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Mount Massive

4,395 m14,421 ft

Prominence: 604 m1,982 ft
Isolation: 8.2 km
Tonight: 23°FFair · Wind 5–10 mph SSW

Mount Massive is a 4,395 m (14,421 ft) mountain in the Sawatch Range, Colorado, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 4,395 m · 14,421 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Elbert (4,401 m)
Range: Sawatch Range
Region: Colorado, United States
Protected area: San Isabel National Forest
Spanish name: Monte Massive
Coordinates: 39.1874° N, 106.4756° W

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3D map

Mount Massive 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Massive terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Massive elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Massive weather

Tonight · Fair · 23°F (-5°C) · 9% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph SSW

Mount Massive forecast for the summit, about 4,328 m.

Tonight23°9%5–10 mph SSW
Sat22°27°69%10–20 mph SE
Sun20°27°63%5–20 mph SSE
Mon19°28°11%5–10 mph W
Tue20°30°7%15 mph SW
Wed20°29°3%15 mph WSW
Thu22°31°9%10–15 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:06 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6.4 × 6.4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

27.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.9%

Steep, 30–45°

32.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.6%

Steeper than 30°: 35.3% of the 41 km² view
Relief in view: 1,137 m low point 3,257 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 36.1%Moss & lichen 29.4%Trees 21.1%Grassland 13.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 122 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Whipple's penstemon51
Mountain Goat25
Yellow-bellied Marmot22
Blue columbine22
White-tailed Ptarmigan15
Western roseroot13

Where it sits

Where Mount Massive sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Ruedi ReservoirLake33 km NW

Downloads

Mount Massive downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Massive satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-09-12.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,394 m at the summit; the official height is 4,395 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,395 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	4,396 m	0 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	4,394 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	4,388 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,376 m	-20 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-09-12)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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