The following table lists the 60 highest United States county or county-equivalent high points. The highest U.S. county high point is the summit of Denali in the Denali Borough of Alaska, the highest summit of the United States and all of North America. Of these 60 highest county high points, 32 are located in Colorado, seven in California, six each in Alaska and Wyoming, three in New Mexico, two each in Utah and Nevada, and one each in Washington and Hawaiʻi. Use the OpenStreetMap link below to view the location of these county high points.
Highest U.S. county high points
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See also: List of highest counties in the United States
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1. Denali in Denali Borough, Alaska
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2. Mount Saint Elias in Yakutat Borough, Alaska
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3. Mount Bona in the Copper River Census Area, Alaska
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4. Mount Fairweather in the Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska
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5. Mount Hunter in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
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6. Mount Whitney straddling Tulare and Inyo counties, California
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8. Mount Elbert in Lake County, Colorado
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9. Mount Harvard in Chaffee County, Colorado
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10. Mount Rainier in Pierce County, Washington
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11. Mount Blanca straddling Alamosa and Costilla counties, Colorado
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14. Uncompahgre Peak in Hinsdale County, Colorado
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15. Crestone Peak in Saguache County, Colorado
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16. Mount Lincoln in Park County, Colorado
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17. Castle Peak staddling Pitkin and Gunnison counties, Colorado
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19. Grays Peak straddling Summit and Clear Creek counties, Colorado
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22. Longs Peak in Boulder County, Colorado
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Notes
- ^ Forty-eight U.S. states have counties, Louisiana has parishes, and Alaska has boroughs and census areas in the Unorganized Borough. The entire District of Columbia is considered a county-equivalent, as are the 38 independent cities of Virginia, and the independent cities of Baltimore, Maryland, St. Louis, Missouri, and Carson City, Nevada.
- ^ The high point of an area is the point of maximum topographic elevation. The high point may, or may not, be a summit.
- Rank among United States counties and county-equivalents by high point elevation.
- ^ Topographic elevations are adjusted to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).
- The low point of an area is the point of minimum topographic elevation. The low point is often a gulch, stream, river, reservoir, lake, ocean, or endorheic basin.
- ^ The "mean of extremes" elevation is the arithmetic mean of the highest and lowest elevations.
- ^ The elevation range is the arithmetic difference between the highest and lowest elevations.
- Geodetic coordinates are adjusted to the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS 84).
- The Denali Borough, Alaska has the greatest elevation range of any U.S. county or county-equivalent at 19,925 feet (6,073 m).
- The summit of Denali is the highest point in the United States and all of North America with an elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190.5 m). Denali is both the third most topographically prominent summit and the third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. Denali is the highest point in the Arctic Ocean Basin.
- Mount Saint Elias is the highest summit of the Saint Elias Mountains and the second highest major summit of both Canada and the United States.
- Mount Fairweather is the highest summit of the Fairweather Range.
- Mount Whitney is the highest summit of the Sierra Nevada and the State of California. Mount Whitney is the highest point of both the San Joaquin Basin and the Great Basin.
- Inyo County, California, has the sixth highest U.S. county high point and lowest point of all of North America for a county elevation range of 14,787 feet (4,507 m), the greatest south of Alaska.
- The Badwater Basin, an endorheic basin in Death Valley, is the lowest point in the United States and all of North America with an elevation of −282 feet (−86 m).
- Lake County, Colorado is the highest county in the United States by mean elevation at 11,702 feet (3,567 m).
- Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada. Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the State of Colorado and the highest point in the Mississippi River Basin.
- The point where the Arkansas River flows out of Lake County and into Chaffee County, Colorado, is the highest county low point in the United States at 8,965 feet (2,733 m) elevation.
- Mount Harvard is the highest summit of the Collegiate Peaks and the easternmost point of its elevation in the United States.
- Mount Rainier is the highest summit of the State of Washington and the highest summit of the Cascade Range of the United States and Canada.
- Blanca Peak is the highest summit of the Sangre de Cristo Range and the easternmost point of its elevation in the United States. Blanca Peak is the highest point in the Rio Grande Basin of the United States and México.
- The Blanca Peak Tripoint is located 140 feet (43 m) north-northeast and 25 feet (7.6 m) below the summit of Blanca Peak. The Tripoint is the junction of Alamosa, Costilla, and Huerfano counties, Colorado. This point gave surveyors a better point to set the intersection of the three counties than the summit itself.
- Uncompahgre Peak is the highest summit of the San Juan Mountains. Uncompahgre Peak is the highest point in the Colorado River Basin of the United States and México.
- Mount Lincoln is the highest summit of the Mosquito Range.
- Castle Peak is the highest summit of the Elk Mountains.
- Grays Peak is the highest summit of the Front Range and the highest point on the Continental Divide in North America.
- Crestone East Peak is located 432 feet (132 m) east-northeast and 34 feet (10.4 m) below the summit of Crestone Peak.
- Longs Peak is the highest summit of the northern Front Range.
- Mount Wilson is the highest summit of the San Miguel Mountains.
- White Mountain Peak is the highest summit of the White Mountains.
- North Palisade is the highest summit of the central Sierra Nevada.
- Mount Shasta is the highest summit of the Cascade Range in California.
- Mount Sneffels is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range.
- Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range and the easternmost point of its elevation in the United States.
- Windom Peak is the highest summit of the Needle Mountains.
- Wilson Peak is located 1.51 miles (2.43 km) north-northeast and 229 feet (70 m) lower than the summit of Mount Wilson.
- Mount of the Holy Cross is the highest summit of the northern Sawatch Range.
- Mount Hayes is the highest summit of the Hayes Range.
- Gannett Peak is the highest summit of the Wind River Range, the Central Rocky Mountains, and the State of Wyoming. Gannett Peak is the highest point in the Green River Basin.
- Mauna Kea is the highest summit of the Island of Hawaiʻi, the State of Hawaiʻi, and the entire North Pacific Ocean. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on Earth if measured from its base at −19,684 feet (−6,000 m) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean to its summit at 13,796 feet (4,205 m) for a total of 33,480 feet (10,205 m).
- Grand Teton is the highest summit of the Teton Range. Grand Teton is the highest point in the Columbia River drainage basin of Canada and the United States.
- West Spanish Peak is the higher summit of the two Spanish Peaks. Both Spanish Peaks are the easternmost points of their respective elevation in the United States. The Spanish Peaks were important historic landmarks along the Santa Fe Trail.
- Hagues Peak is the highest summit of the Mummy Range.
- Kings Peak is the highest summit of the Uinta Range, the Western Rocky Mountains, and the State of Utah.
- Gilbert Peak is located 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north-northeast and 86 feet (26 m) lower than the summit of Kings Peak.
- Summit Peak is the highest summit of the southern San Juan Mountains.
- The elevation of Navajo Reservoir varies seasonally.
- Hesperus Mountain is the highest summit of the La Plata Mountains.
- Cloud Peak is the highest summit of the Bighorn Mountains.
- The elevation of Bighorn Lake varies seasonally.
- Wheeler Peak is the highest summit of the Taos Mountains and the State of New Mexico.
- Francs Peak is the highest summit of the Absaroka Range.
- Boundary Peak is the highest summit of the State of Nevada.
- Mount Ritter is the highest summit of the Ritter Range.
- Truchas Peak is the highest summit of the Santa Fe Mountains.
- The Devils Playground is located 2.15 miles (3.46 km) northwest and 1,040 feet (317 m) below the summit of Pikes Peak. The Devils Playground is named for the way lightning sometimes dances around the prominence during lightning storms.
- Wheeler Peak is the highest summit of the Snake Range.
References
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- "Denali, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Mount Saint Elias, Alaska/Yukon". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Mount Bona, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Mount Fairweather, Alaska/British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Mount Hunter, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "WHITNEY". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mount Whitney, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "MOUNT ELBERT". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mount Elbert, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "MOUNT ELBERT". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mount Elbert, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "HARVARD". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mount Harvard, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Mount Rainier, Washington". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Blanca Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Blanca Peak-Northeast Slope, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Uncompahgre Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Crestone Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- "MT LINCOLN". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mount Lincoln, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "CASTLE PK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Castle Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "GRAYS PEAK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Grays Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Crestone Peak-East Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- "LONGS PEAK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Longs Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Mount Wilson, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- "WHITE MOUNTAIN PEAK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "White Mountain Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "NORTH PALISADE". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
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- "MT SHASTA". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mount Shasta, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "SNEFFLES". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mount Sneffels, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "PIKES PEAK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Pikes Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- "Windom Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Wilson Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- "MT HOLY CROSS ET". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Phoenix Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Vermilion Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Mount Hayes, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "GANNETT PEAK CAIRN". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Gannett Peak, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "SUMMIT". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mauna Kea, Hawaii". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "GRAND TETON". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Grand Teton, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "West Spanish Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "HAGUE RM". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Hagues Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Pettingell Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Kings Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- "Gilbert Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- "SUMMIT". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Summit Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "James Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Hesperus Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Bennett Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "CONEJOS". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Conejos Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "CLOUD PEAK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Cloud Peak, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "WHEELER". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Wheeler Peak, New Mexico". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "FRANCS PK 2". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Francs Peak, Wyoming". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Boundary Peak, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Mount Ritter, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "LYELL 2". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Mount Lyell, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "TWIN". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- "Bushnell Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "TRUCHAS". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
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- "Devils Playground, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- "WHEELER PEAK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
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