Specimen Mountain
Specimen Mountain viewed from the Alpine Visitor Center
Highest point
Elevation12,494 ft (3,808 m)[1][2]
Prominence1,731 ft (528 m)[2]
Isolation4.70 mi (7.56 km)[2]
ListingColorado prominent summits
Coordinates40°26′41″N 105°48′31″W / 40.4447059°N 105.8086211°W / 40.4447059; -105.8086211[3]
Geography
Specimen Mountain is located in Colorado
Specimen Mountain
Specimen Mountain
LocationRocky Mountain National Park, Continental Divide between
Grand and Larimer counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent rangeFront Range[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Fall River Pass, Colorado[3]

Specimen Mountain, elevation 12,494 ft (3,808 m), is a summit in the Front Range of northern Colorado. The mountain is north of Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Historical names

  • Geode Mountain
  • Mountain Smokes
  • Specimen Mountain – 1932 [3]

Geology

Specimen Mountain viewed across a valley
Specimen Mountain (center) viewed from the east on Trail Ridge Road near the Medicine Bow Curve

Specimen Mountain is a red-tinted, extinct volcano that was last active around 27 million years ago. At that time, it was probably more conical in shape and much higher than it is now. Roadcuts near Poudre Lake contain some of the yellowish ash its eruptions spewed out.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The elevation of Specimen Mountain includes an adjustment of +1.614 m (+5.30 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Specimen Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Specimen Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ Williams, Felicie; Chronic, Halka (2014). Roadside geology of Colorado (3rd ed.). Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. p. 157. ISBN 9780878426096. LCCN 2013025258.
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