Mount Sheridan (Colorado)

Mount Sheridan
Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation13,748 ft (4,190 m)[1][2][3]
Prominence616 ft (188 m)[4]
Parent peakMount Sherman (14,043 ft)[4]
Isolation1.36 mi (2.19 km)[4]
Coordinates39°12′33″N 106°11′05″W / 39.2091843°N 106.1847544°W / 39.2091843; -106.1847544[5]
Naming
EtymologyPhilip Sheridan
Geography
Mount Sheridan is located in Colorado
Mount Sheridan
Mount Sheridan
Location in Colorado
Mount Sheridan is located in the United States
Mount Sheridan
Mount Sheridan
Mount Sheridan (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyLake / Park
Protected areaSan Isabel National Forest[4]
Pike National Forest
Parent rangeRocky Mountains
Mosquito Range[3]
Topo mapUSGS Mount Sherman
Geology
Age of rockLate Cretaceous[6]
Type of rockPorphyry[6]
Climbing
Easiest routeHiking class 1[4]

Mount Sheridan is a 13,748-foot (4,190 m) mountain summit on the boundary shared by Lake County and Park County, in Colorado, United States.

  1. ^ Robert M. Ormes (2000), Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Colorado Mountain Club Press, ISBN 9780967146607, p. 167.
  2. ^ Mike Garratt, Bob Martin (1984), Colorado's High Thirteeners, Johnson Books, ISBN 9780917895395, p. 23.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Sheridan, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Sheridan, Mount - 13,757' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Mount Sheridan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Bohannon, R.G, and Ruleman C.A. (2013), Geologic Map of the Mount Sherman 7.5' Quadrangle, Park and Lake Counties, Colorado, U.S. Geological Survey.