Editing Longs Peak (section)

==Description==
[[File:Trail Ridge Road and Longs Peak by RO.jpg|thumb|290px|Longs Peak (left of center), Pagoda Peak (center, in sun), [[Chiefs Head Peak|Chiefs Head]] (right of center, in shadow), and [[Terra Tomah Mountain]] (at far right edge, in shadow), from {{convert|12000|feet}} above sea level in [[Rocky Mountain National Park]]]]
Longs Peak can be seen behind [[Mount Meeker|Mt. Meeker]] from [[Longmont, Colorado]] and more directly from [[Loveland, Colorado]], as well as from most of the northern [[Front Range Urban Corridor]]. It is one of the most prominent mountains in Colorado, rising {{convert|9000|ft}} above the western edge of the [[Great Plains]].

The peak is named for Major [[Stephen Harriman Long]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jessen|first1=Kenneth|title=Colorado History: William Byers among first white men to climb Longs Peak|url=http://www.reporterherald.com/columnists/colorado-history/ci_27414881/colorado-history-william-byers-among-first-white-men|website=Reporter Herald|date=29 January 2015 |publisher=Loveland Reporter Herald}}</ref><ref name="GuideTo14" /> who is said to have been the first to spot the Front Range on June 30, 1820, during an [[Long's Expedition of 1820|expedition on behalf of the U.S. government]].

Together with nearby [[Mount Meeker]], with an elevation of 13,911 feet, the two mountains are sometimes referred to as the '''Twin Peaks''' (not to be confused with a nearby lower mountain called [[Twin Sisters Peaks|Twin Sisters]]).