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Cheyenne Mountain
- Mapped trail
- 1.4 km+8 m · about 0.5 hEnds 380 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 328 m1,077 ft
- Isolation
- 2.9 km
- Tonight
- 40°FCloudy · Wind 5–15 mph WSW
Cheyenne Mountain is a 2,915 m (9,564 ft) mountain in the Front Range, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,915 m · 9,564 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Rosa (3,506 m)
- Range
- Front Range
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Protected area
- Pike National Forest
- Coordinates
- 38.7371° N, 104.8809° W
Trails toward Cheyenne Mountain
Mapped trails from the road get to 380 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From Road end, 1.3 km WSW of Cheyenne Mountain
- Distance
- 1.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +8 m−53 m (26 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Ends 380 m below the summit.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Cheyenne Mountain 3D map
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Cheyenne Mountain terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Cheyenne Mountain weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 40°F (4°C) · 13% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–15 mph WSW
Cheyenne Mountain forecast for the summit, about 2,763 m.
- Tonight40°13%5–15 mph WSW
- Sat35°49°69%10–30 mph NNW
- Sun36°45°70%0–10 mph S
- Mon34°47°17%5 mph WSW
- Tue36°51°1%5–10 mph SSW
- Wed36°51°4%10 mph SW
- Thu36°49°3%5–10 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:06 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cheyenne Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cheyenne Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.3 km WSW
Nearest campsite
4.0 km W
Nearest caravan site
Raptor Glen Campground
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.3 km WSW |
| Parking | 2.8 km WNW |
| Parking | 3.0 km E |
| Campsite | 4.0 km W |
| Campsite | 4.3 km W |
| Campsite | 4.4 km W |
| Raptor Glen CampgroundCaravan site | 4.4 km E |
| Gobbler Grove CampgroundCaravan site | 4.5 km E |
| Swift Puma CampgroundCaravan site | 4.6 km E |
How steep is the route to Cheyenne Mountain?
The easiest mapped route, 1.4 km from 2,582 m to 2,536 m. Steepest stretch: 22°.
- 0–15°1.3 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Cheyenne Mountain summit.
Summit list 3
- 1The Horns2,797 m 2.6 km NNE
- 2Saint Peters Dome2,943 m 2.9 km WNW
- 3Sugarloaf Mountain2,934 m 3.0 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 287 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Woodland pinedrops12
- Blue columbine12
- Monument plant10
- James’s false saxifrage10
- Blue Fungus Beetle10
- Fly Agaric9
Where Cheyenne Mountain sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Pikes Peak4,302 m↑18 km NW
Royal Gorge↑48 km SW
Wilkerson Pass2,898 m↑65 km WNW
Lake Isabel↑85 km S
Platte Canyon1,679 m↑86 km NNW
More in the Front Range 6
Cheyenne Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,915 m at the summit; the official height is 2,915 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,915 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 2,916 m | +1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 2,915 m | -0 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 2,910 m | -5 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,901 m | -14 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-05)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia