A lot of peak baggers like to compile and accomplish lists of peaks. Some climb all of Colorado’s Fourteeners or California’s Fourteeners, others might climb the high points of the Adirondacks or White Mountains. But some want to scale the high points in all 50 states. Admittedly some of these are pretty tough peaks, like Denali or Mount Rainer, but most are literally a walk in the park. Some you can even drive up…if you can call it “up.”
“Yep, I’m atop Ebright Azimuth, the 442-foot high point of our great state of Delaware. Rough climb! Oh, look. I see the Pennsylvania state line right there, and there’s Concord High School and a radio tower and a box with newspapers, and over yonder through the trees is Dartmouth Woods housing development. I better watch it here. Don’t want to get hit by a car!”
Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration. But it isn’t far from the truth. So here’s the list of the high points for all 50 U.S. states plus Washington D.C. If you knock off all these summits and are totally bored, let me know and I’ll compile the high points for all the U.S. territories. Then get ready to book your air tickets to Puerto Rico and American Samoa and U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Denali AKA Mount McKinley
Elevation: 20,320 feet
State: Alaska
Range: Alaska Range
- Mount Whitney
Elevation: 14,505 feet
State: California
Range: Sierra Nevada
- Mount Elbert
Elevation: 14,440 feet
State: Colorado
Range: Sawatch Range
- Mount Rainer
Elevation: 14,411 feet
State: Washington
Range: Cascade Range
- Gannet Peak
Elevation: 13,804 feet
State: Wyoming
Range: Wind River Range
- Mauna Kea
Elevation: 13,796 feet
State: Hawaii
Range: Hawaii
- Kings Peak
Elevation: 13,528 feet
State: Utah
Range: Uintah Range
- Wheeler Peak
Elevation: 13,161 feet
State: New Mexico
Range: Sangre de Cristo Range
- Boundary Peak
Elevation: 13,140 feet
State: Nevada
Range: White Mountains
- Granite Peak
Elevation: 12,799 feet
State: Montana
Range: Beartooth Range
- Borah Peak
Elevation: 12,662 feet
State: Idaho
Range: Lost River Range
- Humphreys Peak
Elevation: 12,633 feet
State: Arizona
Range: San Francisco Peaks
- Mount Hood
Elevation: 11,239 feet
State: Oregon
Range: Cascade Range
- Guadalupe Peak
Elevation: 8,749feet
State: Texas
Range: Guadalupe Range
- Harney Peak
Elevation: 7,242 feet
State:South Dakota
Range: Black Hills
- Mount Mitchell
Elevation: 6,684 feet
State: North Carolina
Range: Black Mountains
- Clingmans Dome
Elevation: 6,643 feet
State: Tennessee
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
- Mount Washington
Elevation: 6,288 feet
State: New Hampshire
Range: Presidential Range
- Mount Rogers
Elevation: 5,729 feet
State: Virginia
Range: Appalachian Mountains
- Panorama Point
Elevation: 5,426 feet
State: Nebraska
Range: Great Plains
- Mount March
Elevation: 5, 344 feet
State: New York
Range: Adirondacks
- Katahdin
Elevation: 5,268 feet
State: Maine
Range: Katahdin Group
- Black Mesa
Elevation: 4,973 feet
State: Oklahoma
Range: Mesa de Maya
- Spruce Knob
Elevation: 4,861 feet
State: West Virginia
Range: Appalachian Mountains
- Brasstown Bald
Elevation: 4,783 feet
State: Georgia
Range: Appalachian Mountains
- Mount Mansfield
Elevation: 4,393 feet
State: Vermont
Range: Green Mountains
- Black Mountain
Elevation: 4,139 feet
State: Kentucky
Range: Cumberland Mountains
- Mount Sunflower
Elevation: 4,039 feet
State: Kansas
Range: Great Plains
- Sassafras Mountain
Elevation: 3,554 feet
State: South Carolina
Range: Blue Ridge Mountains
- White Butte
Elevation: 3,506 feet
State: North Dakota
Range: Great Plains
- Mount Greylock
Elevation: 3,488 feet
State: Massachusetts
Range: Taconic Mountains
- Backbone Mountain
Elevation: 3,360 feet
State: Maryland
Range: Appalachian Mountains
- Mount Davis
Elevation: 3,213 feet
State: Pennsylvania
Range: Allegeny Mountains
- Magazine Mountain
Elevation: 2,753 feet
State: Arkansas
Range: Ozark Highlands
- Cheaha Mountain
Elevation: 2,405 feet
State: Alabama
Range: Talladega Mountains
- Mount Frissell
Elevation: 2,372 feet
State: Connecticut
Range: Taconic Mountains
- Eagle Mountain
Elevation: 2,301 feet
State: Minnesota
Range: Misquah Hills
- Mount Arvon
Elevation: 1,979 feet
State: Michigan
Range: Huron Mountains
- Timms Hill
Elevation: 1,951 feet
State: Wisconsin
Range: Great Lakes Region
- High Point
Elevation: 1,951 feet
State: New Jersey
Range: Kittatinny Mountains
- Taum Sauk Mountain
Elevation: 1,772 feet
State: Missouri
Range: Saint Francois Mountains
- Hawkeye Point
Elevation: 1,670 feet
State: Iowa
Range: Great Plains
- Campbell Hill
Elevation: 1,549 feet
State: Ohio
Range: Logan Hills
- Hoosier Hill
Elevation: 1,257 feet
State: Indiana
Range: Crawford Upland
- Charles Mount
Elevation: 1,235 feet
State: Illinois
Range: Driftless Area
- Jerimoth Hill
Elevation: 812 feet
State: Rhode Island
Range: Jerimoth Hill
- Woodall Mountain
Elevation: 806 feet
State: Mississippi
Range: Southwest Appalachian Mountains
- Driskell Mountain
Elevation: 535 feet
State: Louisiana
Range: Driskell Mountain
- Ebright Azimuth
Elevation: 442 feet
State: Delaware
Range: Ebright Azimuth
- Reno Hill
Elevation: 409 feet
State: Washington DC
Range: Reno Hill
- Britton Hill
Elevation: 345 feet
State: Florida
Range: Florida Ridge Hills
