Fishers Peak
| Fishers Peak | |
|---|---|
View of Fishers Peak from Trinidad, Colorado | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 9,633 ft (2,936 m) |
| Prominence | 1,847 ft (563 m) |
| Isolation | 30.98 mi (49.86 km) |
| Listing | Colorado prominent summits Colorado range high points |
| Coordinates | 37°05′54″N 104°27′46″W / 37.0982085°N 104.4627796°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Las Animas County, Colorado, United States |
| Parent range | Highest summit of Raton Mesas |
| Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Fishers Peak, Colorado |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | hike |
Fishers Peak is a spur of the Ratón Mesa, which reaches the highest elevation of the collective mesas of the Ratón formation commencing at the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a subset of the Rocky Mountains, from the west, 90 miles eastward to the Oklahoma border. Ratón Mesas include Black Mesa, Johnson Mesa, and Mesa de Maya. The prominent 9,633-foot (2,936 m) mesa is located 5.5 miles (8.8 km) south by east (bearing 163°) of the Town of Trinidad in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. Fishers Peak is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.