Mount Jackson (Colorado)

Mount Jackson
Mount Jackson

Colorado

Highest point
Elevation 13,676 ft (4,168 m)[1][2]
Prominence 1,810 ft (552 m)[3]
Isolation 3.21 mi (5.17 km)[3]
Listing
Coordinates 39°29′07″N 106°32′12″W / 39.4852538°N 106.5366718°W / 39.4852538; -106.5366718Coordinates: 39°29′07″N 106°32′12″W / 39.4852538°N 106.5366718°W / 39.4852538; -106.5366718[1]
Geography
Location Eagle County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent range Sawatch Range[3]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Jackson, Colorado[1]

Mount Jackson is a high and prominent mountain summit in the northern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,676-foot (4,168 m) thirteener is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness of White River National Forest, 9.0 miles (14.5 km) west-southwest (bearing 247°) of the Town of Minturn in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3][4] The mountain was named in honor of photographer William Henry Jackson, who accompanied the Hayden Survey in the 1870s.[4][5]

Mountain

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "MT JACKSON ET". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 The elevation of Mount Jackson includes an adjustment of +1.922 m (+6.31 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Jackson, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mount Jackson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 167.
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