thumb|400px|Enlargeable U.S. map with state and territory high points shown as red dots and low points as green squares except where low point is a shoreline.

thumb|400px|Enlargeable map of the [[U.S. state|50 U.S. states by mean elevation.]]

This list includes the topographic elevations of each of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories.

The elevation of a geographic area may be stated in several ways. These include:

  1. The maximum elevation of the area (high point);
  2. The minimum elevation of the area (low point);
  3. The arithmetic mean elevation of the area (statistical mean elevation);
  4. The median elevation of the area (statistical 50% elevation); and
  5. The elevation range of the area.

All topographic elevations are adjusted to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). All geographic coordinates are adjusted to the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS 84). The mean elevation for each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico is accurate to the nearest . Mean elevation data is not available for the other U.S. territories.

Cultural significance

Those who try to summit the highest point in each U.S. state and territory are known as highpointers.

Elevations

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|+<big>Elevations of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories</big><br/><br/>

!scope=col rowspan=2|State, district, or territory

!scope=col colspan=3|Highest point, rank & elevation rank, range

!scope=col rowspan=2|High point coordinates

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|Cheaha Mountain

|align=center|38

|Gulf of Mexico

|align=center|3

|align=center|41

|align=center|38

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|Denali (Mount McKinley)

|align=center|1

|Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|15

|align=center|1

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|Lata Mountain on Taū Island

|align=center|36

|Pacific Ocean

|align=center|3

|colspan=1 align=center|NA

|colspan=1 align=center|NA

|align=center|35

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|Humphreys Peak

|align=center|12

|Colorado River at Mexico border

|align=center|33

|align=center|7

|align=center|6

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|Mount Magazine

|align=center|37

|Ouachita River at Louisiana border

|align=center|32

|align=center|37

|align=center|37

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|Mount Whitney

|align=center|2

|Badwater Basin in Death Valley

|align=center|1

|align=center|11

|align=center|2

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|Mount Elbert

|align=center|3

|Arikaree River at Kansas border

|align=center|57

|align=center|1

|align=center|10

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|Southern slope of Mount Frissell at Massachusetts border

|align=center|39

|Long Island Sound

|align=center|3

|align=center|41

|align=center|39

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|Near the Ebright Azimuth

|align=center|54

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|52

|align=center|54

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|Point Reno

|align=center|55

|Potomac River at eastern Maryland border

|align=center|31

|align=center|49

|align=center|55

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|Britton Hill

|align=center|56

|Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

|align=center|3

|align=center|50

|align=center|56

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!scope=row| Georgia

|Brasstown Bald

|align=center|25

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|38

|align=center|22

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|Mount Lamlam

|align=center|48

|Pacific Ocean

|align=center|3

|colspan=2 align=center|NA

|align=center|46

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|Mauna Kea

|align=center|6

|Pacific Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|10

|align=center|4

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|Borah Peak

|align=center|11

|Confluence of Snake and Clearwater rivers

|align=center|49

|align=center|6

|align=center|7

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|Charles Mound

|align=center|50

|Confluence of Mississippi and Ohio rivers

|align=center|39

|align=center|38

|align=center|49

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|Hoosier Hill

|align=center|49

|Confluence of Wabash and Ohio rivers

|align=center|41

|align=center|34

|align=center|50

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!scope=row|

|Hawkeye Point

|align=center|45

|Confluence of Mississippi and Des Moines rivers

|align=center|44

|align=center|22

|align=center|47

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|Mount Sunflower

|align=center|29

|Verdigris River at Oklahoma border

|align=center|48

|align=center|14

|align=center|32

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!scope=row|

|Black Mountain

|align=center|28

|Mississippi River at Kentucky Bend

|align=center|38

|align=center|35

|align=center|28

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|Driskill Mountain

|align=center|53

|New Orleans

|align=center|2

|align=center|50

|align=center|53

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|Mount Katahdin

|align=center|22

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|38

|align=center|21

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|Hoye-Crest

|align=center|33

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|44

|align=center|31

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|Mount Greylock

|align=center|32

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|41

|align=center|30

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|Mount Arvon

|align=center|41

|Lake Erie

|align=center|45

|align=center|29

|align=center|44

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|Eagle Mountain

|align=center|40

|Lake Superior

|align=center|47

|align=center|21

|align=center|41

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|Woodall Mountain

|align=center|52

|Gulf of Mexico

|align=center|3

|align=center|46

|align=center|52

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|Taum Sauk Mountain

|align=center|44

|Saint Francis River at southern Arkansas border

|align=center|36

|align=center|33

|align=center|43

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|Granite Peak

|align=center|10

|Kootenai River at Idaho border

|align=center|53

|align=center|8

|align=center|11

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|Panorama Point

|align=center|20

|Missouri River at Kansas border

|align=center|51

|align=center|12

|align=center|25

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|Boundary Peak

|align=center|9

|Colorado River at California border

|align=center|43

|align=center|5

|align=center|5

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|Mount Washington

|align=center|18

|Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Maine)

|align=center|3

|align=center|25

|align=center|17

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|High Point

|align=center|43

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|47

|align=center|40

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|Wheeler Peak

|align=center|8

|Red Bluff Reservoir on Texas border

|align=center|55

|align=center|4

|align=center|13

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|Mount Marcy

|align=center|21

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|25

|align=center|20

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|Mount Mitchell

|align=center|16

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|36

|align=center|15

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|White Butte

|align=center|31

|Red River of the North at Manitoba border

|align=center|50

|align=center|15

|align=center|36

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|Mount Agrihan on the island of Agrihan

|align=center|35

|Pacific Ocean

|align=center|3

|colspan=2 align=center|NA

|align=center|34

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|Campbell Hill

|align=center|47

|Ohio River at Indiana border

|align=center|42

|align=center|32

|align=center|48

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|Black Mesa

|align=center|23

|Little River at Arkansas border

|align=center|40

|align=center|20

|align=center|23

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|Mount Hood

|align=center|13

|Pacific Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|9

|align=center|9

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|Mount Davis

|align=center|34

| Delaware River at Delaware border

|align=center|3

|align=center|22

|align=center|33

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|Cerro de Punta

|align=center|27

|Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea)

|align=center|3

|align=center|31

|align=center|26

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|Jerimoth Hill

|align=center|51

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|48

|align=center|51

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|Sassafras Mountain

|align=center|30

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|44

|align=center|29

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|Black Elk Peak

|align=center|15

|Big Stone Lake on Minnesota border

|align=center|52

|align=center|13

|align=center|18

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|Kuwohi (formerly Clingmans Dome)

|align=center|17

|Mississippi River at Mississippi border

|align=center|35

|align=center|29

|align=center|16

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|Guadalupe Peak

|align=center|14

|Gulf of Mexico

|align=center|3

|align=center|17

|align=center|14

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|Kings Peak

|align=center|7

|Beaver Dam Wash at Arizona border

|align=center|54

|align=center|3

|align=center|8

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|Mount Mansfield

|align=center|26

|Lake Champlain

|align=center|34

|align=center|25

|align=center|27

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!scope=row| Virgin Islands

|Crown Mountain on the island of Saint Thomas

|align=center|46

|Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea)

|align=center|3

|colspan=2 align=center|NA

|align=center|42

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|Mount Rogers

|align=center|19

|Atlantic Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|28

|align=center|19

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!scope=row| Washington

|Mount Rainier

|align=center|4

|Pacific Ocean

|align=center|3

|align=center|17

|align=center|3

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|Spruce Knob

|align=center|24

|Potomac River at Virginia border

|align=center|37

|align=center|19

|align=center|24

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|Timms Hill

|align=center|42

|Lake Michigan

|align=center|46

|align=center|24

|align=center|45

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|Gannett Peak

|align=center|5

|Belle Fourche River at South Dakota border

|align=center|56

|align=center|2

|align=center|12

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!scope=row| Outlying islands

|Navassa Island high point

|align=center|57

|Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea and other islands in the Pacific Ocean

|align=center|3

|colspan=2 align=center|NA

|align=center|57

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Minor outlying islands

The highest points in the U.S. minor outlying islands, mostly unnamed:

  • Baker Island high point –
  • Howland Island high point –

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File:Denali Mt McKinley.jpg|1. Denali in Alaska (federally designated Mount McKinley)

File:Mount Whitney 2003-03-25.jpg|2. Mount Whitney in California

File:Mt. Elbert.jpg|3. Mount Elbert in Colorado

File:Mount Rainier from southwest.jpg|4. Mount Rainier in Washington

File:Gannet Peak with Gannett Glacier.jpg|5. Gannett Peak in Wyoming

File:KeckObservatory.jpg|6. Mauna Kea in Hawaii

File:Kings Peak Close Up.jpg|7. Kings Peak in Utah

File:Wheeler Peak 2006.jpg|8. Wheeler Peak in New Mexico

File:Boundary Peak Nevada USA.jpg|9. Boundary Peak in Nevada

File:Granite Peak Montana 2.jpg|10. Granite Peak in Montana

File:BorahPeakID.jpg|11. Borah Peak in Idaho

File:San Francisco Peaks, winter.jpg|12. Humphreys Peak in Arizona

File:Mount Hood reflected in Mirror Lake, Oregon.jpg|13. Mount Hood in Oregon

File:Guadalupe Nima2.JPG|14. Guadalupe Peak in Texas

File:Harney Peak aka Black Elk Peak.jpg|15. Black Elk Peak in South Dakota (formerly Harney Peak)

File:Mount-mitchell-south-nc1.jpg|16. Mount Mitchell in North Carolina

File:Abies fraseri0.jpg|17. Kuwohi in Tennessee (formerly Clingmans Dome)

File:Mt. Washington from Bretton Woods.JPG|18. Mount Washington in New Hampshire

File:2017-05-16 09 51 01 View west-northwest toward Mount Rogers from the summit of Pine Mountain within the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in Grayson County, Virginia.jpg|19. Mount Rogers in Virginia

File:Panorama Point, Nebraska face NW.JPG|20. Panorama Point in Nebraska

File:Adirondacks Mount Marcy From Mount Haystack.JPG|21. Mount Marcy in New York

File:Mt katahdin, located in Baxter State Park, the highest mountain in the state of Maine.jpg|22. Mount Katahdin in Maine

File:The high point monument - panoramio.jpg|23. Black Mesa in Oklahoma

File:JudyRocks.JPG|24. Spruce Knob in West Virginia (background mountain)

File:Brasstown Bald from Hogpen Gap view, Oct 2018.jpg|25. Brasstown Bald in Georgia (background mountain)

File:WheelerPark MtMansfieldEastView 2 20230730.jpg|26. Mount Mansfield in Vermont

File:Cerro de Punta as seen from Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC03460).jpg|27. Cerro de Punta in Puerto Rico

File:Black Mountain (Kentucky) summit.JPG|28. Black Mountain in Kentucky

File:Mount Sunflower.jpg|29. Mount Sunflower in Kansas

File:Sassafras Mountain South Carolina 2020 6.jpg|30. Sassafras Mountain in South Carolina

File:White Butte, North Dakota.jpg|31. White Butte in North Dakota

File:Greylock & Hopper.JPG|32. Mount Greylock in Massachusetts

File:Hoye-Crest Historical Marker.jpg|33. Hoye-Crest in Maryland

File:Mount Davis 3213 ft.jpg|34. Mount Davis in Pennsylvania (background mountain)

File:AgriganAgrihanUSGS.jpg|35. Mount Agrihan in the Northern Mariana Islands

File:Si'u Point is a good place to view the south coast of Ta'u. some of the tallest sea cliffs in the world stairstep over 3,000 (c16b5d2c-abdc-2079-10e2-57c922efb550).jpg|36. Lata Mountain in American Samoa

File:Mount Magazine from southeast.JPG|37. Mount Magazine in Arkansas

File:Cheaha Mountain, Alabama.jpg|38. Cheaha Mountain in Alabama

File:Mt frissell CT high point.jpg|39. Southern Slope of Mount Frissell in Connecticut

File:Eagle Mountain, Minnesota.jpg|40. Eagle Mountain in Minnesota

File:Gfp-michigan-mount-arvon-scene-at-the-top-of-arvon.jpg|41. Mount Arvon in Michigan

File:Timms Hill, Wisconsin.JPG|42. Timms Hill in Wisconsin

File:High Point Monument and Lake Marcia framed.jpg|43. High Point in New Jersey

File:Proffit to Taum Sauk.jpg|44. Taum Sauk Mountain in Missouri

File:Hawkeye Point silo.jpg|45. Hawkeye Point in Iowa

File:Crown Mountain from Charlotte Amalie.jpg|46. Crown Mountain in the US Virgin Islands

File:Campbell Hill, Ohio.JPG|47. Campbell Hill in Ohio

File:Mount Lamlam.jpg|48. Mount Lamlam in Guam

File:Hoosier Hill summit area.jpg|49. Hoosier Hill in Indiana

File:Looking eastward at Charles Mound, the highest point in Illinois.jpg|50. Charles Mound in Illinois

File:Jerimoth Hill Summit.JPG|51. Jerimoth Hill in Rhode Island

File:Woodall Mountain Mississippi.JPG|52. Woodall Mountain in Mississippi

File:Driskill Mountain Summit.JPG|53. Driskill Mountain in Louisiana

File:Ebright Azimuth sign - SEP 2016.jpg|54. Ebright Azimuth in Delaware

File:Point Reno, Washington, D.C..JPG|55. Point Reno in the District of Columbia

File:Britton Hill, Florida.JPG|56. Britton Hill in Florida

File:Navassa ISS014.jpg|57. The highest point of Navassa Island is the highest point of all the US Minor Outlying Islands.

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File:Badwater elevation sign.jpg|The Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point in California, the United States, and all of North America.

File:Clouds over the Atlantic Ocean.jpg|The lowpoints of Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, the Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, the US Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, and the US Minor Outlying Islands are all at sea level.

File:Arikaree River.JPG|The Arikaree River at the Colorado-Kansas border is the lowest point in Colorado, and the highest state lowpoint in the United States.

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See also

  • Highpointing
  • List of elevation extremes by country
  • List of elevation extremes by region
  • Lists of highest points
  • List of highest U.S. county high points
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
  • List of the highest major summits of the United States
  • List of the most prominent summits of the United States
  • List of the most isolated major summits of the United States
  • List of highest counties in the United States
  • List of highest United States cities by state

Notes

References

  • National Geodetic Survey
  • Finding Survey Marks and Datasheets
  • United States Geological Survey
  • National Map Search
  • Elevation Point Query Service