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==Prominent peaks== The Front Range includes the highest peaks along the eastern edge of the Rockies. The highest mountain peak in the Front Range is [[Grays Peak]]. Other notable mountains include [[Torreys Peak]], [[Mount Blue Sky]], [[Longs Peak]], [[Pikes Peak]], and [[Mount Bierstadt]]. [[Image:Longs peak.JPG|thumb|[[Longs Peak]]]] [[Image:Pike's Peak4.jpg|thumb|[[Pikes Peak]]]] [[Image:Mevans.JPG|thumb|[[Mount Blue Sky]]]] {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ The 20 Mountain Peaks of the Front Range With At Least 500 Meters of Topographic Prominence ![[ranking|Rank]] ![[summit (topography)|Mountain Peak]] ![[mountain range|Subrange]] ![[topographic elevation|Elevation]] ![[topographic prominence|Prominence]] ![[topographic isolation|Isolation]] |- |align=center|1 |[[Grays Peak]]<ref name=Grays_Peak>The [[summit (topography)|summit]] of [[Grays Peak]] is the [[elevation|highest point]] on the [[Continental Divide of North America]].</ref> [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=KK2036 NGS] |Front Range {{epi|4352|844.296|40.27|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|2 |[[Mount Blue Sky]] [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=KK2030 NGS] |Front Range {{epi|4348|843.991|15.76|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|3 |[[Longs Peak]] [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=LL1346 NGS] |Front Range {{epi|4346|896.112|70.19|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|4 |[[Pikes Peak]] [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=JK1242 NGS] |[[Pikes Peak Massif]] {{epi|4302.31|1685.544|97.82|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|5 |[[Mount Silverheels]] [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=KL0629 NGS] {{pid|5681}} |Front Range {{epi|4215|695.858|8.82|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|6 |Bald Mountain<ref name=NGVD29>The elevation of this summit has been converted from the [[National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929]] (NGVD 29) to the [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988]] (NAVD 88). [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/faq.shtml#WhatVD29VD88 National Geodetic Survey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019024226/https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/faq.shtml |date=2011-10-19 }}</ref> {{pid|16675}} |Front Range {{epi|4172.805|639.775|12.09|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|7 |[[Bard Peak]]<ref name=NGVD29/> {{pid|16639}} |Front Range {{epi|4159.484|518.465|8.74|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|8 |[[Hagues Peak]] [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=LL1350 NGS] {{pid|5590}} |[[Mummy Range]] {{epi|4137|737.616|25.62|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|9 |[[North Arapaho Peak]]<ref name=NGVD29/> {{pid|5646}} |[[Indian Peaks]] {{rid|146316}} {{epi|4117.172|507.492|24.78|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|10 |[[Parry Peak]]<ref name=NGVD29/> |Front Range {{epi|4083.34|527.609|15.22|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|11 |[[Mount Richthofen]]<ref name=NGVD29/> {{pid|5577}} |Front Range {{epi|3945.77|816.864|15.54|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|12 |[[Specimen Mountain]]<ref name=NGVD29/> {{pid|5586}} |Front Range {{epi|3808.261|527.609|7.82|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|13 |[[Bison Peak]] [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=KK1966 NGS] {{pid|5683}} |[[Tarryall Mountains]] {{rid|146327}} {{epi|3789.4|747.065|30.80|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|14 |[[Waugh Mountain]]<ref name=NGVD29/> {{pid|16613}} |South Park Hills {{rid|14633}} {{epi|3570.91|710.184|32.22|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|15 |[[Black Mountain (Park County, Colorado)|Black Mountain]] [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=JK1313 NGS] {{pid|16616}} |South Park Hills {{rid|14633}} {{epi|3550.5|680.923|12.92|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|16 |[[Williams Peak (Colorado)|Williams Peak]] [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=KL0783 NGS] {{pid|16676}} |[[South Williams Fork Mountains]] {{rid|146320}} {{epi|3541.8|624.535|17.37|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|17 |Puma Peak<ref name=NGVD29/> {{pid|16603}} |South Park Hills {{rid|14633}} {{epi|3528.049|688.848|11.97|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|18 |[[Thirtynine Mile Mountain]]<ref name=NGVD29/> {{pid|16621}} |South Park Hills {{rid|14633}} {{epi|3521.414|636.422|17.08|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|19 |[[Twin Sisters Peaks]]<ref name=NGVD29/> {{pid|5638}} |Front Range {{epi|3484.642|709.574|7.01|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |align=center|20 |[[South Bald Mountain]] [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=LL1377] |[[Laramie Mountains]] {{epi|3355|562|21.99|m=2|September 16, 2014}} |- |}
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