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Mount Emmons (Colorado)

Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons is located in Colorado
Mount Emmons
Mount Emmons
Highest point
Elevation 12,401 ft (3,780 m) 
Prominence 592 ft (180 m) 
Isolation 4.18 mi (6.73 km) 
Coordinates 38°53′11″N 107°03′04″W / 38.8864059°N 107.0511295°W / 38.8864059; -107.0511295Coordinates: 38°53′11″N 107°03′04″W / 38.8864059°N 107.0511295°W / 38.8864059; -107.0511295
Geography
Location Gunnison County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range West Elk Mountains
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Oh-be-joyful, Colorado

Mount Emmons is a mountain summit in the West Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,401-foot (3,780 m) peak is located in Gunnison National Forest, 4.2 miles (6.7 km) west-northwest (bearing 288°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons.



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