Lone Eagle Peak
Lone Eagle Peak is located in Colorado
Lone Eagle Peak
Lone Eagle Peak
Highest point
Elevation11,946 ft (3,641 m)[1][2]
Coordinates40°04′17″N 105°39′37″W / 40.0713752°N 105.6602816°W / 40.0713752; -105.6602816[3]
Geography
LocationGrand County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeFront Range, Indian Peaks[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Monarch Lake, Colorado[3]

Lone Eagle Peak is a mountain summit in the Indian Peaks of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,946-foot (3,641 m) peak is located in the Indian Peaks Wilderness of Arapaho National Forest, 12.4 miles (19.9 km) northeast by north (bearing 37°) of the Town of Fraser in Grand County, Colorado, United States. Lone Eagle Peak was named in honor of Charles Lindbergh.[1][2][3]

Historical names

  • Lindbergh Peak
  • Lone Eagle Peak – 1961 [3]
  • Mount Lindbergh

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Lone Eagle Peak includes an adjustment of +1.718 m (+5.64 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lone Eagle Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lone Eagle Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.


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