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Most Prominent Peaks of US National Parks

Showing Brian McCarty's first ascent dates for climbed peaks (5 out of 58, or 8.62%)

Rank	Land Name	Peak	Prom-M	Elev-M	Range (Level 3)	HP	Ascents	Ascent Date
1.	Denali National Park and Preserve	Denali	6140	6190	Alaska Range	HP	216
2.	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve	Mount Blackburn	3533	4996	South-Central Alaska		7
3.	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Mount Fairweather	3951	4671	Saint Elias Mountains	HP	15
4.	Sequoia National Park	Mount Whitney	3072	4419	Sierra Nevada	HP	2630	2015-09-16
5.	Mount Rainier National Park	Mount Rainier	4037	4392	Cascade Range	HP	2051	2016-07-23
6.	Rocky Mountain National Park	Longs Peak	896	4345	Southern Rocky Mountains	HP	701
7.	Kings Canyon National Park	North Palisade	882	4341	Sierra Nevada	HP	214
8.	Grand Teton National Park	Grand Teton	1990	4197	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	HP	360
9.	Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Mauna Loa	2158	4169	Hawaii	HP	163
10.	Great Basin National Park	Wheeler Peak	2305	3982	Great Basin Ranges	HP	542	2016-10-12
11.	Yosemite National Park	Mount Conness	802	3837	Sierra Nevada		291
12.	Great Sand Dunes National Park	Mount Zwischen	685	3659	Southern Rocky Mountains		8
13.	Death Valley National Park	Telescope Peak	1880	3367	Great Basin Ranges	HP	590
14.	Yellowstone National Park	Electric Peak	1033	3343	Greater Yellowstone Rockies		31
15.	Glacier National Park (USA)	Mount Cleveland	1593	3190	Central Montana Rocky Mountains	HP	73
16.	Lassen Volcanic National Park	Lassen Peak	1594	3187	Cascade Range	HP	831	2015-08-30
17.	Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	Redoubt Volcano	2773	3108	Aleutian Ranges	HP	3
18.	Haleakala National Park	Haleakala	3055	3055	Hawaii	HP	493
19.	Bryce Canyon National Park	Rainbow Point	232	2778	Colorado Plateau	HP	244
20.	North Cascades National Park	Mount Spickard	1457	2737	Cascade Range		90
21.	Crater Lake National Park	Mount Scott	917	2722	Cascade Range	HP	297
22.	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Guadalupe Peak	923	2667	Southwest Basins and Ranges	HP	869	2018-05-29 e
23.	Saguaro National Park	Mica Mountain	1405	2641	Southwest Basins and Ranges	HP	87
24.	Mesa Verde National Park	Park Point Lookout	491	2612	Colorado Plateau	HP	147
25.	Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Mount Igikpak	1852	2523	Brooks Range	HP	2
26.	Olympic National Park	Mount Olympus	2389	2429	Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges	HP	366
27.	Big Bend National Park	Emory Peak	1367	2385	Southwest Basins and Ranges	HP	247
28.	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Red Rock Benchmark	330	2378	Southern Rocky Mountains		1
29.	Zion National Park	The East Temple	521	2350	Colorado Plateau		2
30.	Katmai National Park and Preserve	Mount Griggs	2195	2316	Aleutian Ranges	HP	9
31.	Grand Canyon National Park	Vishnu Temple	553	2296	Colorado Plateau		2
32.	Capitol Reef National Park	George Benchmark	393	2222	Colorado Plateau		9
33.	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Clingmans Dome	1373	2025	Blue Ridge Mountains	HP	1342
34.	Canyonlands National Park	Junction Butte	524	1951	Colorado Plateau		0
35.	Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Double Benchmark	121	1901	Southwest Basins and Ranges		1
36.	Petrified Forest National Park	Pilot Rock	157	1900	Colorado Plateau	HP	24
37.	Kenai Fjords National Park	Iceworm Peak	1372	1768	South-Central Alaska		0
38.	Arches National Park	Elephant Butte	251	1723	Colorado Plateau	HP	66
39.	Wind Cave National Park	Rankin Ridge	120	1528	Great Plains	HP	108
40.	Kobuk Valley National Park	Mount Angayukaqsraq	1036	1433	Brooks Range	HP	9
41.	Joshua Tree National Park	Spectre Peak	776	1366	Great Basin Ranges		146
42.	Shenandoah National Park	Hawksbill	655	1234	Blue Ridge Mountains	HP	342
43.	Pinnacles National Park	North Chalone Peak	471	1007	Central and Southern California Ranges	HP	159
44.	Badlands National Park	North Pinnacle	157	992	Great Plains		25
45.	National Park of American Samoa	Lata Mountain	966	966	Samoa	HP	7
46.	Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Buck Hill	85	866	Great Plains		44
47.	Redwood National Park	Rodgers Peak	241	850	Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges		0
48.	Channel Islands National Park	Soledad Peak	484	484	Central and Southern California Ranges		8
49.	Acadia National Park	Cadillac Mountain	466	466	Northern U.S. Appalachians	HP	807
50.	Hot Springs National Park	Music Mountain	195	427	Ozark Highlands	HP	77
50.	Voyageurs National Park	Voyageurs High Point Tower	79	427	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	HP	25
52.	Isle Royale National Park	Mount Desor	241	425	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	HP	32
53.	Virgin Islands National Park	Bordeaux Mountain	392	392	Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands	HP	34
54.	Mammoth Cave National Park	Indian Hill North	61	244	Appalachian Plateaus		0
54.	Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Peninsula Hill	30	244	Midwest-Great Lakes Area		1
56.	Indiana Dunes National Park	Mount Holden	47	233	Midwest-Great Lakes Area		13
57.	Biscayne National Park	Totten Key High Point	3	3	Piedmont-Southeast Coast	HP	15
57.	Dry Tortugas National Park	Loggerhead Key High Point	3	3	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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