Mount Emmons (Colorado)

Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons
Location of Mount Emmons within Colorado
Highest point
Elevation 12,401 ft (3,780 m) [1][2]
Prominence 592 ft (180 m) [3]
Isolation 4.18 mi (6.73 km) [3]
Coordinates 38°53′11″N 107°03′04″W / 38.8864059°N 107.0511295°W / 38.8864059; -107.0511295Coordinates: 38°53′11″N 107°03′04″W / 38.8864059°N 107.0511295°W / 38.8864059; -107.0511295 [1]
Naming
Etymology Samuel Franklin Emmons
Geography
Location Gunnison County, Colorado
United States[4]
Parent range West Elk Mountains[3]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Oh-be-joyful[4][1]

Mount Emmons is a mountain summit in the West Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains in north-central Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.[4]

Description

The 12,401-foot (3,780 m) peak is located within the Gunnison National Forest, 4.2 miles (6.7 km) west-northwest (bearing 288°) of the Town of Crested Butte.[1][2][3][4]

The mountain was named in honor of geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons (as was another peak in Utah).[5]

Historical names

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "EMMONS". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  2. 1 2 The elevation of Mount Emmons includes an adjustment of +1.946 m (+6.38 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Emmons, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 Nov 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Emmons
  5. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. United States Government Printing Office. p. 119. Retrieved 2 Feb 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mount Emmons (CO)". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 4 Feb 2018.
  • "Mount Emmons (CO)". SummitPost.org.


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