<Tr> <Th> First ascent </Th> <Td> 1820--Edwin James and party </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Easiest route </Th> <Td> Barr Trail Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Pikes Peak Highway </Td> </Tr> <P> Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America . The ultra-prominent 14,115 - foot (4,302.31 m) fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 12.0 miles (19.3 km) west by south (bearing 263 °) of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado . The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit . The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude . </P> <P> Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 53 fourteeners, mountains more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level . The mountain rises 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above downtown Colorado Springs . Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark . </P>

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