Mount Audubon
Mt. Audubon, Front Range, Colorado
Highest point
Elevation13,229 ft (4,032 m)[1][2]
Prominence843 ft (257 m)[2]
Isolation3.36 mi (5.41 km)[2]
Coordinates40°05′56″N 105°36′59″W / 40.0988749°N 105.6163912°W / 40.0988749; -105.6163912[3]
Naming
EtymologyJohn James Audubon
Geography
Mount Audubon is located in Colorado
Mount Audubon
Mount Audubon
LocationBoulder County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeFront Range, Indian Peaks[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Ward, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest routehike

Mount Audubon is a high mountain summit of the Indian Peaks in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,229-foot (4,032 m) thirteener is located in the Indian Peaks Wilderness of Roosevelt National Forest, 5.6 miles (9.0 km) west-northwest (bearing 287°) of the Town of Ward in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3] The mountain was named in honor of John James Audubon.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Mount Audubon includes an adjustment of +1.681 m (+5.52 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Audubon, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Audubon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
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