According to the National Park Service, Mount Everest’s base is 14,000 feet above sea level, meaning it is a little over 15,000 feet from base to peak. Mauna Kea, a shield volcano in Hawaii, is ...

With a country this big, it’s no surprise you can find many beautiful mountains in the United States. Some of the most beautiful cities in the US can attribute their vanity to these towering rocks ...

This long-distance trail follows the coast of Türkiye's Lycia region, offering stunning views of the Mediterranean Sea, rugged mountains, and ancient ruins. You can complete the route in roughly ...

The San Jacinto Mountains near Idyllwild are seen in 2021. The mountains include two peaks named for women known by Edmund Taylor Perkins, who mapped the area for the U.S. Geological Survey.

This cluster of 11 different peaks all rest above 13,123 feet (or 4,000 meters). The unfortunate truth here is that most mountain peaks above 8,202 feet in the Alps are covered by permafrost.

Pikes Peak, which towers over Colorado Springs at 14,115 feet in elevation, can be seen to the southwest of Denver in many spots (excluding the Denver Museum of Nature and Science steps).

A member of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, in the blue jacket, rescues a climber on the north side of Mount Toll with a helicopter assist in the Indian Peaks near Brainard Lake on Aug. 31.