Mount Meeker

Coordinates: 40°14′55″N 105°36′18″W / 40.2485958°N 105.6050027°W / 40.2485958; -105.6050027
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Mount Meeker
Mount Meeker seen from State Highway 7.
Highest point
Elevation13,916 ft (4,242 m)[1][2]
Prominence451 ft (137 m)[2]
Parent peakLongs Peak[2]
Isolation0.73 mi (1.17 km)[2]
Coordinates40°14′55″N 105°36′18″W / 40.2485958°N 105.6050027°W / 40.2485958; -105.6050027[3]
Geography
Mount Meeker is located in Colorado
Mount Meeker
Mount Meeker
Location
Twin Peaks Massif[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Allenspark, Colorado[3]

Mount Meeker is a

bearing 285°) of the community of Allenspark in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3]

Mountain

Mount Meeker is the second highest summit in Rocky Mountain National Park after its neighbor

Front Range Urban Corridor
. The peak is considered more difficult to climb, technically, than Longs Peak on certain routes.

Historical names

Neniis-otoyou’u, or nesótaieux, ("two guides") is what the

Arapaho people called both Longs Peak and Mount Meeker.[4][5]

Les Deux Oreilles ("two ears") is what a couple of French trappers called Longs Peak and Mount Meeker in 1799.[6][7]

The name "Mount Meeker" was first suggested in 1873 when the

Anna Dickinson, and Ralph Meeker, the son of Nathan Meeker.[8] It was officially named this in 1911.[3]

Gallery

  • Mount Meeker (left) and Longs Peak (right)
    Mount Meeker (left) and Longs Peak (right)
  • A view of the snow-covered Mount Meeker from Longmont. The rugged summit of Longs Peak is peeking out from behind.
    A view of the snow-covered Mount Meeker from Longmont. The rugged summit of Longs Peak is peeking out from behind.
  • Aerial view of Mount Meeker and Longs Peak
    Aerial view of Mount Meeker and Longs Peak

See also

References

  1. ^
    NGVD 29 to NAVD 88
    .
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Mount Meeker, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Mount Meeker". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "Center for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the West". University of Colorado Boulder. University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Longs Peak". Colorado Encyclopedia. Colorado Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 October 2020. For generations, Longs Peak played a part in the seasonal migrations, hunting practices, and cosmology of Ute and Arapaho Indians. The Arapaho called Longs Peak and Mount Meeker the "Two Guides," or nesótaieux, because of their physical prominence and role as landmarks for the entire region.
  6. ISBN 978-1-56579-497-9
    .
  7. ISBN 978-1-55566-440-4
    .
  8. ISBN 978-1-55566-440-4
    .

External links
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