| Tennessee Pass | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:DSCN3074_tenneseepass_e_600.jpg) Summit of Tennessee Pass along U.S. Highway 24, showing the memorial to the 10th Mountain Division | |
| Elevation | 10,424 ft (3,177 m)[1] |
| Traversed by |  US 24Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad |
| Location | Eagle / Lake counties, Colorado, U.S. |
| Range | Sawatch Range |
| Coordinates | 39°21′45″N 106°18′40″W / 39.36250°N 106.31111°W[1] |
| Topo map | USGS Leadville North |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USA_Colorado_relief_location_map.svg)  Tennessee Pass Location in Colorado | |
Tennessee Pass elevation 10,424 ft (3,177 m) is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. The pass was named after Tennessee, the native state of a group of early prospectors.[2]
- ^ a b "Tennessee Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 48.