Visual ID of Mtns from afar?

[Chris]

I recall Pete naming mountains in pictures and such and I sure can't. Any of you good at that? I'm curious of what I look at as shown below. I think I have Lookout Mtn in the right area but need to see the towers at night to be sure.

Just curious, TIA if you're able to name any of these.

[SubAlpine]

I am thinking Longs is going to be out of frame to the right. Two snow caps might be part of the James Peak area?

[Patrolman]

Someone at work actually has a full length newspaper clipping with all the peaks identified from the Denver view. I will see if I can either take a photo of it, or find the same thing online.

[Tom]

http://images.summitpost.org/original/350365.jpg

[Chris]

Thanks Tom, that may help I'll see if I can match anything.

Jeff, that sounds ideal. Let me know if you can get a copy.

Chris, I'll see if that tidbit can help too.

[Tom]

I've one from the Longmont paper. It has Mt Neva on the South and North from there to twin sisters. This area is north of your shot.

[Chris]

Yeah, I can't see that far north Tom. I'll have to make a panorama of what I can see one of these days.

[Jim]

Google Earth.

You can set where you are (where your view is from) and you can "lay down" and look to the horizon.

Match up what you see on the screen with what's out the window. Pick one peak and pan over to it. When you get to the peak you'll see the name. One down...

[curt86iroc]

also, check out caltopo

[Chris]

Google Earth.

You can set where you are (where your view is from) and you can "lay down" and look to the horizon.

Match up what you see on the screen with what's out the window. Pick one peak and pan over to it. When you get to the peak you'll see the name. One down...


also, check out caltopo

Thanks guys but neither helped me at all, probably my incompetence. :erm:

[Jim]

Kick me the intersection of two closest major streets and I'll give it a quick look.

[Chris]

Thanks Jim, Chambers & Yale (Aurora)

I suspect your "quick look" will be more productive than my feeble wanderings w/ Google Earth!

[Jim]

Man, that was easy (not so much with Google Earth)

But with Google search I typed in "what mountain peaks am I seeing" and one of the top results was PeakFinder. Using the street intersection coordinates I plugged them in and viola:

http://www.peakfinder.org/?lat=39.67&lng=-104.8099&ele=1710

edit: Let me know what you think. Lookout Mountain seems far to the right. Pole Hill is listed - LOL. From your vantage I'd think Longs would be to the right of Lookout.

edit: the binoculars and elevation (to the right of binocs) are nice functions!

edit: Ah, yes, there are two "Lookout Mountains" and search in Google Earth shows the one to the north. The Lookout Mtn you have tagged in your photo does not look to be listed in peakfinder.

[SubAlpine]

That is the coolest!

[Chris]

Thanks Jim, that should help a lot! I'll have to sit and compare the chart to what I see. I think I'm right on Lookout Mtn by the lights (3 towers) I see but maybe not. Longs "should" be out of my range but I'll see about that too. Either way it's a cool site for sure.