Mount Bierstadt, Georgetown

Name: Mount Bierstadt
Address: Georgetown, United States

#1 among attractions in Georgetown

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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Mount Bierstadt is a 14,065-foot-high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The fourteener is located in the Mount Evans Wilderness of Pike National Forest, 9.4 miles south by east of the Town of Georgetown in Clear Creek County. It was named in honor of Albert Bierstadt, an American landscape painter who made the first recorded summit of the mountain in 1863. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1863Elevation: 14065 ftProminence: 720 ftCoordinates: 39°34'58"N, 105°40'8"W

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Georgetown United States

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

Nearby attractions include: Summit Lake Park, Meyer–Womble Observatory, Mount Evans, Crest House.

1.7 miNE
Lake, Park
Summit Lake Park, Arapaho National Forest
44 min walk • Summit Lake Park is a park located along Mount Evans Scenic Byway about 64 miles west of Denver, Colorado. The park is 160 acres in size and contains alpine tundra.
1.5 miE
Observatories and planetariums
Meyer–Womble Observatory, Pike National Forest
39 min walk • Meyer–Womble Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of Denver. It is located near the summit of Mount Evans in the Arapaho National Forest approximately 60 kilometers west of Denver, Colorado.
2.8 miE
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Mount Evans, Mount Evans Wilderness
71 min walk • Mount Evans is the highest peak in the Mount Evans Wilderness in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,271-foot fourteener is located 13.4 miles southwest by south of Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States, on the...
1.4 miE
Ruins
Crest House, Mount Evans Wilderness
37 min walk • The Mount Evans Crest House is a building, now in ruins, located at the summit of Mount Evans in Colorado. It is notable for both its significant architectural design and its unusual location.
0.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
The Sawtooth, Mount Evans Wilderness
12 min walk • The Sawtooth is a jagged arête joining Mount Bierstadt to Mount Evans in the Front Range of central Colorado. The three points along this arête resemble the teeth of a saw, leading to its name.
1.6 miE
Street, Park
Mount Evans Scenic Byway, Mount Evans Wilderness
42 min walk • The Mount Evans Scenic Byway is a 49-mile National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Clear Creek and Jefferson counties, Colorado, USA.