Longs Peak
Longs Peak rises to 4,346 m in Colorado. Mount Meeker stands 4,227 m to the southeast, 0.7 miles off. The nearest named place is East Face, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
Longs Peak is a mountain in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,256-foot (4345.22 m) fourteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.6 miles (15.5 km) southwest by south (bearing 209°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States. Longs Peak is the northernmost fourteener in the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in Boulder County and Rocky Mountain National Park. The mountain was named in honor of explorer Stephen Harriman Long and is featured on the Colorado state quarter.
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Wikidata Q1317383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4346 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road, National
- 11.4 mi off the Colorado River Headwaters, National
- 22.5 mi off the Cache la Poudre--North Park
Overlooks nearby
- Many Parks Curve · 9 mi
- Horseshoe Park · 10 mi
- Forest Canyon Overlook · 11 mi
- Mushroom Rocks · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Face: 0.1 mi
- Chasm View: 0.2 mi
- Tent Rocks: 4.1 mi
- The Crags: 6.0 mi
- Crag of Fear: 6.4 mi
- Ships Prow Tower: 0.5 mi
- Pagoda Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Mount Meeker: 0.7 mi
- Mount Lady Washington: 0.7 mi
- Storm Peak: 0.8 mi
- Wind River Ranch: 4.8 mi
- Peak-to-Peak Highway: 10.4 mi
- Peak-to-Peak Highway: 10.4 mi
- Peak-to-Peak Highway: 10.4 mi
- Peak-to-Peak Highway: 10.4 mi
- Rocky Mountain National Park: 7.3 mi
- Rock Ledge Park: 9.0 mi
- Baldwin Park: 9.5 mi
- Bond Park: 9.8 mi
- Town Square Park: 10.7 mi
- Columbine Falls: 0.9 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 1.6 mi
- Trio Falls: 1.9 mi
- Thunder Falls: 2.3 mi
- Lyric Falls: 2.3 mi
- Rock Creek Ski Area (Historical): 7.4 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 8.2 mi
- Jeffrey Christensen: 8.2 mi
- Brown Homestead 1918: 9.5 mi
- Griffith Homestead 1923: 9.5 mi
- Cross: 6.0 mi
- The Free Spirit: 6.3 mi
- “Welcome” -Bear: 6.3 mi
- Reaching Out: 6.3 mi
- 75th Annivrrsary: 6.3 mi
- Estes Park Museum: 10.1 mi
- Kauffman House Museum: 10.7 mi
- Gold Hill Museum: 17.0 mi
- Lyons Redstone Museum: 18.4 mi
- James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum: 18.9 mi
- Legett Columbarium Garden: 6.5 mi
- Mrs. Walsh's Garden: 9.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 9.7 mi
- Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens: 18.3 mi
- Foothills Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Meeker Park Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Sprague Lake: 4.6 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 6.5 mi
- Endovalley: 11.2 mi
- Beaver Creek: 15.3 mi
- Lookout Springs: 5.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 6.4 mi
- Jacob Spring: 8.3 mi
- Wilson Spring: 9.2 mi
- Nelson Spring: 22.3 mi
- Knoll-Willows Open Space: 10.0 mi
- Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center: 12.1 mi
- Button Rock Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Narrows Park: 22.1 mi
- Cozens Ranch Open Space: 23.9 mi
- Surprise Beach: 13.7 mi
- Carter Lake Swim Beach: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Longs Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Meeker | SE 129° | 4,227 m | 0.7 mi |
| Chiefs Head Peak | WSW 255° | 4,121 m | 1.4 mi |
| Pagoda Mountain | WSW 238° | 4,082 m | 0.7 mi |
| Ships Prow Tower | ESE 109° | 4,073.56 m | 0.5 mi |
| Storm Peak | NNW 340° | 4,060 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Alice | WSW 247° | 4,048 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Lady Washington | NE 36° | 4,037 m | 0.7 mi |
| McHenrys Peak | WNW 284° | 4,036 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 58 | 51 | 41 | 31 | 24 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allenspark 3NW, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 204979 — Longs Peak, Boulder County, Colorado.
OpenStreetMap element node/358945272
Day trips start here
- Rocky Mountain National Park · 7 mi
- Estes Park · 10 mi
- Boulder · 24 mi
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