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Pikes Peak
- Easiest route
- 12.9 km+1,491 m · about 5.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 1,686 m5,532 ft
- Isolation
- 98 km
- Tonight
- 21°FCloudy · Wind 10–15 mph SW
Pikes Peak is a 4,302 m (14,114 ft) mountain in the Front Range, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,302 m · 14,114 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Blue Sky (4,348 m)
- Range
- Front Range
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Protected area
- Pike National Forest
- Spanish name
- Pico Pikes
- Coordinates
- 38.8399° N, 105.0426° W
How to get to the top of Pikes Peak
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 6.4 km ENE of Pikes Peak
- Distance
- 12.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,491 m−10 m (4,892 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Pikes Peak 3D map
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Pikes Peak terrain and contours
100 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
Pikes Peak weather
Today · Clear · 21 / 37°F (-6 / 3°C) · 13% chance of precipitation · Wind 15 mph SW
Pikes Peak forecast for the summit, about 4,191 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,804 m.
- Today21°37°13%15 mph SWBase 41 / 62°
- Sat21°28°79%10–20 mph ESEBase 35 / 45°
- Sun23°27°70%5–10 mph SBase 36 / 46°
- Mon22°27°19%5 mph WSWBase 34 / 46°
- Tue23°32°1%15 mph SWBase 36 / 52°
- Wed22°31°3%10–15 mph WSWBase 36 / 51°
- Thu24°29°2%10 mph SWBase 37 / 50°
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:46 UTC.
Camping & parking near Pikes Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pikes Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.1 km WNW
Nearest campsite
Barr Camp
Nearest trailhead
Horsethief Trailhead
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km WNW |
| Parking | 1.1 km NW |
| Barr CampCampsite | 3.3 km ENE |
| Devil's PlaygroundParking | 3.5 km NW |
| Campsite | 7.2 km S |
| Horsethief TrailheadTrailhead | 7.5 km WNW |
| Crags CampgroundCampsite | 7.6 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Pikes Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 12.9 km from 2,821 m to 4,302 m. Steepest stretch: 15°.
- 0–15°12.9 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 140 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 5 km, measured from the Pikes Peak summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Little Pikes Peak4,073 m 1.8 km NW
- 2Sachett Mountain3,837 m 2.7 km SE
- 3Devil's Playground3,984 m 3.7 km NW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 386 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-bellied Marmot278
- Bighorn Sheep200
- Ross' Avens157
- Moss Campion137
- Alpine Primrose110
- Dwarf Clover94
Where Pikes Peak sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Cheyenne MountainPeak · 2,915 m↑18 km SE
Wilkerson Pass2,898 m↑47 km WNW
Royal Gorge↑50 km SSW
Platte Canyon1,679 m↑72 km N
Chatfield ReservoirLake · 1,656 m↑79 km N
More 1
More in the Front Range 6
Pikes Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,304 m at the summit; the official height is 4,302 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,302 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,305 m | +3 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,304 m | +2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,300 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,298 m | -4 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