Cronin Peak

Cronin Peak
Photo of Cronin Peak
Cronin Peak viewed from the southwest
Highest point
Elevation13,877 ft (4,230 m)[1][2]
Prominence1,050 ft (320 m)[2]
Isolation2.39 mi (3.85 km)[2]
Coordinates38°39′20″N 106°17′00″W / 38.65545°N 106.28341°W / 38.65545; -106.28341[3]
Geography
Cronin Peak is located in Colorado
Cronin Peak
Cronin Peak
Location within Colorado
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeSawatch Range[2]
Topo map(s)USGS 7.5' topographic map
Saint Elmo, Colorado[3]

Cronin Peak is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,877-foot (4,230 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.9 miles (20.8 km) southwest by west (bearing 241°) of the community of Nathrop in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][2] Cronin Peak was named in honor of Mary Cronin, who in 1934 become the first woman to climb all 53 Colorado fourteeners.[3]

Mountain

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The elevation of Cronin Peak includes an adjustment of +2.168 m (+7.11 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cronin Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cronin Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.


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