Mount Guyot (Colorado) Explained

Mount Guyot
Etymology:Arnold Henry Guyot
Elevation Ft:13376
Elevation Ref:[1] [2]
Prominence Ft:1324
Isolation Mi:1.99
Range:Front Range
Location:Continental Divide between
Park and Summit counties, Colorado, United States
Map:Colorado
Coordinates:39.4589°N -105.9375°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Topo:USGS 7.5' topographic map
Grays Peak, Colorado

Mount Guyot is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13376feet thirteener is located 10.2km (06.3miles) east-southeast (bearing 117°) of the Town of Breckenridge, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating Pike National Forest and Park County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County.[1] [2] [3] The mountain was named in honor of Arnold Henry Guyot, a Swiss-American geologist.[4]

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  1. The elevation of Mount Guyot includes an adjustment of +1.897 m (+6.22 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 16689. Mount Guyot, Colorado. November 6, 2014.
  3. 183130. Mount Guyot. November 6, 2014.
  4. Book: The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States . Govt. Print. Off. . Gannett, Henry . 1905 . 146.