra-prominent 14,440-foot 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. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1874Elevation: 14367 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 39°7'5"N, 106°26'42"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Rocky Mountains, Mount Massive, Southern Rocky Mountains, Mount Oklahoma.

~110 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Rocky Mountains, San Isabel National Forest
1 min walk • The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch 3,000 mi in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in the southwestern United States.
5.1 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Massive, Mount Massive Wilderness
131 min walk • Mount Massive is the second-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,428-foot fourteener of the Sawatch Range is located in the Mount Massive Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 10.6 miles west-southwest of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado, United States.
~70 ftS
Nature, Mountain, Neighbourhood
Southern Rocky Mountains, San Isabel National Forest
1 min walk • The Southern Rocky Mountains are a major subregion of the Rocky Mountains of North America located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, the central and western portions of Colorado, the northern portion of New Mexico, and extreme eastern portions of Utah.
5.3 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Oklahoma, Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness
136 min walk • Mount Oklahoma is a high mountain summit in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,852-foot thirteener is located 5.7 miles northeast by north of Independence Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating the Mount Massive...
2.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
French Mountain, San Isabel National Forest
56 min walk • French Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,966-foot thirteener is located on the Elbert Massif in San Isabel National Forest, 13.0 miles southwest by west of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado, United States.
2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Casco Peak, San Isabel National Forest
68 min walk • Casco Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,915-foot thirteener is located on the Elbert Massif in San Isabel National Forest, 3.8 miles east of Independence Pass in Lake County, Colorado, United States.
5.7 miE
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Twin Lakes Dam, San Isabel National Forest
145 min walk • Twin Lakes Dam is a dam in Lake County, Colorado, about 13 miles south of Leadville. The earthen dam was constructed in 1978 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 53 feet and a length at its crest of 3150 feet.
~110 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Sawatch Range, San Isabel National Forest
1 min walk • The Sawatch Range or Saguache Range is a high and extensive mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at 14,440 feet elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies.

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Which popular attractions are close to Mount Elbert?

Nearby attractions include Southern Rocky Mountains, San Isabel National Forest (1 min walk), Sawatch Range, San Isabel National Forest (1 min walk), Rocky Mountains, San Isabel National Forest (1 min walk).