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United States State High Points (plus DC)

Showing Jason Riggio's first ascent dates for climbed peaks (11 out of 51, or 21.57%)

Rank	State	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 3)	Ascents	Ascent Date
1.	Alaska	Denali	20,310	Alaska Range	300
2.	California	Mount Whitney	14,498	Sierra Nevada	3745	2015-09-13
3.	Colorado	Mount Elbert	14,433	Southern Rocky Mountains	2089
4.	Washington	Mount Rainier	14,411	Cascade Range	2842
5.	Wyoming	Gannett Peak	13,804	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	388
6.	Hawaii	Mauna Kea	13,796	Hawaii	833
7.	Utah	Kings Peak	13,528	Western Rocky Mountains	887
8.	New Mexico	Wheeler Peak	13,161	Southern Rocky Mountains	1109
9.	Nevada	Boundary Peak	13,140	Great Basin Ranges	929
10.	Montana	Granite Peak	12,799	Greater Yellowstone Rockies	367
11.	Idaho	Borah Peak	12,662	Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	805
12.	Arizona	Humphreys Peak	12,633	Colorado Plateau	1560
13.	Oregon	Mount Hood	11,239	Cascade Range	2204
14.	Texas	Guadalupe Peak	8749	Southwest Basins and Ranges	1310
15.	South Dakota	Black Elk Peak	7231	Great Plains	1121
16.	North Carolina	Mount Mitchell	6684	Blue Ridge Mountains	1872	2017-08-20
17.	Tennessee	Clingmans Dome	6643	Blue Ridge Mountains	1935	2009
18.	New Hampshire	Mount Washington	6288	Northern U.S. Appalachians	5578	2018-08-10 b
19.	Virginia	Mount Rogers	5729	Blue Ridge Mountains	1211	Unknown
20.	Nebraska	Panorama Point	5429	Great Plains	837
21.	New York	Mount Marcy	5344	Canadian Shield	2537
22.	Maine	Katahdin	5268	Northern U.S. Appalachians	2214
23.	Oklahoma	Black Mesa	4973	Great Plains	783	2017-10-30
24.	West Virginia	Spruce Knob	4861	Appalachian Plateaus	1085
25.	Georgia	Brasstown Bald	4784	Blue Ridge Mountains	1271
26.	Vermont	Mount Mansfield	4393	Northern U.S. Appalachians	2326	Unknown
27.	Kentucky	Black Mountain	4139	Appalachian Plateaus	790	2017-10-25
28.	Kansas	Mount Sunflower	4039	Great Plains	864
29.	South Carolina	Sassafras Mountain	3554	Blue Ridge Mountains	1046
30.	North Dakota	White Butte	3506	Great Plains	639
31.	Massachusetts	Mount Greylock	3487	Northern U.S. Appalachians	2002
32.	Maryland	Backbone Mountain	3360	Appalachian Plateaus	985
33.	Pennsylvania	Mount Davis	3213	Appalachian Plateaus	1105
34.	Arkansas	Magazine Mountain	2753	Ozark Highlands	852	2017-10-29 b
35.	Alabama	Cheaha Mountain	2405	Appalachian Ridges	947
36.	Connecticut	Mount Frissell - South Slope	2382	Northern U.S. Appalachians	1129
37.	Minnesota	Eagle Mountain	2301	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	587
38.	Michigan	Mount Arvon	1979	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	565
39.	Wisconsin	Timms Hill	1951	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	680
40.	New Jersey	High Point	1803	Appalachian Ridges	1217	Unknown
41.	Missouri	Taum Sauk Mountain	1772	Ozark Highlands	838
42.	Iowa	Hawkeye Point	1670	Great Plains	682
43.	Ohio	Campbell Hill	1549	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	916
44.	Indiana	Hoosier Hill	1257	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	884
45.	Illinois	Charles Mound	1235	Midwest-Great Lakes Area	556
46.	Rhode Island	Jerimoth Hill	812	Northern U.S. Appalachians	1081
47.	Mississippi	Woodall Mountain	806	Appalachian Plateaus	756
48.	Louisiana	Driskill Mountain	535	Ozark Highlands	714
49.	Delaware	Ebright Azimuth	450	Northern U.S. Appalachians	978	2021-11-21
50.	District of Columbia	Point Reno	415	Blue Ridge Mountains	572
51.	Florida	Britton Hill	345	Piedmont-Southeast Coast	824

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List Description

The fifty state high points of the United States are an increasingly popular peakbagging pursuit. There is a club (the Highpointers) and several guidebooks to completing this diverse list of peaks.

Of the fifty high points, five require real mountaineering skills: Denali in Alaska; Washington's Mount Rainier and Oregon's Mount Hood in the Pacific Northwest; and Montana's Granite Peak and Wyoming's Gannett Peak in the Rockies. Another five or so (Rhode island, Illinois, Kentucky, and others) are on private land and require landowner permission.

Most of the remaining state summits are easy hikes or drive-ups. Hiking the cool forests of the Appalachians, exploring the windy, lonely high plains, and backpacking above treeline in the western mountains are all part of the great fun of this scavenger hunt.

This list includes the high point of the District of Columbia, which in many matters is a state equivalent.

Links

Highpointers Club -- U.S. State High Points

Selected Guidebook(s) for this List

Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)

Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)

Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger)

Caution: These books feature many of the peaks on this list, but may not have information on all of them.

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