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U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet

Rank	County	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 4)	Ascents
1.	AK-Denali	Denali	20,310	West-Central Alaska Range	302
2.	AK-Yakutat	Mount Saint Elias	18,008	Southern Icefield Ranges	5
3.	AK-Copper River	Mount Bona	16,500	Northern Saint Elias Mountains	9
4.	AK-Hoonah-Angoon	Mount Fairweather	15,325	Fairweather Range	21
5.	AK-Matanuska-Susitna	Mount Hunter	14,573	West-Central Alaska Range	9
6.	CA-Inyo	Mount Whitney	14,498	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	3745
6.	CA-Tulare	Mount Whitney	14,498	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	3745
8.	CO-Lake	Mount Elbert	14,433	Sawatch Range	2091
9.	CO-Chaffee	Mount Harvard	14,420	Sawatch Range	528
10.	WA-Pierce	Mount Rainier	14,411	South Washington Cascades	2849
11.	CO-Alamosa	Blanca Peak	14,345	Sangre de Cristo Range	446
11.	CO-Costilla	Blanca Peak	14,345	Sangre de Cristo Range	446
13.	CO-Huerfano	Blanca Peak - Northeast Slope	14,320	Sangre de Cristo Range	136
14.	CO-Hinsdale	Uncompahgre Peak	14,309	San Juan Mountains	492
15.	CO-Saguache	Crestone Peak	14,294	Sangre de Cristo Range	309
16.	CO-Park	Mount Lincoln	14,286	Central Colorado Ranges	1083
17.	CO-Clear Creek	Grays Peak	14,270	Front Range	1464
17.	CO-Summit	Grays Peak	14,270	Front Range	1464
19.	CO-Gunnison	Castle Peak	14,265	Elk Range Area	420
19.	CO-Pitkin	Castle Peak	14,265	Elk Range Area	420
21.	CO-Boulder	Longs Peak	14,255	Front Range	1053
22.	CO-Dolores	Mount Wilson	14,246	San Juan Mountains	278
22.	CA-Mono	White Mountain Peak	14,246	West Great Basin Ranges	1092
24.	CA-Fresno	North Palisade	14,242	Central Sierra Nevada	293
25.	CO-Custer	Crestone Peak - East Peak	14,240	Sangre de Cristo Range	107
26.	CA-Siskiyou	Mount Shasta	14,162	California Cascades	1580
27.	CO-Ouray	Mount Sneffels	14,150	San Juan Mountains	609
28.	CO-El Paso	Pikes Peak	14,110	Front Range	1490
29.	CO-La Plata	Windom Peak	14,087	San Juan Mountains	270
30.	CO-San Miguel	Wilson Peak	14,017	San Juan Mountains	298
31.	CO-Eagle	Mount of the Holy Cross	14,005	Sawatch Range	490
32.	CO-Mineral	Phoenix Peak	13,895	San Juan Mountains	80
33.	CO-San Juan	Vermilion Peak	13,894	San Juan Mountains	106
34.	AK-Southeast Fairbanks	Mount Hayes	13,832	Hayes Range	3
35.	WY-Fremont	Gannett Peak	13,804	Wind River Range	388
35.	WY-Sublette	Gannett Peak	13,804	Wind River Range	388
37.	HI-Hawaii	Mauna Kea	13,796	Hawaii Big Island	834
38.	WY-Teton	Grand Teton	13,770	Teton Range-Yellowstone Area	544
39.	CO-Las Animas	West Spanish Peak	13,626	Sangre de Cristo Range	174
40.	CO-Larimer	Hagues Peak	13,560	Front Range	80
41.	CO-Grand	Pettingell Peak	13,553	Front Range	156
42.	UT-Duchesne	Kings Peak	13,528	Uinta Range	887
43.	UT-Summit	Gilbert Peak	13,442	Uinta Range	133
44.	CO-Archuleta	Summit Peak	13,300	San Juan Mountains	72
45.	CO-Gilpin	James Peak	13,294	Front Range	299
46.	CO-Montezuma	Hesperus Mountain	13,232	San Juan Mountains	87
47.	CO-Rio Grande	Bennett Peak	13,203	San Juan Mountains	69
48.	CO-Conejos	Conejos Peak	13,172	San Juan Mountains	67
49.	WY-Big Horn	Cloud Peak	13,167	Bighorn Mountains	173
49.	WY-Johnson	Cloud Peak	13,167	Bighorn Mountains	173
51.	NM-Taos	Wheeler Peak	13,161	Sangre de Cristo Range	1109
52.	WY-Park	Francs Peak	13,153	Absaroka Range	63
53.	CA-Madera	Mount Ritter	13,143	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada	318
54.	NV-Esmeralda	Boundary Peak	13,140	West Great Basin Ranges	929
55.	CA-Tuolumne	Mount Lyell	13,114	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada	273
56.	CO-Fremont	Bushnell Peak	13,105	Sangre de Cristo Range	41
57.	NM-Mora	Truchas Peak	13,102	Sangre de Cristo Range	109
57.	NM-Rio Arriba	Truchas Peak	13,102	Sangre de Cristo Range	109
59.	NV-White Pine	Wheeler Peak	13,063	East Central Great Basin Ranges	841
60.	CO-Teller	Devils Playground	13,060	Front Range	251

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List Description

List Info

This list shows all the peaks that are over 13,000 feet high and also the highest point in a county (or equivalent) of the United States. Seven of these peaks are in Alaska (6) or Hawaii (1). Note that over half the counties on this list are in Colorado.

Acknowledgements

Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 1992 by Andy Martin, with help from David Olson and Dinesh Desai.

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