Counties with Largest AreaShowing Ken Oeser's first 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 | 1994-09-05 | | 2. | AZ-Coconino | Humphreys Peak | 12,633 | Flagstaff Area | 18,659 | 1997-08-09 | | 3. | AZ-Yavapai | Mount Union | 7979 | Prescott Area | 8,129 | 1999-06-26 | | 4. | WY-Fremont | Gannett Peak | 13,804 | Northern Wind River Range | 9,249 | 2000-08-15 | | 5. | NM-Chaves | One Tree Peak | 7089 | Sacramento Mountains | 6,078 | 2001-10-07 | | 6. | NM-Socorro | South Baldy | 10,783 | West-Central Rio Grande Area | 6,651 | 2001-10-08 | | 7. | OR-Harney | Steens Mountain | 9733 | Steens Mountain Area | 10,208 | 2002-09-20 | | 8. | AZ-Pima | Mount Lemmon | 9157 | Huachuca Area | 9,195 | 2005-04-01 | | 9. | WY-Sweetwater | Pine Mountain | 9550 | East Flaming Gorge Area | 10,476 | 2007-07-03 | | 10. | NV-White Pine | Wheeler Peak | 13,063 | Snake Range | 8,888 | 2007-07-12 | | 11. | CA-Siskiyou | Mount Shasta | 14,162 | Mount Shasta Area | 6,338 | 2011-06-25 | | | CA-Fresno | North Palisade | 14,242 | Palisades | 6,012 | | | | 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 | | | | NV-Nye | Mount Jefferson | 11,941 | Toquima Range | 18,147 | | | | NV-Clark | Charleston Peak | 11,916 | Spring Mountains | 8,089 | | | | CA-San Bernardino | San Gorgonio Mountain | 11,499 | San Bernardino Mountains | 20,108 | | | | NV-Lander | Bunker Hill | 11,473 | Toiyabe Range | 5,514 | | | | AZ-Apache | Mount Baldy | 11,403 | White Mountains | 11,218 | | | | NV-Elko | Ruby Dome | 11,387 | Ruby-East Humboldt Mountains | 17,180 | | | | MT-Beaverhead | Tweedy Mountain | 11,154 | Pioneer Mountains | 5,559 | | | | UT-Tooele | Deseret Peak | 11,031 | Stansbury Mountains | 7,000 | | | | NM-Catron | Whitewater Baldy | 10,895 | Mogollon Mountains | 6,931 | | | | CA-Riverside | San Jacinto Peak | 10,839 | San Jacinto Mountains | 7,305 | | | | NV-Washoe | Mount Rose | 10,776 | Carson Range | 6,543 | | | | NV-Lincoln | Mount Grafton-South Ridge | 10,640 | Schell Creek Range | 10,632 | | | | UT-Millard | Mine Camp Peak | 10,222 | Pavant Range | 6,822 | | | | UT-Box Elder | Bull Mountain | 9934 | Northwest Salt Lake Ranges | 5,775 | | | | NV-Pershing | Star Peak | 9836 | Southeast Humboldt River Ranges | 6,060 | | | | AZ-Cochise | Chiricahua Peak | 9759 | Chiricahua Area | 6,223 | | | | NV-Humboldt | Granite Peak | 9732 | Santa Rosa Mountains | 9,644 | | | | 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 | | | | AZ-Mohave | Hualapai Peak | 8417 | Hualapai Mountains | 13,468 | | | | ID-Owyhee | Cinnabar Mountain | 8403 | Owyhee Mountains | 7,684 | | | | AZ-Navajo | Black Mesa High Point | 8168 | Hopi-Navajo Mesas | 9,959 | | | | 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 | | | | AZ-Yuma | Signal Peak | 4877 | Kofa Area | 5,522 | | | | 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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