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Missouri Mountain
Missouri Mountain (Colorado) - 2006-07-16.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 14,074 ft (4,290 m)
Prominence 847 ft (258 m)
Isolation 1.31 mi (2.11 km)
Listing Colorado Fourteener 36th
Geography
Missouri Mountain is located in Colorado
Missouri Mountain
Missouri Mountain
Location in Colorado
Location Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range Sawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Winfield, Colorado
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

Missouri Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,074-foot (4,290 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 15.2 miles (24.5 km) northwest by west (bearing 302°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Missouri Mountain is separated from its eastern neighbor Mount Belford by Elkhead Pass (13,220 feet).

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