Parry Peak
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| Parry Peak | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 13,391 ft (4,082 m) |
| Location | |
| Location | Clear Creek / Grand counties, Colorado, USA |
| Range | Rocky Mountains |
| Coordinates | 39°50′17″N 105°42′48″W / 39.83806°N 105.71333°W |
| Topo map | USGS Parry Peak |
Parry Peak is a mountain in the Rocky Mountains, about 80 km (50 mi) west of Denver, Colorado. The name honors Charles Christopher Parry, a botanist who made extensive studies of the Colorado mountain flora in the 1860s. It is one of the 637 thirteeners (peaks over 13,000 ft elevation) in the state of Colorado and lies along the Continental Divide Trail.
Parry Peak is also the highest peak of the James Group of the Front Range of Colorado
[edit] See also
- Colorado 4000 meter peaks
- Front Range
- Mountain peaks of Colorado
- Mountain peaks of North America
- Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
- Mountain peaks of the United States
- Mountain ranges of Colorado
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Thirteener
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