Great Plains| Range Type | Miscellaneous physical or political Feature | | Highest Point | Fishers Peak Mesa (9632 ft/2936 m) | | Countries | United States (62%), Canada (38%)
(numbers are approximate percentage of range area) | | States/Provinces | Texas (18%), Alberta (17%), Saskatchewan (13%), Kansas (6%), South Dakota (6%), Nebraska (6%), North Dakota (6%), Montana (5%), Oklahoma (5%), Manitoba (4%), Colorado (3%), Northwest Territories (2%), New Mexico (2%), Louisiana (2%), Wyoming (2%), British Columbia (1%), Missouri (1%), Minnesota (1%)
(numbers are approximate percentage of range area) | | Area | 1,279,014 sq mi / 3,312,646 sq km
Area may include lowland areas | | Extent | 2,488 mi / 4,003 km North-South
1,731 mi / 2,786 km East-West | | Center Lat/Long | 43° 51' N; 94° 38' W | | Map Link | Microsoft Bing Map |
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Major Peaks of the Great Plains
Photos of Peaks in the Great PlainsFishers Peak Mesa
Beginning of the hike at the locked gate at San Miguel ruins (2020-05-13). Photo by Sue Personett.
Click here for larger-size photo. | Fishers Peak
The burn area on the north side of Fishers Peak at about 8500 feet (2018-06-12). Photo by Sue Personett.
Click here for larger-size photo. | Laughlin Peak
Laughlin Peak from the junction of NM-193 and Laughlin Peak Road (CR-8) (2019-05-06). Photo by fred brown.
Click here for larger-size photo. | Palo Blanco Mountain
The north side of Palo Blanco from NM-193 (2019-05-06). Photo by fred brown.
Click here for larger-size photo. | Capulin Mountain
Capulin Volcano from Highway 325 (2010-08-14). Photo by Peter Stone.
Click here for larger-size photo. | Green Mountain
Green Mountain from NM-193 (2019-05-06). Photo by fred brown.
Click here for larger-size photo. | Horseshoe Crater
Horseshoe Crater, near Capulin Volcano, viewed east of Des Moines, NM (2013-06). Photo by Charles Baxter.
Click here for larger-size photo. | Odakota Mountain
Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 87: Lupe on summit of Odakota Mountain (2nd highest mountain in the Black Hills), elevation 7,200 ft, on 5-10-14. Bear Mountain visible in distance on right side of photo. White patch seen down in the valley above Lupe and just above center of photo is the little lake near the Boy Scout Camp. Odakota Mountain is strewn with dead Ponderosa pines killed by the mountain pine bark beetle infestation. Photo is looking S (2014-05-10). Photo by Lupe !.
Click here for larger-size photo. | Bear Mountain
Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 95: Lupe at the N high point prior to going over to the true summit of Medicine Mountain. Bear Mountain is the high ridge in the distance to the SW (2014-09-13). Photo by Lupe !.
Click here for larger-size photo. | Green Mountain
Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 87: Lupe near summit at SE edge of Green Mountain. The tops of a small portion of the E facing limestone cliffs of Green Mountain are visible in the foreground just beyond Lupe. Harney Peak , the highest mountain in the Black Hills at 7,242 ft. is visible in the background approximately 12 miles to the ESE. To the W, Green Mountain is a long, flat ridge. To the E it drops precipitously down to Gillette Prairie (2014-05-10). Photo by Lupe !.
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