Hahns Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}}

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| photo = Hahns Peak - Misha Abends 2023.jpg

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| elevation_m = 3305

| elevation_ft = 10839

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| prominence_m = 488

| prominence_ft = 1599

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| isolation_km = 7.12

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| range = Elkhead Mountains

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Hahns Peak is a summit in Routt County, Colorado, in the United States.{{GNIS|203929}} With an elevation of {{convert|10774|ft}}, Hahns Peak is the 1855th highest summit in the state of Colorado.{{cite web | url=http://peakery.com/hahns-peak-colorado/ | title=Hahns Peak | publisher=Peakery.com | access-date=24 June 2016}}

Hahns Peak was named after Joseph Hahn, a gold miner who, with companions William Doyle and George Wray came to the area in the 1860s.{{cite book|last=Stevenson|first=Thelma V.|title=Historic Hahns Peak|publisher=Robinson Press|location=Fort Collins, CO|page=2}} Hahns Peak Village is named after the peak. A fire lookout tower was built by the United States Forest Service on the peak's summit in 1912 and was used until 1946.{{cite book |last1=Kleinsorge |first1=Martin G. |title=Exploring Colorado State Parks |date=1992 |publisher=University Press of Colorado |location=Niwot, Colorado |isbn=978-0-87081-256-9 |page=222 |url=https://archive.org/details/exploringcolorad0000klei/page/222 |access-date=20 June 2024 |language=en}} After falling into disrepair, it was restored in the summer of 2016 and 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicrouttcounty.org/hahns-peak-lookout-rehabilitation/|title=Hahns Peak Lookout Rehabilitation|website=www.historicrouttcounty.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-09}}

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