State High Points The highest point in every U.S. state, ranked by elevation — from Denali's 20,310 ft down to Florida's gentle Britton Hill. A 50-state high-pointing bucket list.
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1. Denali
Alaska
20,310 ft — Alaska Range; North America's highest peak. A serious, multi-week glaciated mountaineering expedition with severe cold, crevasses, and altitude — experts only.
2. Mount Whitney
California
14,505 ft — Sierra Nevada; highest point in the contiguous US. A strenuous 22-mile permit-required hike via the Mount Whitney Trail, no technical climbing required.
3. Mount Elbert
Colorado
14,440 ft — Sawatch Range; highest Rocky Mountain summit. A long but non-technical Class 1-2 trail hike, demanding mainly for its altitude and distance.
4. Mount Rainier
Washington
14,411 ft — Cascade Range; a glaciated volcano. A serious technical mountaineering climb requiring roped glacier travel, crevasse skills, and overnight high-camp ascent.
5. Gannett Peak
Wyoming
13,809 ft — Wind River Range; Wyoming's highest and most remote state high point. A multi-day glaciated technical climb with ice axe and crampons.
6. Mauna Kea
Hawaii
Mauna Kea is Hawaii’s high point, an immense shield volcano with major cultural and astronomical significance; road and visitor access can vary with weather and current management conditions.
7. Kings Peak
Utah
13,534 ft — Uinta Mountains; Utah's highest. A long, remote ~28-mile round-trip backpacking hike with boulder fields, non-technical but physically demanding.
8. Wheeler Peak
New Mexico
13,161 ft — Sangre de Cristo Range near Taos; New Mexico's highest. A strenuous ~8-mile round-trip alpine hike, non-technical but high and steep.
9. Boundary Peak
Nevada
13,147 ft — White Mountains; Nevada's highest. A strenuous high-altitude scramble over loose talus, non-technical but long, remote, and demanding.
10. Granite Peak
Montana
12,807 ft — Beartooth Range; Montana's highest and one of the hardest state high points. A remote, technical multi-day climb with roped scrambling.
11. Borah Peak
Idaho
12,668 ft — Lost River Range; Idaho's highest. A steep, exposed scramble crossing 'Chicken Out Ridge,' borderline technical with significant fall hazard.
12. Humphreys Peak
Arizona
12,637 ft — San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff; Arizona's highest. A strenuous ~10-mile round-trip alpine hike, non-technical but steep with altitude.
13. Mount Hood
Oregon
11,249 ft — Cascade Range; a glaciated stratovolcano. A technical mountaineering climb requiring ice axe, crampons, and crevasse and rockfall awareness.
14. Guadalupe Peak
Texas
8,751 ft — Guadalupe Mountains; Texas's highest. A strenuous 8.4-mile round-trip trail with 3,000 feet of gain, non-technical but rugged.
15. Black Elk Peak
South Dakota
7,242 ft — Black Hills; highest point east of the Rockies (formerly Harney Peak). A strenuous ~7-mile round-trip hike to a stone lookout tower.
16. Mount Mitchell
North Carolina
6,684 ft — Black Mountains; highest peak east of the Mississippi. A paved road reaches near the top, then a short paved path; a drive-up.
17. Kuwohi
Tennessee
6,643 ft — Great Smoky Mountains; Tennessee's highest (now Kuwohi). A road reaches near the top, then a steep paved 0.5-mile ramp to the tower.
18. Mount Washington
New Hampshire
6,288 ft — Presidential Range; Northeast's highest, with infamous extreme weather. Reachable by auto road or cog railway, or strenuous exposed hikes.
19. Mount Rogers
Virginia
5,729 ft — Blue Ridge Highlands; Virginia's highest. A moderate ~8.6-mile round-trip hike through wild-pony meadows and spruce forest, non-technical.
20. Panorama Point
Nebraska
5,424 ft — High Plains in the panhandle; Nebraska's highest. A gentle rise on private bison ranch land reachable by dirt road, drive-up.
21. Mount Marcy
New York
5,344 ft — Adirondack High Peaks; New York's highest. A long, strenuous ~15-mile round-trip hike to a bare alpine summit, non-technical.
22. Katahdin
Maine
5,268 ft — Baxter State Park; Maine's highest and Appalachian Trail terminus. A strenuous, exposed hike with the famous narrow Knife Edge ridge.
23. Black Mesa
Oklahoma
4,975 ft — Panhandle near the Colorado/New Mexico line; Oklahoma's highest. A moderate ~8.4-mile round-trip trail across mesa-top prairie.
24. Spruce Knob
West Virginia
4,863 ft — Allegheny Mountains; West Virginia's highest. A gravel road reaches the summit area with a short loop to the tower, a drive-up.
25. Brasstown Bald
Georgia
4,784 ft — Blue Ridge Mountains; Georgia's highest. A paved road leads to a parking area, then a short paved 0.5-mile path to the summit.
26. Mount Mansfield
Vermont
4,393 ft — Green Mountains; Vermont's highest. A toll auto road and gondola climb high, then a ridge hike to the summit; or strenuous trails.
27. Black Mountain
Kentucky
4,145 ft — Appalachian coalfields; Kentucky's highest. A gravel road climbs near the summit by communications towers, essentially a drive-up.
28. Mount Sunflower
Kansas
4,039 ft — High Plains near the Colorado line; Kansas's highest. A gentle rise on private ranch land, reachable by dirt road, fully drive-up.
29. Sassafras Mountain
South Carolina
3,553 ft — Blue Ridge on the NC line; South Carolina's highest. A paved road reaches a parking lot and observation deck, a drive-up.
30. White Butte
North Dakota
3,506 ft — Badlands of southwest North Dakota; the state's highest. A short ~3-mile round-trip walk across private prairie, non-technical.
31. Mount Greylock
Massachusetts
3,491 ft — Berkshires; Massachusetts's highest. A seasonal paved auto road reaches the summit, or hiking trails climb it; an easy drive-up.
32. Hoye Crest
Maryland
3,360 ft — Allegheny Mountains; Maryland's highest (Hoye-Crest). A short but steep ~1-mile round-trip trail through forest, non-technical.
33. Mount Davis
Pennsylvania
3,213 ft — Allegheny Mountains; Pennsylvania's highest. A road leads near the top with a short walk to an observation tower, a drive-up.
34. Magazine Mountain
Arkansas
2,753 ft — Ouachita region; Arkansas's highest (Signal Hill on Mount Magazine). A paved road reaches the top, a short easy walk from parking.
35. Cheaha Mountain
Alabama
2,413 ft — Appalachian foothills in Cheaha State Park; Alabama's highest. A paved road leads to the summit, an easy drive-up with an observation tower.
36. Mount Frissell–South Slope
Connecticut
2,380 ft — Taconic Range; Connecticut's high point is a shoulder of Frissell, whose summit is in Massachusetts. A moderate marked-trail hike.
37. Eagle Mountain
Minnesota
2,301 ft — Boundary Waters region; Minnesota's highest. A moderate ~7-mile round-trip wilderness hike through forest and over rocky terrain.
38. Mount Arvon
Michigan
1,979 ft — Huron Mountains of the Upper Peninsula; Michigan's highest. Rough forest roads lead nearly to the wooded summit, a drive-up.
39. Timms Hill
Wisconsin
1,951 ft — Northern Wisconsin; the state's highest. A road reaches a parking lot, then a short trail and observation tower; essentially a drive-up.
40. High Point
New Jersey
1,803 ft — Kittatinny Ridge; New Jersey's highest, in High Point State Park. A paved road and short walk to the monument, a drive-up.
41. Taum Sauk Mountain
Missouri
1,772 ft — St. Francois Mountains of the Ozarks; Missouri's highest. A short paved 0.3-mile path from the parking lot, essentially a drive-up.
42. Hawkeye Point
Iowa
1,670 ft — Northwest Iowa farmland; the state's highest. A drive-up site beside a former farm with a marker, no hiking required.
43. Campbell Hill
Ohio
1,550 ft — Bellefontaine; Ohio's highest, on a vocational campus. A drive-up site with a marker beside a parking lot, no hiking required.
44. Hoosier Hill
Indiana
1,257 ft — Eastern Indiana farm country; the state's highest. A short flat walk through woods from a small parking pullout, fully drive-up.
45. Charles Mound
Illinois
1,235 ft — Driftless Area; Illinois's highest, on private land open only select weekends. An easy walk up a gravel driveway and gentle slope.
46. Jerimoth Hill
Rhode Island
812 ft — Western Rhode Island; the state's highest. A short flat ~0.3-mile path through woods from a roadside pullout, fully drive-up.
47. Woodall Mountain
Mississippi
807 ft — Northeast Mississippi hills; the state's highest. A gravel road climbs to the summit clearing, fully drive-up with no hiking.
48. Driskill Mountain
Louisiana
535 ft — Piney hills of north Louisiana; the state's highest. An easy ~1.8-mile round-trip trail through forest from a church parking lot.
49. Ebright Azimuth
Delaware
448 ft — Piedmont near Wilmington; Delaware's highest. A roadside marker beside a residential street, fully drive-up with no hiking required.
50. Britton Hill
Florida
345 ft — Florida panhandle; the lowest US state high point. A flat roadside park, fully drive-up with a short stroll to the marker.
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