Rocky Mountain

National Park · Colorado

Park Stats

Area265,807 acres

Highest peakLongs Peak 4,346 m

Peaks > 3,700 m60+

Established1915

DEMUSGS 3DEP 10m

Notable Features

Longs Peak4,346 m
Mt. Meeker4,350 m
Trail Ridge Pass3,713 m
Hallett Peak3,872 m
Estes Park2,294 m

Layer

Colored Hillshade

Elevation

Hillshade

Opacity 100%

About

Rocky Mountain sits squarely on the Continental Divide — every drop of water in the park ends up either in the Pacific or the Atlantic. Above ~3,500 m the forest gives way to alpine tundra: a treeless ecosystem of plants and animals otherwise found only in the Arctic. Trail Ridge Road crosses the park at 3,713 m — the highest paved through-road in any US national park. The Front Range's Precambrian core (the gneiss and granite under your feet) is some of the oldest rock surface in North America.

10 m colormap + 10 m hillshade NW @ 45° · sources at /data