Pikes Peak (Missouri) Explained

Pikes Peak is a summit in Ste. Genevieve County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The peak has an elevation of .

The peak lies about two miles southwest of Bloomsdale and I-55. The peak is the high point of a complex ridge between Coots Creek and Carpenter Branch extending to the Fourche a Du Clos on the southwest side of Bloomsdale.[1]

Pikes Peak most likely takes its name from the taller Pikes Peak, in the Rocky Mountains.[2]

References

37.9856°N -90.239°W

Notes and References

  1. Weingarten, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  2. Web site: Ste. Genevieve County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071524/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html . June 24, 2016 . dead . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 22, 2016 .