Peaks on US State Quarters

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List Description

Since 1999, the U.S. Mint has been releasing a special series of 25-cent coins, with the traditional eagle design on the reverse replaced by individual deisgns selected by each of the 50 states. A number of states have selected designs that feature mountains.

• The Colorado quarter's mountains were supposedly generic, but later found to be based on a photo of Longs and Pagoda Peaks.
• Washington State's quarter shows Rainier and it's subpeak of Little Tahoma.
• Oregon's view of Crater Lake features three identifiable peaks along the crater rim.
• Even though the "Old Man of the Mountains" rock profile crumbled in 2003, the coin is still showing Cannon Mountain.
• You can barely see Camels Hump on the left side of Vermont's design.
• Even the Midwest has a quarter showing a famous peak, Nebraska's Chimney Rock.

There are mountains on the quarters for other states, but are they not based on actual peaks:

• Nevada's design is supposed to be showing horses running out from the Sierra Nevada at sunrise, but that would make the location on the coin likely to be in California.
• Arizona's quarter shows summits inside the Grand Canyon, but the artist confirms the view is an "artist's conception consisting of a combination of three different views along with some artistic license."
• The mountains on the Montana and Utah quarters are apparently entirely generic.

As near as I can tell, climbing is prohibited at Chimney Rock, Nebraska. So this list is almost impossible to complete. The remaining peaks are certainly all attainable, although some are fairly challenging.