The Rabbit Ears Range is a

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of the

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in north-central

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in the

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. The range stretches east–west along the

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, forming the border between

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and

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counties, and separating Middle Park (south) from North Park (north). The range's highest point is Parkview Mountain at approximately , but most of the rest of the range is around 11,000 feet. It connects the

Front Range The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the central portion of the U.S. State of Colorado, and southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is the first mountain range encounter ...

on the east with the Park Range and the

Gore Range The Gore Range (elevation approximately 12,000 ft) is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of north central Colorado in the United States. The native Ute name was the Shining Mountains. Geography The range runs for approximately 60 mile ...

on the west. It is traversable at Willow Creek Pass. Muddy Pass separates the Rabbit Ears Range to the east from the Park Range to the north.

Rabbit Ears Pass Rabbit Ears Pass (el. 9426 ft, 2873 m) is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States, where U.S. Route 40 crosses the Park Range (Colorado). North of the summit is Rabbit Ears Peak which has ...

and Rabbit Ears Peak, despite their names, are not in the Rabbit Ears Range, but actually part of the Park Range to the south.

Highest peaks

* Parkview Mountain (12,301 ft) *Sheep Mountain (11,819 ft) * Elk Mountain (11,419 ft)

References

External links

* Ranges of the Rocky Mountains Mountain ranges of Colorado Landforms of Jackson County, Colorado Landforms of Grand County, Colorado Arapaho National Forest {{Colorado-geo-stub