Garfield Peak

Garfield Peak is a 13,787-foot mountain in Colorado’s Sawatch Range, among the Collegiate Peaks of the Rocky Mountains. On the Continental Divide about 5.6 miles south-southwest of Independence Pass, it also marks boundaries between national forests and counties. Classified as a thirteener, it is part of the chain of high summits that shape the central Colorado Rockies and gains prominence from its position on the divide. The peak was named for James A. Garfield, the twentieth president of the United States, during the period after his assassination in 1881, when places across the country were named in his honor as part of a broader remembrance.

Colorado · United States