USA State Highpoints

Mount Whitney

This project started as my Western USA State Highpoints project. I first considered climbing the Western USA State Highpoints in the mid 1980s, but was distracted by other climbing projects and bicycling trips for many years. I finally completed my original project in 2014 with a hike up Mauna Kea.

Since 2005 I opportunistically visited several Central and Eastern USA State Highpoints. Then in the summer of 2018 I took a long road trip and visited most of those then remaining. Finally, in March of 2022, I visited the Southeast and completed my USA State Highpoints project. I finished on Britton Hill, Florida, the lowest of the 50 State Highpoints.

The USA State Highpoints

= Highpoints Visited

The Highpoint List

Peak	State	Elevation	Year
Denali	Alaska	20320	1996
Mount Whitney	California	14495	1986
Mount Elbert	Colorado	14433	1991
Mount Rainier	Washington	14411	1980
Gannett Peak	Wyoming	13804	1986
Mauna Kea	Hawaii	13796	2014
Kings Peak	Utah	13528	2013
Wheeler Peak	New Mexico	13161	2011
Boundary Peak	Nevada	13143	1986
Granite Peak	Montana	12799	1979
Borah Peak	Idaho	12662	2011
Humphreys Peak	Arizona	12633	2011
Mount Hood	Oregon	11239	1977
Guadalupe Peak	Texas	8749	2010
Black Elk Peak (formly Harney Peak)	South Dakota	7242	2014
Mount Mitchell	North Carolina	6684	2005
Clingmans Dome	Tennessee	6643	2018
Mount Washington	New Hampshire	6288	2018
Mount Rogers	Virginia	5729	2018
Panorama Point	Nebraska	5429	2014
Mount Marcy	New York	5344	2018
Katahdin	Maine	5267	2018
Black Mesa	Oklahoma	4975	2018
Spruce Knob	West Virginia	4861	2018
Brasstown Bald	Georgia	4784	2022
Mount Mansfield	Vermont	4393	2018
Black Mountain	Kentucky	4139	2018
Mount Sunflower	Kansas	4039	2014
Sassafras Mountain	South Carolina	3554	2022
White Butte	North Dakota	3507	2014
Mount Greylock	Massachusetts	3487	2018
Backbone Mountain	Maryland	3360+	2018
Mount Davis	Pennsylvania	3213	2018
Magazine Mountain	Arkansas	2753	2018
Cheaha Mountain	Alabama	2405	2022
Mount Frissell (South Slope)	Connecticut	2372+	2018
Eagle Mountain	Minnesota	2301	2014
Mount Arvon	Michigan	1979	2014
Timms Hill	Wisconsin	1951	2014
High Point	New Jersey	1803	2018
Taum Sauk Mountain	Missouri	1772	2014
Hawkeye Point	Iowa	1670	2018
Campbell Hill	Ohio	1549	2018
Hoosier Hill	Indiana	1257	2018
Charles Mound	Illinois	1235	2018
Jerimoth Hill	Rhode Island	812	2018
Woodall Mountain	Mississippi	806	2018
Driskill Mountain	Louisiana	534	2017
Ebright Azimuth	Delaware	442	2018
Britton Hill	Florida	345	2022

General Information

Highpointers Club
Peakbagger.com: Paul's USA State Highpoints
Summitpost: U.S. State Highpoints

Reference

Holmes, Don, Highpoints of the United States, Second Edition, University of Utah Press, 2000.