| Mount Meeker | |
|---|---|
 Mount Meeker seen fromState Highway 7. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,916 ft (4,242 m)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 451 ft (137 m)[2] |
| Parent peak | Longs Peak[2] |
| Isolation | 0.73 mi (1.17 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 40°14′55″N105°36′18″W / 40.2485958°N 105.6050027°W /40.2485958; -105.6050027[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Meeker | |
| Location | Rocky Mountain National Park,Boulder County,Colorado,U.S.[3] |
| Parent range | Front Range,Twin Peaks Massif[2] |
| Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Allenspark, Colorado[3] |
Mount Meeker is ahighmountainsummit of theTwin Peaks Massif in the northernFront Range of theRocky Mountains ofNorth America. The 13,916-foot (4,242 m)thirteener is located in theRocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 4.8 miles (7.7 km) west by north (bearing 285°) of the community ofAllenspark inBoulder County,Colorado,United States.[1][2][3]
Mount Meeker is the second highest summit in Rocky Mountain National Park after its neighborLongs Peak, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to the northwest. Due to its location southeast of Longs Peak, Mount Meeker is more visually prominent along much of the northernFront Range Urban Corridor. The peak is considered more difficult to climb, technically, than Longs Peak on certain routes.
Neniis-otoyou’u, ornesótaieux, ("two guides") is what theArapaho people called both Longs Peak and Mount Meeker.[4][5]
Les Deux Oreilles ("two ears") is what a couple of French trappers called Longs Peak and Mount Meeker in 1799.[6][7]
The name "Mount Meeker" was first suggested in 1873 when theHayden Survey was performed. Present wereWilliam Byers,Anna Dickinson, and Ralph Meeker, the son ofNathan Meeker.[8] It was officially named this in 1911.[3][9]
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Mountains portalFor generations, Longs Peak played a part in the seasonal migrations, hunting practices, and cosmology of Ute and Arapaho Indians. The Arapaho called Longs Peak and Mount Meeker the "Two Guides," or nesótaieux, because of their physical prominence and role as landmarks for the entire region.
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