Specimen Mountain

Specimen Mountain, elevation 12,494 ft (3,808 m), is a summit in the Front Range of northern Colorado. The mountain is north of Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Specimen Mountain
Specimen Mountain viewed from the Alpine Visitor Center
Highest point
Elevation	12,494 ft (3,808 m)[1][2]
Prominence	1,731 ft (528 m)[2]
Isolation	4.70 mi (7.56 km)[2]
Listing	Colorado prominent summits
Coordinates	40°26′41″N 105°48′31″W[3]
Geography
Specimen Mountain Colorado
Location	Rocky Mountain National Park, Continental Divide between Grand and Larimer counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent range	Front Range[2]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Fall River Pass, Colorado[3]

Historical names

• Geode Mountain
• Mountain Smokes
• Specimen Mountain – 1932 ^[3]

Geology

Specimen Mountain (center) viewed from the east on Trail Ridge Road near the Medicine Bow Curve

Specimen Mountain is a red-tinted, extinct volcano that was last active around 27 million years ago. At that time, it was probably more conical in shape and much higher than it is now. Roadcuts near Poudre Lake contain some of the yellowish ash its eruptions spewed out.^[4]

See also

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• Geography portal
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• United States portal
• Colorado portal
• Mountains portal

• List of Colorado mountain ranges
• List of Colorado mountain summits
  • List of Colorado fourteeners
  • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
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• List of Colorado county high points