Mount Princeton

Mount Princeton
Mount Princeton
	Mt. Princeton from near Buena Vista
Highest point
Elevation	14,204 ft (4327.25 m); NAVD88
Prominence	2177 ft (664 m)
Isolation	5.19 mi (8.36 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 46th; US highest major peaks 32nd; Colorado highest major peaks 15th; Colorado fourteeners 18th;
Coordinates	38°44′57″N 106°14′33″W
Geography
	Mount Princeton Colorado
Location	Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Sawatch Range,; Collegiate Peaks
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Mount Antero, Colorado
Climbing
Easiest route	East Slopes: Hike, class 2

Mount Princeton is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,204 feet (4,329 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 7.8 miles (12.6 km) southwest (bearing 225°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of Princeton University.

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