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Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak
is the
highest summit
of the southern
Front Range
of the
Rocky Mountains
of
North America
. The
ultra-prominent
fourteener
is located in
Pike National Forest
, west by south (
bearing
263°) of downtown
Colorado Springs
in
El Paso County
,
Colorado
,
United States
. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer
Zebulon Pike
who was unable to reach the summit. The summit is higher than any point in the
United States
east of its
longitude
.
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