Driskill Mountain, Louisiana

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 535 ft / 163 m
Subpeaks	Driskill Mountain-South Peak (510 ft/155 m)
Peak Type	Hill
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	32° 25' 29'' N, 92° 53' 48'' W 32.424856, -92.89669 (Dec Deg) 509713 E 3587534 N, Zone 15 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Louisiana (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Bienville (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Driskill Mountain":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Driskill Mountain at SummitPost.org      Driskill Mountain at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Driskill Mountain at Mountain-Forecast.com      CoHP.org Trip Report for Bienville, LA by Ron Tagliapietra      CoHP.org Trip Report for Bienville, LA by Tom Harper Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Driskill Mountain:      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #46)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #48)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #53)      (Alternate) Most Prominent Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #49)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #87)      Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #32)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #92)      Southeast U.S. Peaks with 50 Miles of Isolation (Rank #8)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #240)      Top 10 Isolation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #66)      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #610)      Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #884)      Louisiana Parish High Points (Rank #1) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        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)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 582      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 536) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1991-07-07 by Dennis Stewart      1999-03-15 by Scott Surgent      2004-12-28 by Scott Surgent      2007-07-22 by Melanie Deare      2008-03-29 by Jamie Bakken      2009-10-24 by Chris Bird      2010-10-04 by John Hasch      2013-09-24 by Gregory Rada (GPS Track)      2014-07-15 by David Odenwalder      2014-07-24 by Vinnie Slade      2014-12-27 by Walter Blume (GPS Track)      2015-03-21 by Ron Stangeland      2016-02-20 by Michael Vecchiarelli      2016-03-04 by Ian Covey      2016-03-15 by Ryan Eckstein      2016-10-19 by Dan Hildebrand      2017-01-01 by Mike Zampino      2017-10-26 by Keith Turner      2017-11-07 by Craig Weiland (GPS Track)      2018-04-04 by Peter Stone      2018-06-27 by Ryan Turner (GPS Track)      2018-12-30 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track)      2019-11-02 by Chris Gordon      2019-12-20 by William Inman      2020-11-04 by Jarred Gitz (GPS Track)      2020-12-30 by Zackary Michek (GPS Track)
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A typical summit area in dense forest--a cairn, sign, and register mark the high point of Louisiana (1995-03-04).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 225 ft/69 m   Optimistic Prominence: 235 ft/72 m   Key Col: 310 ft/94 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 86.29 mi/138.87 km    Isolation Limit Point: 31.685734, -94.083761 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Big Hill  (SW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Ozark Highlands Range4: Ouachita Mountains Range5: Ouachita Foothills (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Red [LA-AR-OK-TX] Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map	Bryceland O32092d8 1:24,000
Route #1	Closed Road for Hiking Trailhead: Zion Church 415 ft/126 m Vertical Gain: 120 ft/37 m
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Top of LA (2014-12-28). Photo by Matt Fowler. Click here for larger-size photo.

Sitting on the bench at the lookout near the highpoint (2016-02-20). Photo by Michael Vecchiarelli. Click here for larger-size photo.

First highpoint of 2017 and our 25th overall - halfway there (2017-01-01). Photo by Kelli Allstot. Click here for larger-size photo.

With Carmela's ashes on Driskill Mtn, Louisiana HP (2019-12-20). Photo by William Inman. Click here for larger-size photo.

Driskill Mountain, LA (2020-12-15). Photo by Mark Swiontek. Click here for larger-size photo.

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