Rampart Range

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

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| photo_caption= Rampart Range seen from Windy Point
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| subdivision1= Colorado

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| highest= Devils Head

| elevation_ft= 9748

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The Rampart Range is a mountain range in the western United States in Colorado, located in Douglas, El Paso, and Teller counties. Part of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, the range is almost entirely public land within the Pike National Forest.

The Rampart Range is delineated by the South Platte River on the north and Manitou Springs and Woodland Park on the south. The western border is formed by faults along the South Platte River and Trout Creek. The eastern border of the range is the steep, faulted escarpment down to the Colorado Piedmont. In total, the range is {{convert|44|mi|km}} long and {{convert|12|mi|km}} at its widest.{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Charles L.| title=Climate, Soils and Vegetation of the Rampart Range, Colorado | publisher= United States Air Force Academy| location=Colorado Springs, Colorado| year=1977| url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA051486.pdf| access-date=12 March 2024 }}{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Carter H.| title=Gravity Survey in the Rampart Range Area, Colorado | publisher= United States Geological Survey| year=1973| series=Geological Survey Professional Paper 475-C| pages=110–113|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eviMmMz2DtYC&dq=Rampart+Range&pg=SL3-PA110| access-date=12 March 2024}}{{cite book|last=Marcus|first=Steven R.| title=Geology of the Montane Zone of Central Colorado: with emphasis on Manitou Park | publisher= Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station| location=Denver, Colorado| year=1973| series=USDA Forest Service Research Paper RM-113| url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Geology_of_the_Montane_Zone_of_central_Colorado_-_with_emphasis_on_Manitou_Park_-_by_Steven_R._Marcus_(IA_CAT92273307).pdf| access-date=12 March 2024}}

The high point of the Rampart Range is Devils Head at an elevation of {{convert|9748|ft|0|}}. Several other peaks in the range are over {{convert|9000|ft|0|}}, but these elevations stand in contrast to the higher peaks of the Front Range to the north (Mount Blue Sky) and south (Pikes Peak).{{cite book|last=Ormes|first=Robert M.| title=Guide to the Colorado Mountains| publisher=The Colorado Mountain Club| location=Denver, Colorado| year=1992| edition=9| isbn=0-917895-38X}}