Eagles Nest is set in the Gore Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is located north of the community of Vail in the Eagles Nest Wilderness on land managed by Arapaho National Forest. It ranks as the 2nd-highest peak in the Gore Range and the 2nd-highest in the wilderness. The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Powell, south-southeast, which is the highest of the range. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's east slope drains into Black Creek and the west slope drains to Cataract Creek which are both tributaries of the Blue River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over above Cataract Creek in 0.75 mile (1.21 km). The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1968 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
