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Mount Guyot is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,376-foot (4,077 m) thirteener is located 6.3 miles (10.2 km) east-southeast (bearing 117°) of the Town of Breckenridge, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating Pike National Forest and Park County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County.[1][2][3] The mountain was named in honor of Arnold Henry Guyot, a Swiss-American geologist.[4]

Mount Guyot
Mount Guyot viewed from Dillon Reservoir
Highest point
Elevation13,376 ft (4,077 m)[1][2]
Prominence1,324 ft (404 m)[2]
Isolation1.99 mi (3.20 km)[2]
Coordinates39°27′32″N 105°56′15″W[3]
Naming
EtymologyArnold Henry Guyot
Geography
Mount Guyot
Colorado
LocationContinental Divide between
Park and Summit counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent rangeFront Range[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Grays Peak, Colorado[3]

See also



References


  1. The elevation of Mount Guyot includes an adjustment of +1.897 m (+6.22 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. "Mount Guyot, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. "Mount Guyot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  4. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 146.





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