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U.S. State High Points

RankPeak Name Elev-Ft Range Name Prom-Ft 
1.Mount McKinley20,320 Alaska Range20,156
2.Mount Whitney14,495 Sierra Nevada10,075
3.Mount Elbert14,433 Southern Rocky Mountains9073
4.Mount Rainier14,411 Cascade Range13,211
5.Gannett Peak13,804 Greater Yellowstone Rockies7076
6.Mauna Kea13,796 Hawaii13,796
7.Kings Peak13,528 Western Rocky Mountains6348
8.Wheeler Peak13,161 Southern Rocky Mountains3409
9.Boundary Peak13,140 Great Basin Ranges253
10.Granite Peak12,799 Greater Yellowstone Rockies4759
11.Borah Peak12,662 Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains5982
12.Humphreys Peak12,633 Colorado Plateau6039
13.Mount Hood11,239 Cascade Range7706
14.Guadalupe Peak8749 Southwest Basins and Ranges3029
15.Harney Peak7242 Great Plains2922
16.Mount Mitchell6684 Blue Ridge Mountains6089
17.Clingmans Dome6643 Blue Ridge Mountains4503
18.Mount Washington6288 Northern U.S. Appalachians6148
19.Mount Rogers5729 Blue Ridge Mountains2449
20.Panorama Point5426 Great Plains26
21.Mount Marcy5344 Canadian Shield4914
22.Katahdin5268 Northern U.S. Appalachians4288
23.Black Mesa4973 Great Plains0
24.Spruce Knob4861 Appalachian Plateaus2781
25.Brasstown Bald4783 Blue Ridge Mountains2107
26.Mount Mansfield4393 Northern U.S. Appalachians3633
27.Black Mountain4139 Appalachian Plateaus1899
28.Mount Sunflower4039 Great Plains19
29.Sassafras Mountain3554 Blue Ridge Mountains754
30.White Butte3506 Great Plains 
31.Mount Greylock3488 Northern U.S. Appalachians2464
32.Backbone Mountain3360+Appalachian Plateaus80
33.Mount Davis3213 Appalachian Plateaus 
34.Magazine Mountain2753 Ozark Highlands2133
35.Cheaha Mountain2405 Appalachian Ridges1425
36.Mount Frissell-South Slope2372+Northern U.S. Appalachians0
37.Eagle Mountain2301 Midwest-Great Lakes Area1321
38.Mount Arvon1978 Midwest-Great Lakes Area 
39.Timms Hill1951 Midwest-Great Lakes Area 
40.High Point1803 Appalachian Ridges883
41.Taum Sauk Mountain1772 Ozark Highlands 
42.Hawkeye Point1670 Great Plains40
43.Campbell Hill1549 Midwest-Great Lakes Area639
44.Hoosier Hill1257 Midwest-Great Lakes Area 
45.Charles Mound1235 Midwest-Great Lakes Area 
46.Jerimoth Hill812 Northern U.S. Appalachians192
47.Woodall Mountain806 Appalachian Plateaus296
48.Driskill Mountain535 Ozark Highlands225
49.Ebright Azimuth442 Northern U.S. Appalachians32
50.Britton Hill345 Piedmont-Southeast Coast 

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List Description

The fifty state high points of the United States are an increasingly popular peakbagging pursuit. There is a club (the Highpointers) and several guidebooks to completing this diverse list of peaks.

Of the fifty high points, five require real mountaineering skills: Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska; Washington's Mount Rainier and Oregon's Mount Hood in the Pacific Northwest; and Montana's Granite Peak and Wyoming's Gannett Peak in the Rockies. Another five or so (Rhode island, Illinois, Kentucky, and others) are on private land and require landowner permission.

Most of the remaining state summits are easy hikes or drive-ups. Hiking the cool forests of the Appalachians, exploring the windy, lonely high plains, and backpacking above treeline in the western mountains are all part of the great fun of this scavenger hunt.

This list includes does not include the high point of the District of Columbia. This is the version the Highpointers Club recognizes.

 


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