Parry Peak

Parry Peak
View of Parry Peak from Mary Jane Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	13,397 ft (4,083 m)[1][2]
Prominence	1,720 ft (524 m)[2]
Isolation	9.46 mi (15.22 km)[2]
Listing	North America highest peaks 98th US highest major peaks 81st Colorado highest major peaks 41st
Coordinates	39°50′17″N 105°42′48″W / 39.8380428°N 105.7133381°W / 39.8380428; -105.7133381[3]
Naming
Etymology	Charles Christopher Parry
Geography
Parry Peak Colorado
Location	Clear Creek and Grand counties, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range	Front Range[2]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' map Empire, Colorado

Parry Peak, elevation 13,397 ft (4,083 m), is a summit in the Front Range of central Colorado. The peak is on the continental divide southeast of Winter Park in the Arapaho National Forest. The name honors Charles Christopher Parry, a botanist who made extensive studies of the Colorado mountain flora in the 1860s. It is one of the 637 thirteeners (peaks over 13,000 ft elevation) in the state of Colorado and lies along the Continental Divide Trail.

Parry Peak is also the highest peak of the James Group of the Front Range of Colorado.

See also

• List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
    • List of mountain peaks of Colorado

References

External links

• Parry Peak on 13ers.com
• Parry Peak on listsofjohn.com
• Parry Peak on peakery.com
• Parry Peak on summitpost.org

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