Cronin Peak | |
Photo Alt: | Photo of Cronin Peak |
Elevation Ft: | 13877 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
Prominence Ft: | 1050. |
Isolation Mi: | 2.39 |
Range: | Sawatch Range |
Location: | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S. |
Map: | Colorado |
Coordinates: | 38.6555°N -106.2834°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
Topo: | USGS 7.5' topographic map Saint Elmo, Colorado |
Cronin Peak is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13877feet thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 20.8km (12.9miles) southwest by west (bearing 241°) of the community of Nathrop in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1] [2] Cronin Peak was named in honor of Mary Cronin, who in 1934 become the first woman to climb all 53 Colorado fourteeners.[3]