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Most Prominent Peaks of US National Parks

Showing Lisa Berntsen's first ascent dates for climbed peaks (4 out of 58, or 6.9%)

Rank	Land Name	Peak	Prom-Ft	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 3)	HP	Ascents	Ascent Date
1.	Denali National Park and Preserve	Denali	20,146	20,310	Alaska Range	HP	217
2.	Mount Rainier National Park	Mount Rainier	13,246	14,411	Cascade Range	HP	2051	2004-06-18
3.	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Mount Fairweather	12,963	15,325	Saint Elias Mountains	HP	15
4.	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve	Mount Blackburn	11,590	16,390	South-Central Alaska		7
5.	Sequoia National Park	Mount Whitney	10,078	14,498	Sierra Nevada	HP	2633
6.	Haleakala National Park	Haleakala	10,023	10,023	Hawaii	HP	493
7.	Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	Redoubt Volcano	9097	10,197	Aleutian Ranges	HP	3
8.	Olympic National Park	Mount Olympus	7838	7969	Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges	HP	366	2010-07
9.	Great Basin National Park	Wheeler Peak	7563	13,063	Great Basin Ranges	HP	543
10.	Katmai National Park and Preserve	Mount Griggs	7200	7600	Aleutian Ranges	HP	9
11.	Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Mauna Loa	7079	13,679	Hawaii	HP	163
12.	Grand Teton National Park	Grand Teton	6530	13,770	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	HP	361	2008-07
13.	Death Valley National Park	Telescope Peak	6168	11,048	Great Basin Ranges	HP	590
14.	Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Mount Igikpak	6076	8276	Brooks Range	HP	2
15.	Lassen Volcanic National Park	Lassen Peak	5229	10,457	Cascade Range	HP	831	2013-09-01
16.	Glacier National Park (USA)	Mount Cleveland	5226	10,466	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	HP	73
17.	North Cascades National Park	Mount Spickard	4779	8979	Cascade Range		90
18.	Saguaro National Park	Mica Mountain	4608	8664	Southwest Basins and Ranges	HP	87
19.	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Clingmans Dome	4503	6643	Blue Ridge Mountains	HP	1343
20.	Kenai Fjords National Park	Iceworm Peak	4500	5800	South-Central Alaska		0
21.	Big Bend National Park	Emory Peak	4485	7825	Southwest Basins and Ranges	HP	247
22.	Kobuk Valley National Park	Mount Angayukaqsraq	3400	4700	Brooks Range	HP	9
23.	Yellowstone National Park	Electric Peak	3389	10,969	Greater Yellowstone Rockies		31
24.	National Park of American Samoa	Lata Mountain	3169	3169	Samoa	HP	7
25.	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Guadalupe Peak	3029	8749	Southwest Basins and Ranges	HP	869
26.	Crater Lake National Park	Mount Scott	3009	8929	Cascade Range	HP	297
27.	Rocky Mountain National Park	Longs Peak	2940	14,255	Southern Rocky Mountains	HP	701
28.	Kings Canyon National Park	North Palisade	2894	14,242	Sierra Nevada	HP	214
29.	Yosemite National Park	Mount Conness	2630	12,590	Sierra Nevada		291
30.	Joshua Tree National Park	Spectre Peak	2546	4482	Great Basin Ranges		146
31.	Great Sand Dunes National Park	Mount Zwischen	2246	12,006	Southern Rocky Mountains		8
32.	Shenandoah National Park	Hawksbill	2148	4050	Blue Ridge Mountains	HP	342
33.	Grand Canyon National Park	Vishnu Temple	1813	7533	Colorado Plateau		2
34.	Canyonlands National Park	Junction Butte	1720	6400	Colorado Plateau		0
35.	Zion National Park	The East Temple	1709	7709	Colorado Plateau		2
36.	Mesa Verde National Park	Park Point Lookout	1611	8571	Colorado Plateau	HP	147
37.	Channel Islands National Park	Soledad Peak	1589	1589	Central and Southern California Ranges		8
38.	Pinnacles National Park	North Chalone Peak	1544	3304	Central and Southern California Ranges	HP	159
39.	Acadia National Park	Cadillac Mountain	1528	1528	Northern U.S. Appalachians	HP	807
40.	Capitol Reef National Park	George Benchmark	1289	7289	Colorado Plateau		9
41.	Virgin Islands National Park	Bordeaux Mountain	1286	1286	Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands	HP	34
42.	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Red Rock Benchmark	1082	7802	Southern Rocky Mountains		1
43.	Arches National Park	Elephant Butte	823	5653	Colorado Plateau	HP	66
44.	Isle Royale National Park	Mount Desor	792	1394	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	HP	32
45.	Redwood National Park	Rodgers Peak	790	2790	Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges		0
46.	Bryce Canyon National Park	Rainbow Point	760	9115	Colorado Plateau	HP	244
47.	Hot Springs National Park	Music Mountain	640	1400	Ozark Highlands	HP	77
48.	Badlands National Park	North Pinnacle	515	3255	Great Plains		25
49.	Petrified Forest National Park	Pilot Rock	514	6234	Colorado Plateau	HP	24
50.	Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Double Benchmark	398	6238	Southwest Basins and Ranges		1
51.	Wind Cave National Park	Rankin Ridge	393	5013	Great Plains	HP	108
52.	Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Buck Hill	280	2840	Great Plains		44
53.	Voyageurs National Park	Voyageurs High Point Tower	260	1400	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	HP	25
54.	Mammoth Cave National Park	Indian Hill North	200	800	Appalachian Plateaus		0
55.	Indiana Dunes National Park	Mount Holden	153	763	Midwest-Great Lakes Area		13
56.	Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Peninsula Hill	100	800	Midwest-Great Lakes Area		1
57.	Biscayne National Park	Totten Key High Point	10	10	Piedmont-Southeast Coast	HP	15
57.	Dry Tortugas National Park	Loggerhead Key High Point	10	10	Piedmont-Southeast Coast	HP	15

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List Description

Note that there are three National Parks where a most prominent peak is impossible to determine:

Everglades: A giant swamp.
Congaree: A small swamp.
Gateway Arch: A small urbanized tract of land.

The extent to which there are local maxima on the ground surface of these areas is very low, and in the swampy areas there may be quite a bit of change. So it seems best to leave there three parks off the list.

The low and swampy Key Biscayne and Dry Tortutagas National Parks are on islands, so the island high point is also the prominence point.

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