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Missouri Mountain Elevation 14,074 ft (4,290 m) NAVD 88[1] Prominence 827 ft (252 m) [2] Listing Colorado Fourteener Location Colorado Location Chaffee County, Colorado, USA Range Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks Coordinates 38°56′51″N 106°22′43″W / 38.9475°N 106.37861°WCoordinates: 38°56′51″N 106°22′43″W / 38.9475°N 106.37861°W[1] Topo map USGS Winfield Climbing Easiest route Hike Missouri Mountain is a mountain in the US State of Colorado. It is one of the fourteeners, a mountain that has a peak elevation of over 14,000 feet. It is located in the Collegiate Peaks, in the central Sawatch Range, just west of the Arkansas River, near Mount Belford and Mount Oxford. It is separated from its eastern neighbor Mount Belford by Elkhead Pass (13,220 feet).[3]
Missouri Mountain is located in the San Isabel National Forest.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Missouri Mtn". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=JL0882. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ "Missouri Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5748. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ Louis W. Dawson II (1996). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-1-8.
External links
Categories:- Geography of Chaffee County, Colorado
- Mountains of Colorado
- Fourteeners of Colorado
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