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What is so special about the mountain ranges in Denver?

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There are no mountains in Denver. Denver is the westernmost of the Plains cities, right at the edge of the Rockies. The elevation of Denver ranges from 5,130 to 5,690 feet , so even if you put all of that 560 feet of differential in one hill it still wouldn't be a mountain. read more

The “what’s so special” about Denver and its relationship to the mountains is that Denver is located essentially “at the mouth of” some good passages through the mountains that are geologically good for building railroads and highways through. read more

All of these ranges can be considered subranges of the Rocky Mountains. As given in the table, topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. read more

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Denver Mountain Parks
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Famous Colorado Mountains
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