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The community of Firstview, Colorado, was named that because it was where early travelers got their first glimpse of Pikes Peak, 135 miles away.
There you go. That can be verified easily with Google Street View, if you have a good monitor. Go to the coordinates link on the Wikipedia page for Firstview Colorado. Select: Google Maps - Street View. The view will be to the north, so turn it to the west straight down the highway. Then go to maximum zoom and you should be able to see a faint blue line just above the horizon. That's the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains 135 miles away. But I'm sure that's not the farthest they can be seen. My understanding is that the Rockies can be seen from many high elevation points in extreme Western Kansas.
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Firstview, Colorado
Firstview is an unincorporated community in Cheyenne County, Colorado. It is on U.S. Highway 40; the nearest city is Cheyenne Wells. The geographic coordinates of Firstview are roughly the antipodes of the coordinates of ÃŽle Saint-Paul, a French island in the Indian Ocean. This island is one of only three land areas with antipodes in the contiguous United States.
The town was laid out in 1911. It was named for the spot where travelers got their first glimpse of Pikes Peak, 135 miles (217 km) to the west.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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From our house we can see Mt. Baker, WA, about 150 miles away during the winter when the trees have no leaves. Drive about a block and we can see Mt. Rainier, about 75 miles away. From my office at work in Seattle I can see the Olympic Mountains, about 140 miles away. Now I have to disclose that in our climate, no mountains are visible from anywhere much of the year, with the rain and clouds.
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