Counties with Largest AreaShowing Joel Brewster's most recent ascent dates for climbed peaks| Rank | County | Peak | Elev-Ft | Range (Level 5) | Area-SqMi | Ascent Date |
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| 1. | CA-Inyo | Mount Whitney | 14,495 | Mount Whitney Group | 10,224 | Unknown | | 2. | AZ-Coconino | Humphreys Peak | 12,633 | Flagstaff Area | 18,659 | Unknown | | 3. | NV-Nye | Mount Jefferson | 11,941 | Toquima Range | 18,147 | Unknown | | 4. | NV-Lander | Bunker Hill | 11,473 | Toiyabe Range | 5,514 | Unknown | | 5. | NV-Washoe | Mount Rose | 10,776 | Carson Range | 6,543 | Unknown | | 6. | NV-Elko | Ruby Dome | 11,387 | Ruby-East Humboldt Mountains | 17,180 | 2010-08-04 | | 7. | CA-San Bernardino | San Gorgonio Mountain | 11,499 | San Bernardino Mountains | 20,108 | 2011-05-29 | | 8. | CA-Riverside | San Jacinto Peak | 10,839 | San Jacinto Mountains | 7,305 | 2011-05-30 | | 9. | CA-Siskiyou | Mount Shasta | 14,162 | Mount Shasta Area | 6,338 | 2011-06-20 | | 10. | NV-Lincoln | Mount Grafton-South Ridge | 10,640 | Schell Creek Range | 10,632 | 2011-08-20 | | 11. | AZ-Yuma | Signal Peak | 4877 | Kofa Area | 5,522 | 2012-02-25 | | 12. | AZ-Yavapai | Mount Union | 7979 | Prescott Area | 8,129 | 2012-04-14 | | 13. | AZ-Navajo | Black Mesa High Point | 8168 | Hopi-Navajo Mesas | 9,959 | 2012-05-19 | | 14. | NV-Pershing | Star Peak | 9836 | Southeast Humboldt River Ranges | 6,060 | 2012-05-26 | | 15. | NV-Humboldt | Granite Peak | 9732 | Santa Rosa Mountains | 9,644 | 2012-05-27 | | 16. | NV-Clark | Charleston Peak | 11,916 | Spring Mountains | 8,089 | 2012-06-10 | | 17. | NV-White Pine | Wheeler Peak | 13,063 | Snake Range | 8,888 | 2012-07-07 | | 18. | UT-Tooele | Deseret Peak | 11,031 | Stansbury Mountains | 7,000 | 2012-08-19 | | 19. | AZ-Mohave | Hualapai Peak | 8417 | Hualapai Mountains | 13,468 | 2012-10-13 | | 20. | AZ-Pima | Mount Lemmon | 9157 | Huachuca Area | 9,195 | 2013-03-25 | | | CA-Fresno | North Palisade | 14,242 | Palisades | 6,012 | | | | WY-Fremont | Gannett Peak | 13,804 | Northern Wind River Range | 9,249 | | | | WY-Park | Francs Peak | 13,153 | Southern Absaroka Range | 6,953 | | | | NM-Rio Arriba | Truchas Peak | 13,102 | Santa Fe Mountains | 5,895 | | | | UT-San Juan | Mount Peale | 12,721 | La Sal Mountains | 7,929 | | | | WY-Albany | Medicine Bow Peak | 12,013 | Medicine Bow Mountains | 4,303 | | | | NM-Otero | Sierra Blanca Peak | 11,973 | Sacramento Mountains | 6,631 | | | | AZ-Apache | Mount Baldy | 11,403 | White Mountains | 11,218 | | | | MT-Beaverhead | Tweedy Mountain | 11,154 | Pioneer Mountains | 5,559 | | | | NM-Catron | Whitewater Baldy | 10,895 | Mogollon Mountains | 6,931 | | | | NM-Socorro | South Baldy | 10,783 | West-Central Rio Grande Area | 6,651 | | | | UT-Millard | Mine Camp Peak | 10,222 | Pavant Range | 6,822 | | | | UT-Box Elder | Bull Mountain | 9934 | Northwest Salt Lake Ranges | 5,775 | | | | AZ-Cochise | Chiricahua Peak | 9759 | Chiricahua Area | 6,223 | | | | OR-Harney | Steens Mountain | 9733 | Steens Mountain Area | 10,208 | | | | WY-Sweetwater | Pine Mountain | 9550 | East Flaming Gorge Area | 10,476 | | | | ID-Idaho | Bare Peak Northwest | 9439 | Central Bitteroot Range | 8,482 | | | | NM-San Juan | Beautiful Mountain | 9388 | Chuska Mountains | 5,537 | | | | OR-Douglas | Mount Thielsen | 9182 | Crater Lake Area | 5,061 | | | | NM-McKinley | Cerros de Alejandro | 9166 | North San Mateo Mountains | 5,455 | | | | CA-Kern | Sawmill Mountain | 8818 | San Emigdio Mountains | 8,161 | | | | OR-Lake | Crane Mountain | 8456 | Warner Mountains | 8,344 | | | | ID-Owyhee | Cinnabar Mountain | 8403 | Owyhee Mountains | 7,684 | | | | OR-Malheur | Oregon Canyon Mountains Peak | 8027 | Trout Creek Area | 9,912 | | | | AZ-Gila | Myrtle Point | 7960 | Mogollon Rim | 4,797 | | | | TX-Brewster | Emory Peak | 7825 | Big Bend Ranges | 6,200 | | | | NM-Chaves | One Tree Peak | 7089 | Sacramento Mountains | 6,078 | | | | NE-Cherry | Hazel Benchmark | 4206 | Sand Hills | 6,000 | | | | ME-Aroostook | Peaked Mountain | 2220 | Northern Maine | 6,809 | | | | MN-Saint Louis | Pike Mountain | 1950 | Northern Minnesota Ranges | 6,719 | |
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 DescriptionThis list shows the highest points of the 50 largest counties in the US outside of Alaska. All but four of them are in nine western states. There is one each in Texas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Maine.
Thanks to John Hasch for suggesting the addition of the Area column, greatly improving the usefulness of this list.
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