List of states in the United States by height

Map of the United States with the highest points (red circles) and lowest points (green squares) for each state. In states whose lowest points are on the coast or in a lake, there is no marking with a green square.

The list of states of the United States by altitude includes the highest and lowest points of the 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia . It also provides information about their mean heights and the height difference between the highest and lowest point in the state.

5,500 square kilometers of the United States (approximately 0.05% of the national territory) is below sea ​​level . This corresponds to about twice the area of ​​the Saarland. 52,400 square kilometers (approx. 0.5% of the national territory) are located at an altitude of over 3,000 m, which roughly corresponds to the area of ​​North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate combined.

Which state is highest and which state is lowest depends on the definition. Alaska , for example, can be considered the highest state, because Alaska's highest mountain, Denali , is the highest mountain in the United States at 6,168 m. Colorado can also be seen as the highest state, as it has the highest mean altitude and the highest lowest point of any US state. The situation is similar when naming the lowest state. In Death Valley in California, the deepest point in the US is 86 m below sea level, while Florida the lowest maximum collection and Delaware has the smallest average height. Florida is also the flattest state, because that's where the difference between the highest and lowest points is the smallest.

list

State	The highest point	height	Image of the highest point	Lowest point	height	Average height	Height difference
Alabama	Cheaha Peak	736 m		Gulf of Mexico	Sea level	150 m	736 m
Alaska	Denali	6,168 m		Gulf of Alaska , Bering Sea , Arctic Ocean	Sea level	580 m	6,168 m
Arizona	Humphreys Peak	3,852 m		Colorado River on the Mexican border in San Louis	22 m	1,250 m	3,830 m
Arkansas	Mount Magazine	839 m		Ouachita River on the Louisiana border	17 m	200 m	822 m
Colorado	Mount Elbert	4,401 m		Arikaree River on the Kansas border	1,011 m	2,070 m	3,390 m
Connecticut	Massachusetts border on the southern slopes of Mount Frissell	725 m		Long Island Sound	Sea level	150 m	725 m
Delaware	Ebright azimuth	137 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	20 m	137 m
District of Columbia	Fort Reno Park	125 m		Potomac River on the eastern border with Maryland	0.3 m	50 m	124 m
Florida	Britton Hill	105 m		Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico	Sea level	30 m	105 m
Georgia	Brasstown Soon	1,458 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	180 m	1,458 m
Hawaii	Mauna Kea	4,207 m		Pacific Ocean	Sea level	920 m	4,207 m
Idaho	Borah Peak	3,861 m		Confluence of the Snake River and Clearwater River	217 m	1,520 m	3,644 m
Illinois	Charles Mound	376 m		Confluence of the Mississippi Rivers and Ohio Rivers	85 m	180 m	291 m
Indiana	Hoosier Hill	383 m		Confluence of the Ohio River and Wabash River	97 m	210 m	286 m
Iowa	Hawkeye Point	509 m		Confluence of the Mississippi River and Des Moines River	146 m	340 m	363 m
California	Mount Whitney	4,421 m		Badwater in Death Valley	−86 m	880 m	4,507 m
Kansas	Mount Sunflower	1,231 m		Verdigris River on the Oklahoma border	207 m	610 m	1,024 m
Kentucky	Black Mountain	1,263 m		Mississippi River on the Kentucky Bend	78 m	230 m	1,185 m
Louisiana	Mount Driskill	163 m		New Orleans	−2.4 m	30 m	165 m
Maine	Mount Katahdin	1,606 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	180 m	1,606 m
Maryland	Hoye Crest	1,024 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	107 m	1,024 m
Massachusetts	Mount Greylock	1,064 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	150 m	1,064 m
Michigan	Mount Arvon	603 m		Lake Erie	174 m	274 m	429 m
Minnesota	Eagle Mountain	701 m		Lake Superior	183 m	370 m	518 m
Mississippi	Woodall Mountain	246 m		Gulf of Mexico	Sea level	90 m	246 m
Missouri	Taum Sauk Mountain	540 m		Saint Francis River on the Arkansas border	70 m	240 m	470 m
Montana	Granite Peak	3,904 m		Kootenai River on the Idaho border	550 m	1,040 m	3,354 m
Nebraska	Panorama Point	1,653 m		Missouri River on the Kansas border	256 m	790 m	1,397 m
Nevada	Boundary Peak	4,007 m		Colorado River on the California border	147 m	1,680 m	3,860 m
New Hampshire	Mount Washington	1,917 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	300 m	1,917 m
New Jersey	High point	550 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	80 m	550 m
New Mexico	Wheeler Peak	4,013 m		Red Bluff Reservoir on the Texas border	867 m	1,740 m	3,146 m
new York	Mount Marcy	1,629 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	300 m	1,629 m
North Carolina	Mount Mitchell	2,037 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	210 m	2,037 m
North Dakota	White Butte	1,069 m		Red River of the North on the Canadian border	229 m	580 m	840 m
Ohio	Campbell Hill	472 m		Ohio River on the Indiana border	139 m	260 m	333 m
Oklahoma	Black Mesa	1,516 m		Little River on the Arkansas border	88 m	400 m	1,428 m
Oregon	Mount Hood	3,425 m		Pacific Ocean	Sea level	1,000 m	3,425 m
Pennsylvania	Mount Davis	979 m		Delaware River on the Delaware border	Sea level	340 m	979 m
Rhode Island	Jerimoth Hill	247 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	60 m	247 m
South carolina	Sassafras Mountain	1,085 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	110 m	1,085 m
South Dakota	Harney Peak	2,208 m		Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota border	295 m	670 m	1,913 m
Tennessee	Clingman's Dome	2,025 m		Mississippi River on the Mississippi border	54 m	270 m	1,971 m
Texas	Guadalupe Peak	2,667 m		Gulf of Mexico	Sea level	520 m	2,667 m
Utah	Kings Peak	4,125 m		Beaver Dam Wash on the Arizona border	664 m	1,860 m	3,461 m
Vermont	Mount Mansfield	1,340 m		Lake Champlain	29 m	300 m	1,311 m
Virginia	Mount Rogers	1,746 m		Atlantic Ocean	Sea level	290 m	1,746 m
Washington	Mount Rainier	4,394 m		Pacific Ocean	Sea level	520 m	4,394 m
West Virginia	Spruce Knob	1,482 m		Potomac River on the Virginia border	73 m	460 m	1,409 m
Wisconsin	Timms Hill	595 m		Lake Michigan	176 m	320 m	419 m
Wyoming	Gannett Peak	4,209 m		Belle Fourche River on the South Dakota border	945 m	2,040 m	3,264 m
United States	Denali	6,168 m		Badwater in Death Valley	−86 m	760 m	6,254 m

See also

• List of states in the United States
• List of states in the United States by area
• List of states in the United States by population
• List of mountains or elevations in the United States
• List of the highest elevations of the states of the United States

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of state highest and lowest points ( October 24, 2010 memento on the Internet Archive ) on the US Geological Survey website, accessed from the Internet Archive on May 6, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Extreme and Mean Elevations by State and Other Areas (PDF) ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the United States Census Bureau website , accessed May 6, 2015. 
3. ↑ US State Highpoints , overview of the highest points for all states, accessed May 6, 2015.
4. ↑ Peakbagger.com , accessed May 6, 2015.
5. ↑ Death Valley geology field trip: Badwater ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 6, 2015. 
6. ↑ ^{a b} The Denali is the highest mountain in the United States and North America . The summit of Denali has the third largest prominence worldwide after Mount Everest and Aconcagua .
7. ↑ The summit of Mount Elbert is also the highest point of the Rocky Mountains .
8. ↑ The lowest point in Colorado is the highest lowest point in any US state.
9. ↑ Connecticut is the only state whose highest point is not a summit .
10. ↑ The summit of Mauna Kea is also the highest point of Oceania . Mauna Kea is also the highest mountain in the world if you go by the height from the sea floor. Since the Pacific is almost 6000 m deep at this point, the total height of the mountain is over 10,200 m (Mount Everest: 8,848 m).
11. ↑ The Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada and the Continental United States , so the United States without Alaska and Hawaii .
12. ↑ ^{a b} Badwater is the lowest point in the United States and North America .
13. ↑ The summit of Mount Washington is the highest point in northeastern North America .
14. ↑ The summit of Mount Mitchell is the highest point in eastern North America .
15. ↑ The Mount Rainier , the largest has prominence of all mountains of the Continental United States , so the United States without Alaska and Hawaii . It is also the highest mountain in the Cascade Range .

Web links

• National Geodetic Survey website
• United States Geological Survey website
• Peakbagger.com