Mount Evans is the highest summit of the Chicago Peaks in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America at 14,271-ft.(4350 m) and is located in the Mount Evans Wilderness, 13.4 miles (21.6 km) southwest by south (bearing 214°) of the City of Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Arapaho National Forest and Pike National Forest. Mount Evans can be seen from over 100 miles away to the east.