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Conejos Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit in the southern San Juan Mountains of the Rocky Mountains of North America.[1]

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  1. 23 relations: Bearing (navigation), Colorado, Conejos County, Colorado, Cumbres Pass, Elevation, Hiking, List of Colorado county high points, List of mountain peaks of Colorado, List of the highest major summits of Colorado, List of the highest major summits of North America, List of the highest major summits of the United States, Mountain, National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, North America, North American Vertical Datum of 1988, Rio Grande National Forest, Rocky Mountains, San Juan Mountains, South San Juan Wilderness, Summit, Thirteener, Topographic prominence, United States.

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Bearing (navigation)

In navigation, bearing or azimuth is the horizontal angle between the direction of an object and north or another object.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Conejos County, Colorado

Conejos County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Cumbres Pass

Cumbres Pass, elevation, is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, United States. Conejos Peak and Cumbres Pass are Colorado geography stubs and San Juan Mountains (Colorado).

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Elevation

The elevation of a geographic ''location'' is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Vertical datum).

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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.

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List of Colorado county high points

This is a list of the 64 counties of the U.S. State of Colorado by their points of highest elevation.

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List of mountain peaks of Colorado

This is a list of major mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado. Conejos Peak and list of mountain peaks of Colorado are mountains of Colorado.

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List of the highest major summits of Colorado

The following sortable table comprises the 117 highest mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado with at least of elevation and at least of topographic prominence. Conejos Peak and List of the highest major summits of Colorado are mountains of Colorado.

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List of the highest major summits of North America

The following sortable table comprises the 403 mountain peaks of greater North AmericaThis article defines greater North America as the portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending westward and northward from the Isthmus of Panama plus the ocean islands surrounding that landmass.

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List of the highest major summits of the United States

The following sortable table comprises the 477 mountain peaks of the United States with at least of topographic elevation and at least of topographic prominence.

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Mountain

A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock.

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National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

The National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 is the official name since 1973 of the vertical datum established for vertical control surveying in the United States of America by the General Adjustment of 1929.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North American Vertical Datum of 1988

The North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) is the vertical datum for orthometric heights established for vertical control surveying in the United States of America based upon the General Adjustment of the North American Datum of 1988.

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Rio Grande National Forest

Rio Grande National Forest is a 1.86 million-acre (7,530 km2) U.S. National Forest located in southwestern Colorado.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America.

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San Juan Mountains

The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. Conejos Peak and San Juan Mountains are San Juan Mountains (Colorado).

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South San Juan Wilderness

The South San Juan Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in the San Juan National Forest, east of Pagosa Springs, in southern Colorado. Conejos Peak and south San Juan Wilderness are San Juan Mountains (Colorado).

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Summit

A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it.

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Thirteener

In mountaineering in the United States, a thirteener (abbreviated 13er) is a mountain that exceeds above mean sea level, similar to the more familiar "fourteeners," which exceed.

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Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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See also

Rio Grande National Forest

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conejos_Peak