Front Range of the Rocky Mountains

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mountain range physiographic region

The Front Range of the Rocky Mountains is a prominent mountain range in central Colorado and southeastern Wyoming that forms the dramatic eastern edge of the Rockies and overlooks major cities like Denver and Colorado Springs.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Front Range 9
Foothills of the Rocky Mountains 1
Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
borders Great Plains ⓘ
contains Arapaho National Forest ⓘ
Indian Peaks Wilderness ⓘ
Lost Creek Wilderness ⓘ
Mount Evans Wilderness ⓘ
Pike National Forest ⓘ
Pikes Peak ⓘ
surface form: Pikes Peak massif

Rocky Mountain National Park ⓘ
Roosevelt National Forest ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainedBy Arkansas River ⓘ
Big Thompson River ⓘ
Cache la Poudre River ⓘ
Clear Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fountain Creek ⓘ
South Platte River ⓘ
St. Vrain Creek ⓘ
forms eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
geologicalProvince Southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
hasCityAtFoothills Boulder, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Boulder

Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Colorado Springs

Denver, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Denver

Fort Collins ⓘ
Loveland, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Loveland

Pueblo ⓘ
hasFoothillsRegion Front Range Urban Corridor ⓘ
surface form: Colorado Front Range urban corridor
hasHighestPoint Grays Peak ⓘ
hasPeak Grays Peak ⓘ
Longs Peak ⓘ
Mount Bierstadt ⓘ
Mount Blue Sky ⓘ
Pikes Peak ⓘ
surface form: Mount Evans

Pikes Peak ⓘ
Torreys Peak ⓘ
knownFor dramatic rise from the Great Plains ⓘ
popular hiking and climbing destinations ⓘ
scenic vistas over Front Range cities ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Colorado ⓘ
southeastern Wyoming ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
overlooks Boulder, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Boulder

Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Colorado Springs

Denver, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Denver

Fort Collins ⓘ
Pueblo ⓘ
partOf Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rocky Mountains → contains → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front Range
Southern Colorado → hasMountainRange → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Longmont → isCommercialHubFor → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front Range
Longmont → isResidentialHubFor → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front Range
Fountain → locatedIn → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
subject surface form: Fountain, Colorado
this entity surface form: Front Range
Rocky Mountain National Park → locatedIn → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front Range
Arvada → locatedInRegion → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Cardston, Alberta, Canada → locatedInRegion → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
subject surface form: Cardston
this entity surface form: Foothills of the Rocky Mountains
El Paso County, Colorado → locatedOn → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Front Range Urban Corridor → namedAfter → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Lakewood, Colorado → nearMountainRange → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Jemez Mountains region → partOf → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Rocky Mountains
Loveland → partOf → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
subject surface form: Loveland, Colorado
Sandia Mountains → partOf → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains
Broomfield → region → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front Range
Colorado College → region → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front Range
Colorado fourteeners → region → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Front Range
Highlands Ranch → region → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Windsor → region → Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
subject surface form: Windsor, Colorado
this entity surface form: Front Range