Mount Massive, Mount Massive Wilderness

Name: Mount Massive
Address: Mount Massive Wilderness, United States

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Top attraction, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. Mount Massive edges out the third-highest summit of the Rockies, Mount Harvard, by 7 feet, but falls short of Mount Elbert by 12 feet. It ranks as the third-highest peak in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney and Mount Elbert. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1873Coordinates: 39°11'25"N, 106°27'58"W

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Nearby attractions include: Mount Elbert, Lost Man Lake, Independence Lake, Rocky Mountains.

5.1 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Mount Elbert, San Isabel National Forest
131 min walk • 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.
6.1 miSW
Natural attraction, Lake
Lost Man Lake, Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness
155 min walk • Lost Man Lake is an alpine lake in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States, located high in the Sawatch Range in the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness of White River National Forest.
6.3 miSW
Natural attraction, Lake
Independence Lake, Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness
162 min walk • Independence Lake is an alpine lake in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States, located high in the Sawatch Range in the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness of White River National Forest.
5.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Rocky Mountains, San Isabel National Forest
131 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 miS
Nature, Mountain, Neighbourhood
Southern Rocky Mountains, San Isabel National Forest
131 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.
4.6 miNE
Hiking trail, Nature and wildlife, Park
Leadville National Fish Hatchery, Leadville
119 min walk • Leadville National Fish Hatchery established in 1889 west of Leadville, Colorado is one of 70 hatcheries in the National Fish Hatchery System. It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
2.3 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Oklahoma, Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness
59 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...
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
French Mountain, San Isabel National Forest
112 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.
5.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Casco Peak, San Isabel National Forest
140 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.
7 miNE
Dam
Sugar Loaf Dam, San Isabel National Forest
180 min walk • Sugar Loaf Dam is a dam in Lake County of mid-Colorado, 4 miles west of Leadville. It has a height of 135 feet feet and is over 2,000 feet long at its crest, impounding the Lake Fork of the Arkansas River near its headwaters.
5.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Sawatch Range, San Isabel National Forest
131 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.