United States State High Points (plus DC)Showing Trapper Robbins's first ascent dates for climbed peaks| Rank | State | Peak | Elev-Ft | Range (Level 3) | Ascent Date |
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| 1. | Massachusetts | Mount Greylock | 3488 | Northern U.S. Appalachians | 1966-07-01 | | 2. | New Hampshire | Mount Washington | 6288 | Northern U.S. Appalachians | 1966-07-14 | | 3. | Vermont | Mount Mansfield | 4393 | Northern U.S. Appalachians | 1977-05-15 | | 4. | Tennessee | Clingmans Dome | 6643 | Blue Ridge Mountains | 1980-07-05 | | 5. | Virginia | Mount Rogers | 5729 | Blue Ridge Mountains | 1980-07-23 | | 6. | New York | Mount Marcy | 5344 | Canadian Shield | 1981-10-31 | | 7. | New Jersey | High Point | 1803 | Appalachian Ridges | 1984-04-26 | | 8. | Maine | Katahdin | 5268 | Northern U.S. Appalachians | 1984-10-02 | | 9. | California | Mount Whitney | 14,495 | Sierra Nevada | 1986-07-08 | | 10. | Connecticut | Mount Frissell-South Slope | 2372 | Northern U.S. Appalachians | 1986-12-05 | | 11. | Washington | Mount Rainier | 14,411 | Cascade Range | 1987-05-24 | | 12. | Oregon | Mount Hood | 11,239 | Cascade Range | 1988-05-22 | | 13. | Mississippi | Woodall Mountain | 806 | Appalachian Plateaus | 2000-12-15 | | 14. | Alabama | Cheaha Mountain | 2405 | Appalachian Ridges | 2000-12-16 | | 15. | Florida | Britton Hill | 345 | Piedmont-Southeast Coast | 2000-12-20 | | 16. | Rhode Island | Jerimoth Hill | 812 | Northern U.S. Appalachians | 2001-07-01 | | 17. | Delaware | Ebright Azimuth | 442 | Northern U.S. Appalachians | 2001-07-21 | | 18. | West Virginia | Spruce Knob | 4861 | Appalachian Plateaus | 2001-07-26 | | 19. | Maryland | Backbone Mountain | 3360 | Appalachian Plateaus | 2001-07-28 | | 20. | Pennsylvania | Mount Davis | 3213 | Appalachian Plateaus | 2001-07-29 | | 21. | Ohio | Campbell Hill | 1549 | Midwest-Great Lakes Area | 2001-07-31 | | 22. | Indiana | Hoosier Hill | 1257 | Midwest-Great Lakes Area | 2001-08-01 | | 23. | Nevada | Boundary Peak | 13,140 | Great Basin Ranges | 2002-09-24 | | 24. | Georgia | Brasstown Bald | 4784 | Blue Ridge Mountains | 2002-12-16 | | 25. | South Carolina | Sassafras Mountain | 3554 | Blue Ridge Mountains | 2002-12-16 | | 26. | Iowa | Hawkeye Point | 1670 | Great Plains | 2003-07-22 | | 27. | Minnesota | Eagle Mountain | 2301 | Midwest-Great Lakes Area | 2003-07-25 | | 28. | Wisconsin | Timms Hill | 1951 | Midwest-Great Lakes Area | 2003-07-26 | | 29. | Michigan | Mount Arvon | 1978 | Midwest-Great Lakes Area | 2003-07-28 | | 30. | Illinois | Charles Mound | 1235 | Midwest-Great Lakes Area | 2003-08-02 | | 31. | North Dakota | White Butte | 3506 | Great Plains | 2003-09-04 | | 32. | South Dakota | Harney Peak | 7242 | Great Plains | 2003-09-06 | | 33. | Nebraska | Panorama Point | 5426 | Great Plains | 2003-09-08 | | 34. | Kansas | Mount Sunflower | 4039 | Great Plains | 2003-09-10 | | 35. | Colorado | Mount Elbert | 14,433 | Southern Rocky Mountains | 2003-09-19 | | 36. | Oklahoma | Black Mesa | 4973 | Great Plains | 2003-09-22 | | 37. | New Mexico | Wheeler Peak | 13,161 | Southern Rocky Mountains | 2003-09-23 | | 38. | Arizona | Humphreys Peak | 12,633 | Colorado Plateau | 2003-10-01 | | 39. | Texas | Guadalupe Peak | 8749 | Southwest Basins and Ranges | 2004-02-26 | | 40. | Louisiana | Driskill Mountain | 535 | Ozark Highlands | 2004-03-09 | | 41. | Arkansas | Magazine Mountain | 2753 | Ozark Highlands | 2004-03-12 | | 42. | Missouri | Taum Sauk Mountain | 1772 | Ozark Highlands | 2004-03-14 | | 43. | North Carolina | Mount Mitchell | 6684 | Blue Ridge Mountains | 2004-10-24 | | 44. | Kentucky | Black Mountain | 4139 | Appalachian Plateaus | 2004-10-25 | | 45. | Hawaii | Mauna Kea | 13,796 | Hawaii | 2005-05-16 | | | Alaska | Mount McKinley | 20,320 | Alaska Range | | | | Wyoming | Gannett Peak | 13,804 | Greater Yellowstone Rockies | | | | Utah | Kings Peak | 13,528 | Western Rocky Mountains | | | | Montana | Granite Peak | 12,799 | Greater Yellowstone Rockies | | | | Idaho | Borah Peak | 12,662 | Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains | | | | District of Columbia | Reno Reservoir | 415 | Blue Ridge Mountains | |
Front Runners List: Click here to see list completion progress by climbers that log their climbs using Peakbagger.com. Compare Climbers: Click here to compare ascents of up to 5 climbers working on this list. List DescriptionThe 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 the high point of the District of Columbia, which in many matters is a state equivalent. Links Highpointers Club -- U.S. State High Points
Selected Guidebook(s) for this List Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt) Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)
Caution: These books feature many of the peaks on this list, but may not have information on all of them.
Map Showing Location of Peaks = Peaks climbed by Trapper Robbins = Unclimbed peaks Click on a peak to see its name and a clickable link.(Map only shows peaks ranked by clean prominence)
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