Highest Point in Each State of the USA + How Difficult?

A survey of highpoints (highest elevation points) by state for the United States. Includes some geological and topographic highlights, as other videos do a good job with human/historical aspects. At the end, there is a plot of highpoints by an effort scale after vanman798 on summitpost.org (see sources).
Keywords: Geography Viz, US Geography, Highpoints, Highpointing, Highest Elevation by State, Difficulty Scale
Sources:
Elevations - pubs.usgs.gov/gip/Elevations-Distances/elvadist.html
Coordinates - highpointers.org/us-highpoint-guide/
Population by elevation class - doi.org/10.7927/rht8-jv78
Effort Scale - www.summitpost.org/the-effort-scale-of-highpointing-the-fifty-us-states/1046476
FL commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Britton_Hill,_Florida.JPG S Marthaler
DE www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/15609325026/in/photostream/ J Emerson
LA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Driskill_Mountain_Summit.JPG Fredlyfish4
MS commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodall_Mountain_Summit.JPG Fredlyfish4
RI commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jerimoth_Hill_Summit.JPG Fredlyfish4
IL commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sign_at_the_top_of_Charles_Mound.jpg TheCatalyst31
IN commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoosier_Hill.JPG Fredlyfish4
OH commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campbell_Hill,_Ohio.JPG S Marthaler
IA www.goodfreephotos.com/albums/united-states/iowa/hawkeye-point/iowa-hawkeye-point-landscape-around-the-point.jpg
MO commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taum_Sauk_Mountain_Summit.JPG Fredlyfish4
NJ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:High_Point_Monument._High_Point_State_Park,_NJ.jpg R Daley
WI commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timms_Hill,_Wisconsin.JPG
MI commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gfp-michigan-mount-arvon-scene-at-the-top-of-arvon.jpg
MN commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagle_Mountain,_Minnesota.jpg S Marthaler
CT en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Frissell#/media/File:Highest_Point_here.JPG
AL commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheaha_Mountain,_Alabama.jpg S Marthaler
AR en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Magazine_State_Park#/media/File:'130526_1312_Mount_Magazine.png J Ronza
PA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Davis_Region_-_panoramio_%2819%29.jpg R Shawley
MD www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/4'65174830 J Dawson
MA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Greylock.jpg D Case
ND commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Butte,_North_Dakota.jpg
SC commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sassafras_Mountain,_Elevation_Marker_'160701_1.jpg
KS www.flickr.com/photos/cheezepix/4175997938 C Hartman
KY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Mountain_%28Kentucky%29.jpg J654567
VT commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Mansfield_'060727_2.JPG N Arminius
GA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brasstown_Bald_Visitor_Center_%2814733501222%29.jpg ChattOconee
WV commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JudyRocks.JPG V Tygart
OK commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Mesa,_Oklahoma_high_point.jpg Chris M
ME commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'17-07-26_10_33_12_View_west_along_Mount_Katahdin%27s_Knife_Edge_Trail_towards_South_Peak_and_Baxter_Peak_from_Pamola_Peak_in_Baxter_State_Park,_Piscataquis_County,_Maine.jpg Famartin
NY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_of_Mt._Marcy_from_Newcomb,_NY_-_panoramio.jpg R Lovrin
NE commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panorama_Point,_Nebraska_face_NW.JPG Ammodramus
VA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'17-05-16_09_55_19_View_west_towards_Mount_Rogers_from_the_summit_of_Pine_Mountain_within_the_Mount_Rogers_National_Recreation_Area_in_Grayson_County,_Virginia.jpg Famartin
NH commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._Washington_from_Bretton_Woods.JPG wwoods
TN commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viewpoint_along_Alum_Cave_Trail_ascending_towards_Mount_LeConte,_GSMNP,_TN.jpg AppalachianCentrist
NC commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount-mitchell-south-nc1.jpg B Stansberry
SD commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Elk_Peak,_the_highest_point_in_South_Dakota.jpg S Marthaler
TX www.flickr.com/photos/44534236@N00/21587387643 faungg
OR commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Famous_View_of_Lost_Lake_Mount_hood_in_the_distance.jpg Nwcamera1
AZ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Peaks,_winter.jpg B Blasi
ID commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borah_Peak_ID_2-22-15.JPG Diogeninja
MT commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granite_Peak_Montana_2.jpg jfisher2167
NV commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'15-04-29_17_45_47_View_of_Boundary_Peak,_Nevada_from_U.S._Route_6_just_east_of_the_California_state_line_in_Mineral_County,_Nevada.JPG Famartin
NM www.flickr.com/photos/56181704@N00/474802126 D Herrera
UT commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kings_Peak_Close_Up.jpg H Wright
HI commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mauna_Kea_Summit_Trail,_Mauna_Kea_%28503901%29_%2821770618626%29.jpg R Linsdell
WY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gannett_Peak.jpg USFS
WA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Rainier_from_west.jpg S Shebs
CO www.flickr.com/photos/18606128@N00/181622538 R Kimpel
CA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Whitney_'03-03-25.jpg Geographer
AK commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._McKinley,_Denali_National_Park.jpg N McPhee

[@christopherwebb3517]

Alaska has the highest high point in the US. California has the lowest low point. Florida has the lowest high point. Colorado has the highest low point.

[@MikeNaples]

Very good. It makes me wonder which state has highest lowest mid high less low point average?

[@ChilledEscapades]

This feels like a very confusing riddle that would have an equally confusing solution

[@frost1183]

I have the highest low high low highest lo high lowest high is that the point ?

[@frequentlycynical642]

Having lived in CO, CA, and FL, that was good.

[@joehouston1650]

California has the lowest point in the continuous US and also the highest point in the continuous US. And what's weird is that you can see them from each other. lol

[@andyjay729]

Several buildings in Florida, including the fake Mt. Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom, are taller than Britton Hill.

[@chrism3784]

and I think a few landfills

[@tylerkriesel8590]

@@chrism3784a lot of those phosphate mines around Tampa are a couple hundred(s) feet tall. You can see them across Tampa Bay in st Pete.

[@dylanattix2765]

Similarly, the roofs of most of Chicago's skyline are all higher than Charles Mound.

[@jacklong9619]

@@chrism3784 Mt Trashmore in Pompano is definitely higher

[@shrimpflea]

I always thought the highest point there was some hotel in Miami.

[@Unmannedperson]

Another interesting fact about California's high point (Mt Whitney, 14,494 ft), is that the lowest US elevation is only about 85 miles away - Badwater Basin in Death Valley at -282 ft.

[@frequentlycynical642]

There used to be a Death Valley to Mt. Whitney's peak run.

[@juansarabia7530]

Been close to both!

[@supernicko123]

@@frequentlycynical642 That race is still in existence. It is called the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon and it starts 282 feet below sea level and ends at the Mount Whitney trailhead at 8,000 something feet above sea level. Crazy stuff!

[@oldblood_eyes]

having been to this area on the 395, the nature there is insane. driving through the high desert, sierra nevada mountains towering on the west, death valley on the east. this nature... one of the few things that makes me proud to be a californian

[@PM-rm7nr]

I've been planning on going to Badwater Basin so that I can drop my booty lower than anyone else is North America.

[@papasmurf3378z]

I climbed Mt. Whitney in 2019 and it was amazing. At it's peak, you can see Sequoia National Park on one side and Inyo National Forest on the other; literal miles of breathtaking views. During our trip we passed through Death Valley as well. So, within 24 hours I was at the lowest and highest points of the Lower 48!

[@jessejayphotography]

I think Denali has more impressive geology than even Mount Everest. Denali seemingly rises out of nowhere and actually has a higher prominence of over 20,000 feet compared to Mount Everests 8,000. Mount Everest already sits on a high Himalayan plateau.

[@shrimpflea]

Denali is very impressive and so massive. The only mountian IMO that is as impressive is K2.

[@peterwinters8587]

Yes, impressive from every angle, and its 12,000 ft west face is only matched by Nanga Parbat

[@peterwinters8587]

@@shrimpflea Actually Mt Logan is more massive

[@minutemansam1214]

@@peterwinters8587 akchtually

[@andyjay729]

@@peterwinters8587 True, though Logan is harder to pick out from the many tall neighboring peaks. Denali is mostly surrounded by flat terrain, especially to the south and north, so it really stands out (as long as the weather permits, which it often doesn't).

[@billcook4768]

For a while, Rhode Island was one of the hardest high points to bag, despite its low height. It required crossing privately owned land, said owner very much opposed to people on his land. Whether they we high pointers, or kids who just wanted to get their ball back.

[@matthewrammig]

Sounds like a pretty tough endeavor 😂

[@hansblitz7770]

So it was Sand Lot?

[@lothlin]

Its always amusing to me that Ohio's high point isn't in the southeast of the state, which starts to get into the Appalachian foothills, but is instead in the glaciated, western section.

[@JTA1961]

& I thought it was round on both sides & HI in the middle...O HI O

[@randomvariable1836]

I was driving by Bellefontaine on a work trip when I saw a sign for the "Highest Point in Ohio". I couldn't pass it up! A very small hill behind some construction site with a big radar on it. Then I was talking to a local guy I was working with and he told me the highest point in Ohio used to be a nearby landfill !!! :) The landfill started showing up on Gaargle maps and the local politicians could not handle it so they made the landfill operator scrape the top off a few feet.

[@chickenfricken]

only in ohio

[@patrickshaw411]

As was I. The the southeast part of the state is incredibly hilly, just not very tall I guess. It’s the fringe of the mountain range and close to the Ohio River, so it can only be so high.

[@robertnewberry8977]

There used to be an Air Force radar site on Campbell Hill. Now it's a votech center.

[@yhctower]

I went to college near Brasstown Bald in Georgia. The tradition for graduating students was to hike to the top of the mountain from the campus. It was a fun 7 mile hike to mark the accomplishment of graduating college

[@fuelingthefire2389]

Young Harris?

[@yhctower]

@@fuelingthefire2389 Yep

[@wikipedianna6790]

Oregon resident here. Am surprised by some of these being more difficult than Hood honestly. Compared to the other peaks in the Cascades, Hood has a very strange phenomenon where travelling "directly down the mountain" actually is not that, meaning in bad conditions it's very easy to wander off the trails/climbing routes and into a glacier field because you think you're going where you aren't. A couple people die up there pretty much every season because of that.

[@dallinhasfallen6138]

I think it’s based only on “effort,” which means how hard it is going to correct way.

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

So many of the eastern peaks are “easy” to climb because there is a summit road that most people think is the only way up, but many of those have difficult trails if you start on different sides of the mountain.

[@anerdwithaswitch9686]

Washington is a fun climb, though there are some sections that are greuling by eastern peak standards (ascending up Tuckerman Ravine is around a 1000-foot ascent in a bit under a mile, for example) and the last half-mile before the summit the trail just disappears because it's just a rock scramble all the way to the top and there's nowhere to go but up.

[@r.awilliams9815]

Mt. Rainier might not be the most technically challenging mountain to ascend, but do not take it lightly. It can and will kill you if you do, and has the body count to prove it...more than a hundred dead in climbing related activities alone, over 400 total since record keeping began in 1897.

[@frequentlycynical642]

There are old climbers, and bold climbers. There are no old and bold climbers.

[@conman-sr5md]

I mean, it's still pretty close to the most technical. There are only three ranked more difficult, and all three of those mountains require legitimate mountaineering experience to summit, and are FAR more remote than Rainier to boot. That mountain earns its spot high on the list IMO.

[@andyjay729]

Its height and all those glaciers should tell anyone that it's no cakewalk. Don't you need training or at least a guide to climb it?

[@Civ33]

@@andyjay729 As with any mountaineering endeavor, you don't technically need a guide if you are skilled enough and properly equipped. That being said, most ascents are guided. It's mostly one foot in front of the other, however you will be traversing glaciers, so crevasse rescue training is highly recommended, and you need to know how to use crampons and an ice axe of course..

[@Jefff72]

"Huh. I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this."

[@mckrunchytoast2469]

I've seen many different mountain ranges from the Smokey's to the Cascades, they all command massive amounts of beauty and a sense of quiet power. I love this video and the little nuggets of information it drops.

[@mainelife6432]

To clarify, Baxter Peak is the higher of two peaks of Mount Katahdin in Maine, the other peak being Lower Hamlin Peak (the picture in the video shows both). It is also the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.

[@FalbertForester]

And Mount Katahdin is right next to the southern terminus of the International Appalachian Trail (IAT/SIA).

[@GrandmasScrotum]

GF and I climbed Baxter peak via knifes edge trail. Rating difficulty solely on this trail Baxter peak is much harder than this chart has it rated.

[@GrandmasScrotum]

GF and I climbed Baxter peak via knifes edge trail. Rating difficulty solely on this trail Baxter peak is much harder than this chart has it rated.

[@DavidStrchld]

@@GrandmasScrotum I agree and Katahdin is a order of magnitude harder then NY's Mt Marcy (which has been described as a gentle climb all the way, just very long).

[@johnmosesbrowningsrightnut8642]

Katahdin means "The Greatest Mountain" in I believe Abenaki.

[@samuelhokonson9069]

Great video, I would say though that Mt. Hood in OR is quite a bit more difficult than Mount whitney in CA, Whitney is an easy summertime walk up while hood is legit mountaineering

[@adventuretravels7340]

Completely agree standard route of hood in bad conditions is more difficult than Whitney's MR rout but def a shorter day than Whitney and less taxing physically

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

Mt Whitney can't be very hard; there used to be a footrace from the lowest point in the US, Death Valley at -238(?) feet to the top of Mt Whitney, which eventually changed to a staging point lower down on Mt Whitney to preserve the mountain climbing part.

[@adventuretravels7340]

@Grizwold Phantasia It just depends your route at the end of the day

[@planespotterkarl2783]

Having climbed Humphrey’s in AZ, I was quite surprised that they put that over Hood

[@lsbigworld6672]

That shits the hood 💯💯💯

[@derangedhippo5146]

That #1 peak was a bombshell of a entry, absolutely loved it

[@jaxz4986]

Climbed Britton Hill last year. My next challenge is Everest

[@chrism3784]

i climbed it to a few years ago

[@jackdonkey22]

I summited it in early April to avoid any avalanches.

[@Lawnmower737]

I climbed up Mt Dora not too long ago, Britton Hill is my next challenge.

[@jamesbournegentlemanghost2481]

I actually walked around the trail they have there at Britton Hill. I did it in the morning and nearly walked into a HUGE spider web blocking the path with a giant spider, around 4 inches!, in the middle. They should have danger signs for the wildlife at this mountain!

[@Lawnmower737]

@@jamesbournegentlemanghost2481 Them orb weavers are as big as bears on the mountains, wait till you see the mountain squirrels.

[@thomasholland6334]

Well done! You filled a rather narrow topic with tons of good research and information.

[@HarshitRautela]

Wow, I am from India, the Himalayan region, and I live at a higher altitude than the highest points of 35 states.

[@shrimpflea]

That is funny.The Himalayans are incredibly high and stunningly beautiful.

[@4stringmanagmaildcom]

I've climbed Rainier. Even some professional athletes who've tried have not been able to summit it (Bill Russell is the example I am thinking of). The vertical from the highest road is around 9,000 feet and it is high enough that there is about 40% less O2 available near the top than there is at sea level so that is definitely a factor for people too.

[@willcruz7457]

I think most professional athletes that attempt it are turned back by weather. I'm not a professional athlete, but I've done it in a day.

[@ITSOVER9000notes]

What would you say is the most important training exercise for Rainier? Also what about diet? Cheers

[@4stringmanagmaildcom]

@@ITSOVER9000notes Well I was 17 when I did it with my dad and a lot of years have passed since then but here are my thoughts. #1 is the vertical so I'd do lots of real stair climbing, probably adding weight as you train. Up and down the stairs. 9,000 feet is a lot. Find a local hike with a lot of vertical and do that several times leading up to the main event. #2 Lose what weight you can if you are carrying any extra, no since hauling a lot of dead weight up there and back. #3 Aerobic capacity and efficiency will make it a lot less of a grind. #4 Mental toughness as there are several false summits and bear in mind what may appear to be the summit is not, there still is a lot of mountain to climb. #5 As in running a marathon or a long bike ride they say to train to 80% of the distance (vertical) and you should be good to go. Diet? Like any endurance event I think carbs and carb loading so you have a lot of fuel stored that your body can access fairly easily.

[@IAmElectrospecter]

I've been slowly working on state high points but I'm always a little intimidated by peaks like Rainier and Denali if I ever plan on finishing. Hardest I've done so far is Washington in NH, which isn't too bad if you are prepared.

[@leoholdcroft8368]

and the avalaches are very common in the summer

[@petuniasevan]

I remember when that Japanese mountain climber, Naomi Uemura, disappeared on Denali in 1984. He was climbing ALONE, in WINTER. Conditions on Denali in winter are said to approach antarctic conditions; it can be -40 at the park entrance in winter. Spot temps taken with equipment left on the mountain from 15,000 to 18,000 feet (4570 to 5480 meters) have hit -100 F (-73 C) not counting windchill. It's astounding that Uemura got as far as he did (probably did summit) before vanishing.

[@portfoliofotoz]

Vernon Tejas (who greatly admired Uemura) was the first person to complete a successful solo winter ascent of Denali. By successful, we mean "got to the top and back down." AFAIK there is no evidence that Uemura actually summitted, just respectful, wishful thinking.

[@connor3284]

@@portfoliofotoz Wasn't it was proven that Uemura reached the summit due to a Japanese flag being found there afterwards?

[@portfoliofotoz]

@@connor3284 Hmmm . . . I'm not aware of that.

[@connor3284]

@@portfoliofotoz It says it on his Wiki page, for as much as that is worth, as well as that he had radio contact with Japanese photographers who were flying overhead and told them he had summited.

[@tedpeterson1156]

He's hanging with Elvis

[@Lance101]

What would be intresting is a video ranking the high points of each state by how tall they are from base to peak

[@cjjenson8212]

I was 16 in 1982 when we first climbed Gannett peak. Took most of the day but we came across glacier ponds with ice and red algae that reminded us of toothpaste. So in honor of that day since, to us, all high lakes half frozen are simply called toothpaste lake. We finished the day with roasted trout!

[@iwasadeum]

Denali and Ranier aside (glaciers add a huge amount of technicality, danger, and inconsistency/instability), Gannett has always looked like the most treacherous high point summit in the US.

[@clayphillips9998]

nice video. im currently planning on starting a road trip to hit the lower 48 and this was amazingly helpful. the extra difficulty chart at the end was a nice visual as well.

[@shaunl446]

I loved the subtle clicking sounds

[@jacobbarritt]

The graph at the end was a nice addition, great vid.

[@rig-zag]

Technically Baxter peak is just the highest point of Mount Katahdin, Maine's highest mountain, which is often referred to as the most challenging hike east of the Rockies. The sharp, jagged rocks frequently shred sneakers and light hiking boots and I have personally witnessed grown men slouched on the side of the trail, weeping like mourning widows.

[@zackbolen9480]

They don’t call it the Knife Edge for nothing!

[@IvaneL2187]

I agree ☝🏽 , also Mt. Washington is a beast! Also I have hike in Colorado, Utah and Yosemite, CA and in my humble opinion the rapid elevation gains east is rough. West is the altitude specially if one is not use to it.

[@Horible4]

There's a guy with a voice like this in every hobby on youtube

[@Rationalific]

Very cool and informative! Very much to the point, and the pictures illustrate each peak quite well. It would also be cool to have another video regarding a ranked list of prominence of the highest peaks in each state, meaning how much further above the low point in the state the peak is. It would be the same for the coastal states (unless there are areas of land under sea level), but I think places like Kansas and Nebraska would be ranked a lot lower, since they start pretty high up and the gradients don't seem so huge.

[@reidkemp]

This video was very cool, and also relaxing. This guys voice is so calming

[@cameronrichard41]

Some videos alter perspective. This video completely altered my perspective of USA elevation. As a Canadian I had limited knowledge of the high points in places like Texas, virginia and new York. Very interesting. Thank you!

[@fritzd2116]

That was very interesting as well as informative. Thank you!

[@justintime8]

Perhaps the most interesting thing I learned from this video is that Mount McKiney is now Denali...or maybe more accurately, is back to being Denali.

[@shrimpflea]

That happened quite a while ago. Where have you been?

[@justintime8]

@@shrimpflea I guess I don't really keep tabs on mountains changing names. My bad.

[@billcook4768]

If that’s a slide projector sound effect you’ve added, well done sir. Well done.

[@LanceDango]

This is a really great video! And I really appreciate the difficulty graph at the end. Please make more videos!

[@RabidNemo]

10:54 I live in Seattle and when you can see Mount Rainier it has a very similar presence to Mount Fuji

[@metroidnerd9001]

Texas’ Guadalupe Peak fits well on the curve, and it’s the only one I’ve climbed. I climbed it in the fifth grade with my Boy Scout troop. I definitely agree that it’s not terribly difficult to climb. It felt like a lot at the time, but that’s because I was 11. It’s a day-hike kind of mountain where you need decent gear and endurance, but it’s nothing too crazy. Beautiful view, though.

[@Regular_1094]

Yes! I climbed it a couple years back. Its a fairly tough hike, but there was an old lady running it with almost no gear last time i was there.

[@gunsofaugust1971]

Love the Guadalupe NP. I was there at least 6 times in the 1990s. Full-pack the peak is challenging, but as a day hike, I agree that it's pretty easy.

[@metroidnerd9001]

@@gunsofaugust1971 My biggest issue the first time I hiked it was that I didn't know what I was getting into ahead of time. I thought it would just be some day hike. I was decently prepared physically, but I was not mentally prepared. My second time, the issue was that our younger scouts were slowing us down so much that they had to turn us around before we made it to the peak so we'd make it back by sundown. I'm so glad I made it to the top the first time, though.

[@HONORYOUROATH]

Fascinating video…thank you.

[@Sulu41]

Cool video! Would love to hear some more details on the geology of a few of these

[@tippyc2]

The ancient Appalachian ranges were at least as high as the modern Himalayas. All the major peaks between Maine and Georgia are just the remnants of that ancient mountain range that haven't eroded away yet. They represent some of the oldest mountains around. The Scottish highlands and the mountains at the western end of the Sahara desert are also remnants of the same ancient mountain range. Also, the mountains generally get younger the farther west you go (with the exception of glacial moraines that make up high points in the midwest). The two highest on the list, Whitney in CA and Denali in AK, are still actively rising due to plate tectonics. The volcanoes in the Cascades are a wildcard. They may grow or they may blow themselves to bits. Around 10,000 years ago, the highest point in the lower 48 would have been in southern Oregon. Now it's the second-deepest lake on the continent, Crater Lake. And there's Mt. Hood. Imagine if Mt. St. Helens was on the outskirts of Seattle and aimed straight at the city. That pretty much describes Mt. Hood's most recent eruption.

[@megmolkate]

Regarding Mt Arvon in Michigan, I read somewhere that the waste rock pile of the Tilden Mine near Marquette recently surpassed MT Arvon as it is over 2000’ in elevation.

[@andyjay729]

A friend of mine is actually moving to Marquette from San Diego; I'll have to tell him that Michigan's HP isn't far away.

[@zach2382]

Nope not true at all

[@megmolkate]

@@zach2382 maybe not but I think it is fairly close with a few feet or poles (half a rod). Plus it was a local to the UP publication some years ago when I still lived in the Superior State. What’s your source if you don’t mind me asking?

[@zach2382]

@@megmolkate Michigan’s own government website

[@megmolkate]

@@zach2382 Likely as it is a man made point, although made up of rocks. I was really wondering if you could point me to something more solid like survey data.

[@BlueHans]

Isn't anyone else suspicious that all the high points ALWAYS happen to be exactly on mountain tops... I smell a conspiracy...

[@january1may]

Connecticut's isn't. IIRC Oklahoma's isn't either. Not sure of a few of the others.

[@rodreyna]

Love the effort scale at the end!

[@taiter]

concise and informative, thank you!

[@wtfproperties6256]

Lovely video. Bravo

[@robs5688]

Excellent - thanks for the info.

[@wafflesnfalafel1]

super interesting vid - love it. I guess I never realized how generally low the midwest is. Been on Mt Rainier and it is beautiful. Because the surrounding area is relatively low it looks even more impressive from the local communities, (and hopefully it won't erupt anytime soon...)

[@hansblitz7770]

Thanks for putting the data together.

[@DandDClark]

I think it would be interesting to do a layover for each high point, much like the one you did at the halfway point. Just to show how much of the US is above the high point of each state. Very interesting video with some good facts! Thanks

[@harleyv1969]

Good info/Video! Fun fact Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base (under water) to summit it's 33,000 feet

[@dereknelson4509]

Great difficulty graph at the end !

[@sudokujunkie4586]

Funny thing about Mt. Whitney, the highest in the contiguous 48, it's only about 70 miles from Death Valley the lowest point.

[@DevonMopiedmont1143]

I still can't believe people say North Carolina doesn't have mountains yet is in the top 16 of high peaks of states and above the halfway point of average elevation of the lower 48.

[@ts8744]

Great video! I would have loved to see a 1-10 difficulty scale or hike time over each state while they were being talked about. The graph at the end is nice though

[@cindywilliams3542]

VERY interesting, thanks

[@megmolkate]

An other interesting point about Mt Arvon is that it is only about a foot higher than Mt Curwood a few miles away which was formerly recognized as the state high point until the area was re-surveyed in the 1980s.

[@andyjay729]

Wouldn't be surprised if that also happened with other highpoints, and certainly for county highpoints. The highpoint of California's Alameda County was thought to be Rose Peak until 1991, when a resurveying found that an unnamed nearby summit was taller (it was appropriately dubbed Discovery Peak).

[@monkmoto1887]

The driftless area out by galena is beautiful. The bluffs of the Mississippi and some of those hills are pretty grand out there on rt 20

[@TheSpiralAim]

As a side note, Humphrey's Peak is part of the San Francisco Hotspot volcano, and the San Francisco Hotspot is very much still active. Though it's no longer under Mount San Francisco (Humphrey's Peak)

[@TrendsTactician]

This is awesome!

[@TBH_Inc]

I climbed #17, Tennessee’s Clingman’s Dome twice this year, as well as #18, New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington. The latter was much more difficult because of the weather; I climbed it just last week, after a big winter snow storm, so it was quite challenging! Amazing view though!

[@rwdplz1]

2:32 I made it within a mile of the highest point of Michigan at Iron Mountain, but there was a logging operation going on, and I had to turn around because the logging trucks had destroyed the roads so badly (I was driving a Pontiac Fiero).

[@missot]

Cool video! Learned a new random trivia question for my friends lol

[@14o1chan]

Dope video.

[@mauriciogonzalez3334]

Awesome video, cant wait to see more!

[@bakert7000]

I have been to the highest point In Tennessee twice. Clingman’s dome is a nice walk in the Great Smoky Mountains national park. The highest peak Denali and Mount Ranier are both national parks. It is great learning more about how these high spots formed. It was very interesting.

[@cobraspottedwolf8791]

I'm glad you don't play dumb music in the background! Thank you!

[@cbulldog22]

cool video!

[@michaelloew522]

This is the most underrated youtube Channel

[@bcrock8655]

Excellent

[@havacomment]

Very cool video! I can see Black Elk Peak (SD, #15) from my back deck. There's a small pond adjacent to the fire look-out building seen in the photo shown and when we have lots of rain in the summer the setting sun reflects just right for about a minute each evening for a week or so to reflect off the tower and make things look like an alien spaceship landed up in the Hills 😂I never really thought about it, but it's pretty crazy the 15th highest peak location has a somewhat leisurely hike to the top. We go at least a couple times a year with friends and have a nice lunch at the base of the tower.

[@cw602]

It’s pretty neat, I’ve been there on horseback and tied the horses up below the peak.

[@natjohnstone1689]

Great video man, much more info that most of these highpoint videos. Please put the height in metres too in future videos for us non Americans!

[@4stringmanagmaildcom]

Divide by 3. 🙂

[@wallamazoo01]

Washington’s Mt Rainier has a very difficult climb only in the process of reserving your ticket on the only public accessible trail to a viewpoint of an old side caldera. Prior to covid, for a family of 6 people, it would take 2-3 years before your reservation would open! For such a high peak, the popularity of this mountain is very high.

[@91peadar]

Good video!

[@rutabagasteu]

Mt. Cheaha is within the Cheaha State Park. Several trails are in the park, one goes just past the edge. The Pinhoti.

[@young-bolts]

To anyone who is interested in hiking these high points, never understand Mother Nature! My 17-year-old son was killed by lighting at the top of Humphreys Peak in Arizona (7/20/16).

[@4stringmanagmaildcom]

Condolences. That was terribly tragic.

[@NoHurriesNoWorries]

I knew Baxter peak as mt katahdin.. wish you'd give a little bit of that background cause it's literally the terminus of the AT and that's kinda cool to know also ..for those who dont know. Also.. this video is awesome and i love the info you give. I like to complain. Not sorry. Haha

[@ey3z4ya]

Maybe go find a video about Baxter peak instead?

[@eaglesmann024]

Cool video

[@irritatedeyeball6311]

amazing video

[@andyjay729]

The St. Francois Mountains, which include Taum Sauk Mountain, are so old that when the Appalachians formed, the St. Francoises were already older then than the Appalachians are today.

[@dylanattix2765]

The Appalachians are the resurrected zombie corpse of a Precambrian mountain range that was once higher than the Himalayas. Africa's Atlas mountains and the mountains of Ireland and Scotland were once part of the same range.

[@andyjay729]

@@dylanattix2765 Wiki says the Appalachians first started forming about 480 million years ago, while the St. Francoises formed about 1.485 billion years ago. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francois_Mountains

[@Zalis116]

I remember driving by Iowa's highest point without even trying back in 2005. It's just off Iowa 60, which is part of the broader US-75 - IA-60 - MN-60 - US-169 corridor between Sioux City and the Twin Cities.

[@tedpeterson1156]

It's pretty tough. Oxygen is a necessity

[@lewis7315]

Hey! Number 22 is mount Katahdin, IN Baxter state park, Maine... You mentioned the names of the other mountains... Yes most of my family lives within 50 miles of there... Yes, I have climbed that mountain in the late 60s...

[@bobelliott2748]

Someone once said it is the first place in the usa to greet the dawn. Not sure if that is just at the summer solstice or not

[@ArconicTower]

I liked the video 👍👍👍

[@dr.a006]

The top three states with the highest average elevation are 1. Colorado 6800’ 2. Wyoming 6700’ 3. Utah 6100’ Lots of mountains!

[@tommunyon2874]

Wheeler Peak was visible from our east facing dining room window in Los Alamos.

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

MN here. On a clear day you can see the parking lot

[@1920s]

Thank you.

[@creaturesfromelsewhere203]

I tripped over the one in Florida last week.

[@dougi1967]

Very interesting

[@GarisonC]

West Virginia, Mountain Mama, has a lower high point that Oklahoma, where the winds come sweeping down the plains.

[@andyjay729]

The plains are actually kind of like a ramp. Denver is of course a mile high, but Kansas City is only at 910 feet. I wonder if anyone's ever thought of rolling a ball or wheel down a Great Plains road from west to east and seeing how far it can get.

[@benjilesue8697]

My dad and I made a goal of climbing the highest point in every state. We try for one or two a year and have about 14 down (probably won’t ever complete the challenge). My favorites have definitely been Mt. Rainier, Guadeloupe Peak, and Kings Peak

[@Widdershins.]

How long did it take to conquer the one in Florida?

[@benjilesue8697]

@@Widdershins. when the drive is 12 hours just to walk up a hill, pretty long. I'll save that one until I'm too old to do any others lol

[@biochem95]

The highest peak in Maine is called Mount Katahdin. I’ve not found a reference that names it Baxter peak, although it is in Baxter state park

[@VTPSTTU]

I went up the South Dakota peak when it was still called Harney Peak.

[@midnick2159]

i hiked mt rainier and it was quite the trek. burned cals for sure that day, lovely views though. gimme mt hood next

[@scoutdogfsr]

Here in Colorado generally most 14ers are walk up for any mountaineer. 13ers are were you find most challenging climbs.

[@mandelorean6243]

Man, arizona, so underrated... Before the top collapsed, the 12000ft peak was 16,000ft. People just think desert, grand canyon..... Half the state is pine top high mountains, beautiful forests , Heck right south of grand canyon is all khabib pine forests with GIANT red tail squirrels... Also the kiabab forest/grand canyon hs the biggest deer, rocky mountain goats back in the day.. The MAIN inspiration for teddy Roosevelt to create public forests, national forest service and to limit/regulate hunting before animals for further decimated by human overpopulation/immoral hunting/commercial harvesters. Yes we get snow too! In summer, fry some eggs on the dash of your 170f dash! But hey, rarely snow in desert... Snow birds are smart...

[@jeffreyplace4512]

#22 Mount Katahdin 5269 in Baxter state park. Did not see anywhere that this is called Baxter peak?

[@smoke2275]

You left out my house everyday I get off work! I always wanted to figure out the actual altitude but, for some reason I always forget.

[@aguy7848]

Wow, I knew Colorado was for sure going to be on here but it was a surprise to see us all the way at #3! Also surprising was California reaching #2, not that I didn't think it was in the top 10 or even 5, but fully second place. Then Denali is MASSIVE!

[@washnon]

yea good info ,onna need it when the poles flip

[@andrewthomas7109]

I was legitimately surprised to hear that only 5% of the US population lives above Arkansas’ high point of 2753 ft. Denver, Colorado Springs, Albuquerque, El Paso, Salt Lake City, and Reno are all well above that. I guess I tend to forget that Phoenix, Tuscon, Las Vegas, Boise, and Spokane are all relatively low for being inland Western cities.

[@lsara3699]

And considering just how many people live in the major cities (which are all below 2753 ft)