Mt. Massive Elk

Mount Massive is the second-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Mount Massive Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 10.6 miles west-southwest of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado, United States. Mount Massive edges out the third-highest summit of the Rockies, M…
Mount Massive is the second-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Mount Massive Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 10.6 miles west-southwest of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado, United States. Mount Massive edges out the third-highest summit of the Rockies, Mount Harvard, by 2 feet, but falls short of Mount Elbert by 14 feet. It ranks as the third-highest peak in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney and Mount Elbert.
  • Elevation: 14423.9 ft (4396.43 m) · NAPGD2022
  • Location: Lake County, Colorado, U.S.
  • Prominence: 1,961 ft (598 m)
  • Isolation: 5.06 mi (8.14 km)
  • Listing: North America highest peaks 28th · US highest major peaks 15th · Colorado highest major peaks 2nd · Colorado fourteeners 2nd
  • Parent range: Sawatch Range, Highest summit · of the Massive Massif
  • Topo map(s): USGS 7.5' topographic map · Mount Massive, Colorado

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