Longs Peak

Longs Peak, the 14,259-foot fourteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, can be seen behind Mt. Meeker from Longmont, Colorado, as well as from most of the northern Front Range Urban Corridor. It is one of the most prominent mountains in Colorado, rising 9,000 feet (2,700 m) above the western edge of the Great Plains.

The peak is named for Major Stephen Harriman Long, who is said to have been the first to spot the Front Range on June 30, 1820, during an expedition on behalf of the U.S. government.

Together with nearby Mount Meeker, with an elevation of 13,911 feet, the two mountains are sometimes referred to as the Twin Peaks.

It is hard to take a landscape photograph in northern Colorado and not include Longs Peak. This picture captures the beauty of the spring flowers blooming. But Longs Peak in the background grabs your attention, much like it does whenever you look west toward the mountains in NOCO.

Location: Longmont, Colorado