Parry Peak Explained

Parry Peak
Etymology:Charles Christopher Parry
Elevation Ft:13397
Elevation Ref:[1] [2]
Prominence Ft:1720.
Isolation Mi:9.46
Range:Front Range
Location:Clear Creek and Grand counties, Colorado, U.S.
Map:Colorado
Coordinates:39.838°N -105.7133°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Topo:USGS 7.5' map Empire, Colorado

Parry Peak, elevation 13397feet, 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.

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  1. The elevation of Parry Peak includes an adjustment of +1.763 m (+5.78 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 16682. Parry Peak, Colorado. October 21, 2014.
  3. 181393. Parry Peak. October 21, 2014.