Most isolated mountain peaks of the United States
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The following sortable table lists the 100 most topographically isolated mountain peaks of the United States with at least 500 meters (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence. Topographic isolation is the minimum great circle distance to a point of higher elevation. Topographic prominence is the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. A total of 28 of these most isolated peaks are located in Alaska, 11 in California, 8 in Arizona, 8 in Montana, 6 in Utah, 5 in Wyoming, 5 in Nevada, 4 in Hawaiʻi, 4 in Colorado, 4 in Oregon, 3 in Washington, 2 in North Carolina, 2 in New Mexico, 2 in New York, 2 in Texas, and 1 each in New Hampshire, Arkansas, West Virginia, Maine, Idaho, South Dakota, and Tennessee.
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[edit] Most isolated major summits
| Rank | Mountain Peak | State | Mountain Range | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation |
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| 1 | Mount McKinley (Denali)[1] | Alaska Range | 20,320 feet 6194 m |
20,174 feet 6149 m |
4,631.0 miles 7450.7 km |
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| 2 | Mauna Kea[2] | Island of Hawaiʻi | 13,796 feet 4205 m |
13,796 feet 4205 m |
2,452.8 miles 3947.4 km |
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| 3 | Mount Whitney[3] NGS | Sierra Nevada | 14,505 feet 4421 m |
10,076 feet 3071 m |
1,647.0 miles 2650.4 km |
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| 4 | Mount Mitchell[4][5] | Blue Ridge Mountains | 6,684 feet 2037 m |
6,091 feet 1857 m |
1,189.0 miles 1913.5 km |
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| 5 | Mount Washington[6] NGS | White Mountains | 6,288 feet 1917 m |
6,158 feet 1877 m |
819.6 miles 1319.0 km |
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| 6 | Mount Rainier[4][7] | Cascade Range | 14,417 feet 4394 m |
13,231 feet 4033 m |
731.0 miles 1176.8 km |
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| 7 | Mount Elbert[8] NGS | Sawatch Range | 14,440 feet 4401 m |
9,093 feet 2772 m |
670.6 miles 1079.2 km |
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| 8 | Mount Shishaldin | Unimak Island | 9,372 feet 2857 m |
9,372 feet 2857 m |
545.3 miles 877.6 km |
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| 9 | Tanaga Volcano PB | Tanaga Island | 5,925 feet 1806 m |
5,925 feet 1806 m |
407.8 miles 656.3 km |
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| 10 | Mount Chamberlin PB | Brooks Range | 9,020 feet 2749 m |
7,424 feet 2263 m |
395.2 miles 636.0 km |
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| 11 | Magazine Mountain[4][9] | Ouachita Mountains | 2,753 feet 839 m |
2,143 feet 653 m |
381.1 miles 613.4 km |
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| 12 | Mount Shasta NGS | Cascade Range | 14,179 feet 4322 m |
9,822 feet 2994 m |
334.8 miles 538.7 km |
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| 13 | Gannett Peak[10] NGS | Wind River Range | 13,809 feet 4209 m |
7,076 feet 2157 m |
290.6 miles 467.6 km |
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| 14 | Mount Igikpak PB | Brooks Range | 8,276 feet 2523 m |
6,126 feet 1867 m |
287.6 miles 462.8 km |
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| 15 | Humphreys Peak[4][11] | San Francisco Peaks | 12,637 feet 3852 m |
6,039 feet 1841 m |
245.9 miles 395.7 km |
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| 16 | Wheeler Peak NGS | Snake Range | 13,065 feet 3982 m |
7,568 feet 2307 m |
231.8 miles 373.1 km |
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| 17 | Mount Vsevidof | Umnak Island | 6,920 feet 2109 m |
6,920 feet 2109 m |
222.6 miles 358.2 km |
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| 18 | Mount Veniaminof | Alaska Peninsula | 8,225 feet 2507 m |
8,200 feet 2499 m |
209.7 miles 337.5 km |
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| 19 | Kawaikini PB | Island of Kauaʻi | 5,243 feet 1598 m |
5,243 feet 1598 m |
204.0 miles 328.2 km |
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| 20 | Atuk Mountain PB | Saint Lawrence Island | 2,010 feet 613 m |
2,010 feet 613 m |
181.3 miles 291.8 km |
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| 21 | Spruce Knob[12] NGS | Allegheny Mountains | 4,862 feet 1482 m |
2,791 feet 851 m |
178.1 miles 286.6 km |
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| 22 | Kings Peak[13] NGS | Uinta Range | 13,518 feet 4120 m |
6,358 feet 1938 m |
166.7 miles 268.2 km |
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| 23 | Sierra Blanca Peak NGS | Sacramento Mountains | 11,980 feet 3652 m |
5,553 feet 1693 m |
166.2 miles 267.5 km |
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| 24 | San Gorgonio Mountain[4] | San Bernardino Mountains | 11,503 feet 3506 m |
8,294 feet 2528 m |
162.8 miles 262.0 km |
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| 25 | Katahdin[14] NGS | Longfellow Mountains | 5,270 feet 1606 m |
4,293 feet 1309 m |
158.4 miles 255.0 km |
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| 26 | Mount Baldy NGS | White Mountains | 11,409 feet 3477 m |
4,728 feet 1441 m |
154.0 miles 247.9 km |
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| 27 | Borah Peak[4][15] | Lost River Range | 12,668 feet 3861 m |
6,002 feet 1829 m |
150.8 miles 242.7 km |
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| 28 | Cloud Peak NGS | Bighorn Mountains | 13,167 feet 4013 m |
7,077 feet 2157 m |
145.0 miles 233.4 km |
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| 29 | Harney Peak[16] NGS | Black Hills | 7,244 feet 2208 m |
2,932 feet 894 m |
142.2 miles 228.9 km |
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| 30 | Slide Mountain NGS | Catskill Mountains | 4,180 feet 1274 m |
3,295 feet 1004 m |
136.4 miles 219.6 km |
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| 31 | Mount Griggs | Alaska Peninsula | 7,600 feet 2316 m |
7,300 feet 2225 m |
136.3 miles 219.3 km |
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| 32 | Mount Charleston NGS | Spring Mountains | 11,916 feet 3632 m |
8,257 feet 2517 m |
135.3 miles 217.7 km |
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| 33 | Junípero Serra Peak[4] | Santa Lucia Range | 5,865 feet 1788 m |
4,447 feet 1355 m |
132.4 miles 213.1 km |
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| 34 | Mount Baker[4] | Cascade Range | 10,786 feet 3287 m |
8,931 feet 2722 m |
132.2 miles 212.8 km |
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| 35 | Sacajawea Peak[4] PB | Wallowa Mountains | 9,843 feet 3000 m |
6,377 feet 1944 m |
129.8 miles 208.8 km |
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| 36 | Mount Marcy[17] NGS | Adirondack Mountains | 5,343 feet 1629 m |
4,912 feet 1497 m |
129.7 miles 208.7 km |
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| 37 | Mount Marcus Baker | Chugach Mountains | 13,176 feet 4016 m |
10,676 feet 3254 m |
127.5 miles 205.2 km |
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| 38 | Mount Hayes | Alaska Range | 13,832 feet 4216 m |
11,502 feet 3506 m |
127.2 miles 204.7 km |
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| 39 | Mount Fairweather[18] | Saint Elias Mountains | 15,325 feet 4671 m |
12,983 feet 3957 m |
125.0 miles 200.7 km |
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| 40 | Delano Peak NGS | Tushar Mountains | 12,174 feet 3711 m |
4,709 feet 1435 m |
112.5 miles 181.1 km |
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| 41 | Mount Olympus NGS | Olympic Mountains | 7,980 feet 2432 m |
7,838 feet 2389 m |
108.0 miles 173.8 km |
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| 42 | Blanca Peak[4] | Sierra Blanca | 14,351 feet 4374 m |
5,326 feet 1623 m |
103.4 miles 166.4 km |
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| 43 | Mount Jefferson NGS | Toquima Range | 11,949 feet 3642 m |
5,871 feet 1789 m |
99.5 miles 160.1 km |
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| 44 | Mount Cleveland NGS | Lewis Range | 10,479 feet 3194 m |
5,246 feet 1599 m |
99.5 miles 160.1 km |
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| 45 | Mount Torbert | Alaska Range | 11,413 feet 3479 m |
8,688 feet 2648 m |
97.8 miles 157.3 km |
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| 46 | Mount Chiginagak | Alaska Peninsula | 6,900 feet 2103 m |
6,675 feet 2035 m |
97.7 miles 157.2 km |
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| 47 | Hualapai Peak NGS PB | Hualapai Mountains PB | 8,426 feet 2568 m |
4,439 feet 1353 m |
96.3 miles 154.9 km |
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| 48 | Baldy Peak NGS PB | Davis Mountains | 8,381 feet 2555 m |
3,923 feet 1196 m |
95.6 miles 153.8 km |
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| 49 | Mount Pavlof | Alaska Peninsula | 8,200 feet 2499 m |
8,225 feet 2507 m |
94.4 miles 151.9 km |
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| 50 | Makushin Volcano | Unalaska Island | 6,680 feet 2036 m |
6,680 feet 2036 m |
89.2 miles 143.5 km |
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| 51 | Truuli Peak PB | Kenai Mountains | 6,612 feet 2015 m |
6,062 feet 1848 m |
88.9 miles 143.1 km |
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| 52 | Eagle Peak NGS PB | Warner Mountains | 9,895 feet 3016 m |
4,362 feet 1330 m |
87.6 miles 141.0 km |
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| 53 | Great Sitkin Volcano PB | Great Sitkin Island | 5,710 feet 1740 m |
5,710 feet 1740 m |
86.9 miles 139.9 km |
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| 54 | Mount Taylor NGS | San Mateo Mountains | 11,305 feet 3446 m |
4,094 feet 1248 m |
86.9 miles 139.9 km |
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| 55 | Granite Peak[19] NGS | Beartooth Mountains | 12,807 feet 3904 m |
4,779 feet 1457 m |
86.2 miles 138.7 km |
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| 56 | Korovin Volcano | Atka Island | 5,030 feet 1533 m |
5,030 feet 1533 m |
85.9 miles 138.3 km |
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| 57 | Devils Paw | Boundary Ranges | 8,507 feet 2593 m |
5,643 feet 1720 m |
85.9 miles 138.2 km |
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| 58 | Uncompahgre Peak NGS | San Juan Mountains | 14,321 feet 4365 m |
4,277 feet 1304 m |
85.1 miles 136.9 km |
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| 59 | Kaʻala PB | Island of Oʻahu | 4,017 feet 1224 m |
4,017 feet 1224 m |
84.4 miles 135.8 km |
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| 60 | West Butte[4] PB | Sweetgrass Hills PB | 6,986 feet 2129 m |
3,638 feet 1109 m |
84.4 miles 135.8 km |
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| 61 | Mount Graham NGS | Pinaleno Mountains | 10,724 feet 3269 m |
6,340 feet 1932 m |
83.3 miles 134.0 km |
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| 62 | Snowshoe Peak[4] PB | Cabinet Mountains | 8,742 feet 2665 m |
5,441 feet 1658 m |
83.1 miles 133.7 km |
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| 63 | Mount Pinos NGS | San Emigdio Mountains | 8,849 feet 2697 m |
4,800 feet 1463 m |
83.0 miles 133.6 km |
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| 64 | Guadalupe Peak[4][20] | Guadalupe Mountains | 8,751 feet 2667 m |
3,039 feet 926 m |
80.8 miles 130.1 km |
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| 65 | Baranof Island High Point PB | Baranof Island | 5,390 feet 1643 m |
5,390 feet 1643 m |
79.7 miles 128.3 km |
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| 66 | Haleakala | Island of Maui | 10,023 feet 3055 m |
10,023 feet 3055 m |
79.6 miles 128.1 km |
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| 67 | McDonald Peak[4] PB | Mission Range | 9,824 feet 2994 m |
5,642 feet 1720 m |
79.5 miles 127.9 km |
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| 68 | Hilgard Peak[4] PB | Madison Range PB | 11,321 feet 3451 m |
4,063 feet 1238 m |
76.4 miles 123.0 km |
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| 69 | Mount Nebo NGS | Wasatch Range | 11,875 feet 3620 m |
5,508 feet 1679 m |
75.6 miles 121.7 km |
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| 70 | Tweedy Mountain[4] PB | Pioneer Mountains PB | 11,159 feet 3401 m |
3,814 feet 1163 m |
75.0 miles 120.8 km |
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| 71 | Mount Harper PB | East Central Alaska PB | 6,543 feet 1994 m |
1,903 feet 580 m |
73.3 miles 118.0 km |
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| 72 | Mount Peale NGS | La Sal Mountains | 12,726 feet 3879 m |
6,181 feet 1884 m |
73.2 miles 117.8 km |
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| 73 | Mount Tom White PB | Chugach Mountains | 11,191 feet 3411 m |
7,641 feet 2329 m |
73.0 miles 117.6 km |
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| 74 | Mount McLoughlin[4] | Cascade Range | 9,499 feet 2895 m |
4,475 feet 1364 m |
71.6 miles 115.3 km |
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| 75 | Lassen Peak NGS | Cascade Range | 10,462 feet 3189 m |
5,229 feet 1594 m |
71.6 miles 115.3 km |
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| 76 | Laramie Peak NGS PB | Laramie Mountains | 10,276 feet 3132 m |
3,305 feet 1007 m |
71.0 miles 114.2 km |
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| 77 | Clingmans Dome[4][21] | Great Smoky Mountains | 6,643 feet 2025 m |
4,513 feet 1376 m |
70.8 miles 113.9 km |
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| 78 | Kaibab Plateau High Point[4] PB | Kaibab Plateau | 9,204 feet 2805 m |
3,610 feet 1100 m |
70.1 miles 112.9 km |
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| 79 | Anvil Peak PB | Semisopochnoi Island | 4,007 feet 1221 m |
4,007 feet 1221 m |
69.9 miles 112.4 km |
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| 80 | Grand Teton NGS | Teton Range | 13,776 feet 4199 m |
6,545 feet 1995 m |
69.4 miles 111.6 km |
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| 81 | Star Peak NGS PB | Humboldt Range PB | 9,840 feet 2999 m |
5,400 feet 1646 m |
69.1 miles 111.2 km |
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| 82 | White Mountain Peak NGS | White Mountains | 14,252 feet 4344 m |
7,196 feet 2193 m |
67.5 miles 108.7 km |
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| 83 | Chiricahua Peak[4] | Chiricahua Mountains | 9,763 feet 2976 m |
5,149 feet 1569 m |
67.3 miles 108.3 km |
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| 84 | Miller Peak[4] | Huachuca Mountains PB | 9,470 feet 2886 m |
5,011 feet 1527 m |
66.8 miles 107.6 km |
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| 85 | Baldy Mountain[4] PB | Bearpaw Mountains PB | 6,919 feet 2109 m |
4,228 feet 1289 m |
66.8 miles 107.6 km |
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| 86 | Copernicus Peak[4] | Diablo Range | 4,360 feet 1330 m |
3,120 feet 951 m |
65.4 miles 105.2 km |
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| 87 | Naomi Peak NGS PB | Bear River Mountains | 9,984 feet 3043 m |
3,169 feet 966 m |
64.5 miles 103.9 km |
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| 88 | Marys Peak NGS | Oregon Coast Range | 4,111 feet 1253 m |
3,367 feet 1026 m |
62.0 miles 99.7 km |
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| 89 | South Yolla Bolly Mountain[4] PB | Northern California Coast Range | 8,098 feet 2468 m |
4,854 feet 1479 m |
61.5 miles 99.0 km |
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| 90 | Ibapah Peak[4] PB | Deep Creek Range | 12,092 feet 3686 m |
5,267 feet 1605 m |
61.3 miles 98.7 km |
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| 91 | Pikes Peak NGS | Pikes Peak Massif | 14,115 feet 4302 m |
5,530 feet 1686 m |
60.8 miles 97.8 km |
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| 92 | Matterhorn[4] PB | Jarbidge Mountains | 10,843 feet 3305 m |
4,688 feet 1429 m |
60.8 miles 97.8 km |
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| 93 | Mount Blackburn | Wrangell Mountains | 16,390 feet 4996 m |
11,640 feet 3548 m |
61.0 miles 97.6 km |
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| 94 | Navajo Mountain NGS | Colorado Plateau | 10,348 feet 3154 m |
4,236 feet 1291 m |
59.6 miles 95.9 km |
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| 95 | Mount Redoubt | Chigmit Mountains | 10,197 feet 3108 m |
9,147 feet 2788 m |
58.7 miles 94.5 km |
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| 96 | Mount Hesperus | Alaska Range | 9,828 feet 2996 m |
6,978 feet 2127 m |
58.2 miles 93.6 km |
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| 97 | Telescope Peak NGS | Panamint Range | 11,043 feet 3366 m |
6,188 feet 1886 m |
57.9 miles 93.1 km |
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| 98 | Mount Hood[22] NGS | Cascade Range | 11,249 feet 3429 m |
7,706 feet 2349 m |
57.6 miles 92.8 km |
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| 99 | Mount Cleveland | Chuginadak Island | 5,675 feet 1730 m |
5,675 feet 1730 m |
56.8 miles 91.5 km |
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| 100 | Ferris Mountain NGS PB | Ferris Mountains PB | 10,071 feet 3070 m |
3,282 feet 1000 m |
56.6 miles 91.1 km |
[edit] Gallery
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Mount McKinley, or Denali, in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of the United States and North America |
Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base to summit |
Mount Whitney in California is the highest mountain peak of the contiguous United States |
Mount Mitchell in North Carolina is the highest mountain peak of the Eastern United States |
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Mount Rainier in Washington is the third most prominent mountain peak of the U.S. |
Mount Elbert in Colorado is the highest mountain peak of the Rocky Mountains |
Mount Washington is the highest mountain peak in the Northeastern United States |
[edit] See also
- Geography of the United States
- Geology of the United States of America
- Highest mountain peaks of the United States
- Lists of mountains
- Most prominent mountain peaks of the United States
- Mountain peaks of Alaska
- Mountain peaks of California
- Mountain peaks of Canada
- Mountain peaks of Colorado
- Mountain peaks of Mexico
- Mountain peaks of North America
- Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
- physical geography
- summit (topography)
- topographic elevation
- topographic isolation
- topographic prominence
- topography
- United States
[edit] References
- ^ The summit of Mount McKinley (Denali) is the highest point of the Alaska Range, the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and North America.
- ^ The summit of Mauna Kea is the highest point of the Island of Hawaiʻi, the State of Hawaiʻi, and the entire North Pacific Ocean. Mauna Kea is also the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base to summit. The shield volcano sits on the ocean floor at a depth of 5,998 meters (19,678 ft) for a total height of 10,203 meters (33,474 ft).
- ^ The summit of Mount Whitney is the highest point of the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z The elevation of this summit has been converted from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). National Geodetic Survey
- ^ The summit of Mount Mitchell is the highest point of the Appalachian Mountains, the State of North Carolina, and all of eastern North America.
- ^ The summit of Mount Washington is the highest point of the Northern Appalachian Mountains, the State of New Hampshire, and all of northeastern North America.
- ^ The summit of Mount Rainier is the highest point of the Cascade Range and the State of Washington.
- ^ The summit of Mount Elbert is the highest point of the Rocky Mountains and the State of Colorado.
- ^ The summit of Magazine Mountain is the highest point of the Ozark Mountains, the State of Arkansas, and the central United States.
- ^ The summit of Gannett Peak is the highest point of the Northern Rocky Mountains and the State of Wyoming.
- ^ The summit of Humphreys Peak is the highest point of the State of Arizona.
- ^ The summit of Spruce Knob is the highest point of the Allegheny Mountains and the State of West Virginia.
- ^ The summit of Kings Peak is the highest point of the Western Rocky Mountains and the State of Utah.
- ^ The summit of Katahdin is the highest point of the State of Maine.
- ^ The summit of Borah Peak is the highest point of the State of Idaho.
- ^ The summit of Harney Peak is the highest point of the Black Hills and the State of South Dakota.
- ^ The summit of Mount Marcy is the highest point of the Adirondack Mountains and the State of New York.
- ^ The summit of Mount Fairweather on the border of Alaska is the highest point of the Province of British Columbia.
- ^ The summit of Granite Peak is the highest point of the State of Montana.
- ^ The summit of Guadalupe Peak is the highest point of the State of Texas.
- ^ The summit of Clingmans Dome on the border of the State of North Carolina is the highest point of the State of Tennessee.
- ^ The summit of Mount Hood is the highest point of the State of Oregon.
[edit] External links
- National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- peakbagger.com
- peaklist.org
- summitpost.org
- World Mountain Encyclopedia @ peakware.com

