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Mount Ida (Colorado)

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Mount Ida
Mount Ida is located in Colorado
Mount Ida
Mount Ida
Highest point
Elevation12,865 ft (3,921 m)[2][3]
Prominence520 ft (158 m)[3]
Isolation1.16 mi (1.87 km)[3]
Geography
LocationGrand and Larimer counties, Colorado, U.S.[1]
Parent rangeFront Range[3]
Topo map(s)USGS 7.5' topographic map
Grand Lake, Colorado[1]
Mount Ida and Azure Lake

Mount Ida is a mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,865-foot (3,921 m) peak is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 13.4 miles (21.6 km) west (bearing 268°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Grand and Larimer counties.[2][3][1][4] The mountain was probably named after Mount Ida on Crete.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Ida". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  2. ^ a b The elevation of Mount Ida includes an adjustment of +1.633 m (+5.36 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Mount Ida, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "Mount Ida". Peakery.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  5. ^ Dziezynski, James (1 August 2012). Best Summit Hikes in Colorado: An Opinionated Guide to 50+ Ascents of Classic and Little-Known Peaks from 8,144 to 14,433 Feet. Wilderness Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-89997-713-3.


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