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Gilpin Peak

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Isolation
  
1.20 mi (1.93 km)

Prominence
  
220 m

Parent peak
  
Mount Sneffels

Elevation
  
4,176 m

Mountain range
  
San Juan Mountains

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Location
  
Ouray and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States

Topo map
  
USGS 7.5' topographic map Grays Peak, Colorado

Parent ranges
  
San Juan Mountains, Sneffels Range

Similar
  
Mount Sneffels, Dallas Peak, Teakettle Mountain, Gladstone Peak, Fletcher Mountain

Gilpin Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,700-foot (4,176 m) thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northeast (bearing 23°) of the Town of Telluride, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Ouray County and San Miguel County. Gilpin Peak was named in honor of William Gilpin, the first Governor of the Territory of Colorado.

Map of Gilpin Peak, Colorado 81432, USA

References

Gilpin Peak Wikipedia