Pike's Peak

Pike's Peak, a peak of the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado, 65 miles S. of Denver, discovered by Captain Pike, U.S.A., in 1806. It is situated in $38^\{\backslash circ\}\; 50\text{'}$ N. lat. and $105^\{\backslash circ\}\; 2\text{'}$ W. long., and rises to a height of 14,134 feet. On its summit is one of the highest meteorological stations in the world; while at the base, at Colorado Springs, there is a low-level station. A railway to the top, 9 miles long ($4\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ miles of curves), with a maximum gradient of 1 in 4, has been constructed.