Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,580-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 5.4 miles west-northwest of the Town of Silver Plume in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,579 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Also known as: “Mount Parnassus (Colorado)” and “Scout Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bard Peak and Engelmann Peak.
Bard Peak
Peak
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Bard Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,647-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 4.5 miles west-northwest of the Town of Silver Plume in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.
Engelmann Peak
Peak
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Engelmann Peak is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,368-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 6.3 miles west by south of the Town of Empire in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berthoud Falls and Silver Plume.
Berthoud Falls
Hamlet
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Berthoud Falls is an unincorporated community in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The community is located south of Berthoud Pass on U.S. highway route 40 at coordinates at an elevation of 9,794 feet. Berthoud Falls has never had a post office.
Silver Plume
Village
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Silver Plume is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. Silver Plume is a former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Silver Plume is situated 5 miles east of Mount Parnassus.
Mount Parnassus
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Clear Creek, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.71999° or 39° 43′ 12″ northLongitude
-105.82251° or 105° 49′ 21″ westElevation
13,579 feet (4,139 metres)Open location code
85FPP59G+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 358918201OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Mount Parnassus” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Parnassus (bukid sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Parnassus”
- Dutch: “Mount Parnassus (Colorado)”
- Ladin: “Mount Parnassus”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ پارنیسیس”
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