US State High Points 50 peaks • 1003 pursuers

The 50 highest points in each of the 50 US states. Includes both famous peaks and obscure points of highest elevation. It ranges from mighty Denali in Alaska (20,320 ft) to tiny Britton Hill in Florida (345 ft). The Highpointers Club, founded by Jakk Longacre in 1986, focuses on completion of this list.




  • Mount Washington

    6,288 ft / 1,917 m • 477 claims • New Hampshire, United States

    Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern US and the most prominent peak in the Eastern US. It is famous for its dangerously erratic weather - be prepared fo...

  • Mount Whitney

    14,505 ft / 4,421 m • 246 claims • California, United States

    Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous US, and amazingly lies just 76 miles west of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley National Pa...

  • Mount Elbert

    14,440 ft / 4,401 m • 161 claims • Colorado, United States

    Mount Elbert is the highest Colorado 14er and the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains, yet the summit has been reached by Jeep and also mountain bike. There are three main ...

  • Mount Rainier

    14,411 ft / 4,392 m • 130 claims • Washington, United States

    Mount Rainier is the most prominent mountain in the contiguous U.S. In fact, Mount Rainier's topographic prominence of 13,211 feet is greater than that of K2 (13,189 feet)....

  • Mount Greylock

    3,491 ft / 1,064 m • 111 claims • Massachusetts, United States

    Mount Greylock is the highest peak in Massachusetts. Greylock is known for its expansive views encompassing five states and the only taiga/boreal forest in the state. A se...

  • Mount Katahdin, Baxter Peak

    5,268 ft / 1,606 m • 106 claims • Maine, United States

    Mount Katahdin is the highest mountain in Maine. Named Katahdin by the Penobscot Indians, the term means "The Greatest Mountain". Katahdin is the centerpiece of Baxter Sta...

  • Mount Marcy

    5,344 ft / 1,629 m • 96 claims • New York, United States

    Mount Marcy is the highest peak in the Adirondacks and all of New York. It lies in the heart of the Adirondack High Peaks Region of the High Peaks Wilderness Area. It is a...

  • Mount Mansfield

    4,393 ft / 1,339 m • 89 claims • Vermont, United States

    Mount Mansfield is the highest mountain in Vermont. When viewed from the east or west, this mountain has the appearance of a (quite elongated) human profile, with distinct...

  • Clingmans Dome

    6,643 ft / 2,025 m • 87 claims • Tennessee, United States

    Clingmans Dome is the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, the highest point in Tennessee, and the highest point along the Appalachian Trail. Clingmans Dome is cu...

  • Jerimoth Hill

    812 ft / 247 m • 76 claims • Rhode Island, United States

    Jerimoth Hill is the highest point in Rhode Island. It was once one of the most controversial U.S. highpoints due to property complications, but it is now accessible to th...

  • Mount Mitchell

    6,683 ft / 2,037 m • 67 claims • North Carolina, United States

    Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in the eastern United States. It was the highest point in any state of the United State...

  • Humphreys Peak

    12,633 ft / 3,851 m • 54 claims • Arizona, United States

    Humphreys Peak is the highest peak in Arizona. It is the highest of a group of extinct volcanic peaks known as the San Francisco Peaks. The summit can be most easily reach...

  • High Point (New Jersey)

    1,803 ft / 550 m • 50 claims • New Jersey, United States

    High Point is the highest point in New Jersey. High Point is the highest peak of the Kittatinny Mountains. At the peak is the High Point Monument, a 220-foot tower. Three ...

  • Guadalupe Peak

    8,749 ft / 2,667 m • 47 claims • Texas, United States

    Guadalupe Peak is the highest peak in Texas. It is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, part of the Guadalupe Mountains range in southeastern New Mexico and West T...

  • Mount Hood

    11,249 ft / 3,429 m • 46 claims • Oregon, United States

    Mount Hood is the highest mountain in Oregon and the fourth highest in the Cascade Range. It is a stratovolcano and is considered the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt. ...

  • Wheeler Peak

    13,161 ft / 4,011 m • 44 claims • New Mexico, United States

    Wheeler Peak is the highest peak in the state of New Mexico. It lies in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains, in the Wheeler Pea...

  • Harney Peak

    7,244 ft / 2,208 m • 40 claims • South Dakota, United States

    Harney Peak is the highest peak in South Dakota. It is also the highest summit in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Harney Peak is located within the Black El...

  • Brasstown Bald

    4,784 ft / 1,458 m • 36 claims • Georgia, United States

    Brasstown Bald is a 4,784 ft / 1,458 m mountain peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Georgia, United States. Based on peakery data, it ranks as the 1st highest mountain in ...

  • Campbell Hill

    1,549 ft / 472 m • 36 claims • Ohio, United States

    Campbell Hill is the highest point in Ohio. The summit is occupied by the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center and is open to visitors Monday through Friday.

  • Borah Peak

    12,662 ft / 3,859 m • 33 claims • Idaho, United States

    Borah Peak is a 12,662 ft / 3,859 m mountain peak in the Lost River Range in Idaho, United States. Based on peakery data, it ranks as the 1st highest mountain in Idaho and...