Britton Hill, Florida

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 345 ft / 105 m
Peak Type	Hill
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	30° 59' 5'' N, 86° 16' 57'' W 30.98483, -86.28238 (Dec Deg) 568520 E 3428142 N, Zone 16 (UTM)
This peak has 1 other candidate high point areas: Area Elevation Map Name Map View Main Summit 345 Paxton Monument 341 Paxton
Country	United States
State/Province	Florida (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Walton (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Britton Hill":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Britton Hill at SummitPost.org      Britton Hill at ListsOfJohn.com      CoHP.org Trip Report for Walton, FL by Ron Tagliapietra Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Britton Hill:      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #48)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #50)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #56)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #90)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #96)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #247)      Florida County High Points (Rank #1)      Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #1047)      Gulf Coast CoHPs (Rank #2) 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: 711      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 644) Selected Trip Reports:      1991-07-08 by Dennis Stewart      2006-05-02 by Tom Owen      2007-03-17 by John Gower      2009-12-15 by William Musser      2010-03-26 by Dave Dunham      2011-03-31 by James Barlow      2012-05-29 by Alan Barber      2012-08-01 by Danny Holwerda      2012-12-07 by Dave Dunham      2012-12-07 by Dave Dunham      2012-12-07 by Dave Dunham      2012-12-07 by Dave Dunham      2012-12-07 by Dave Dunham      2014-04-04 by Morris Zwick      2014-05-10 by John Griffith      2014-07-17 by David Odenwalder      2015-04-15 by Cory Verner      2015-09-28 by Andy Hatzos (GPS Track)      2015-12-30 by Chris Gilsdorf      2016-02-29 by Dave Covill      2016-03-01 by Ian Covey      2016-06-07 by Bill Peterson      2016-12-28 by Mike Zampino      2017-06-08 by Joe Merlone      2018-03-08 by David Gambone      2018-04-09 by Peter Stone      2018-12-10 by Alden Holmes      2020-01-12 by Daniel Coulter      2020-06-22 by SteveM StickMan      2020-12-28 by Zackary Michek (GPS Track)      2021-01-17 by Rob Anthony      2021-05-02 by Chad Thomas      2021-10-23 by Stephen Pardo (GPS Track)
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The lowest high point in the 50 U.S. states is in Florida, marked by this roadside monument near the north edge of the Florida panhandle (1991-02-07).
Web Map Links	Peakfinder Panorama GeoHack Links   CalTopo   MyTopo   Bing Maps Google Maps   Open Street Map
Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 65 ft/20 m   Optimistic Prominence: 75 ft/23 m   Key Col: Florala, AL    280 ft/85 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 5.92 mi/9.53 km    Isolation Limit Point: 31.0708, -86.2842 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Coston Hill  (N)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Piedmont-Southeast Coast Range4: Southeast Coast Range5: Florida Panhandle-South Alabama
Drainage Basins	Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map	Paxton O30086h3 1:24,000
Route #1	Paved Road
Data Source	GPS Reading or LIDAR
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Other Photos

monument marking the Florida state highpoint (2006-05-05). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.

Britton Hill or Lakewood Park? (2012-07-07). Photo by Ronald Land. Click here for larger-size photo.

The true Florida highpoint, per LiDAR data (345.8', N 30 59.090' W 86 16.943' WGS84 datum). The ground at the base of the pair of trees a bit left of center in the foreground felt highest (2015-12-30). Photo by Chris Gilsdorf. Click here for larger-size photo.

Stone marker at the top (2016-01-06). Photo by Josh Brooks. Click here for larger-size photo.

Pond near the high point (2016-02-26). Photo by Michael Vecchiarelli. Click here for larger-size photo.

Kelly and I happy to be at (or near) the Florida high point! Thanks to the young USMA grads for the pic (2016-06-07). Photo by Bill Peterson. Click here for larger-size photo.

Britton Hill (2016-10-08). Photo by Shawn Dunn. Click here for larger-size photo.

Getting lost at the summit (2016-12-28). Photo by Kelli Allstot. Click here for larger-size photo.

On Britton Hill in Lakewood Park, Walton County, Florida (2017-11-10). Photo by Kreg Ellzey. Click here for larger-size photo.

Florida's true highpoint?! (2020-02-11). Photo by Hoot Gibson. Click here for larger-size photo.

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