Green Mountain is a
mountain summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
on the eastern flank of the
Front Range of the
Rocky Mountains of
North America
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. The peak is located in
Boulder Mountain Park, southwest by south (
bearing 219°) of downtown
Boulder
In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive.
In c ...
in
Boulder County
Boulder County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado of the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 330,758. The most populous municipality in the county and the county seat is Boulder.
Boulder County comprises th ...
,
Colorado,
United States.
[ The mountain is renowned for the Flatirons rock formations on its eastern flank.
]
Mountain
See also
* List of Colorado mountain ranges
* List of Colorado mountain summits
** List of Colorado fourteeners
** List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
** List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
* List of Colorado county high points
References
External links
Mountains of Colorado
Mountains of Boulder County, Colorado
North American 2000 m summits
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