State High Points

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.