USA Highpoints Page

The story of why I decided to visit each of the 50 state highpoints starts with my unique upbringing in the mountains of New York State. I hiked extensivly in the Adirondack Mountains, starting at the age of 7, and in the process gaining several regional records for climbing the Adirondack 46 High Peaks during the winter season. After completeing 5 rounds of this group of 46 mountains (of which 4 rounds total were in the winter), I grew a bit too familiar with these mountains, and decided to move on and climb other peaks. So, my dad and I climbed all 116 mountains above 4,000ft. in elevation in New England and New York (the New England 116)in the winter. After this, I decided again it was time to move on, and set myself the goal of climbing/visiting all 50 state highpoints. My family has worked on this goal with me to the present, and has travelled to over 40 of the state highpoints with me. Since there are excellent state highpointing guides out there, on this US state highpointing webpage I wish to exhibit excellent photos of each mountain, rather than give factual or logistical information on each HP.

State	Name	Elevation	Date visited	Link	Thumb
Alabama	Cheaha Mountain	2,407 ft	9-2000
Alaska	Denali	20,320	5-26-2007	Denali Gallery
Arizona	Humphreys Peak	12,633	8-2-2002
Arkansas	Mount Magazine (Signal Hill)	2,753	09-2000
California	Mount Whitney	14,494	8-8-2002
Colorado	Mount Elbert	14,433	8-24-2000
Connecticut	Mount Frissell (South Slope)	2,380	04-1999
Delaware	Ebright Azimuth	448	09-2000
Florida	Lakewood (Britton Hill)	345	9-10-2000
Georgia	Brasstown Bald	4,784	9-11-2000
Hawaii	Mauna Kea	13,796	3-12-2009	50th Highpoint Adventure
Idaho	Borah Peak	12,662	7-24-2002
Illinois	Charles Mound	1,235	09/04/05
Indiana	Hoosier Hill	1,257	8-2000
Iowa	Hawkeye Point	1,670	09/04/05
Kansas	Mount Sunflower	4,039	8-28-2000
Kentucky	Black Mountain	4,145	9-14-2000
Louisiana	Driskill Mountain	535	09-2000
Maine	Katahdin (Baxter Peak)	5,267	02-2000
Maryland	Backbone Mountain	3,360	11-2004
Massachusetts	Greylock	3,491	04-1999
Michigan	Mount Arvon	1,979	8-15-2002
Minnesota	Eagle Mountain	2298 ft	07/05
Mississippi	Woodall Mountain	806	09-2000
Missouri	Taum Sauk	1,772	09-2000
Montana	Granite Peak	12,799	07/05
Nebraska	Panorama Point	5,424	7-10-2002
Nevada	Boundary Peak	13,143	8-10-2002
New Hampshire	Mount Washington	6,288	03-2000
New Jersey	High Point	1,803	9-2000
New Mexico	Wheeler Peak	13,161	8-2000
New York	Mount Marcy	5,344 ft	02/22/1992
North Carolina	Mount Mitchell	6,684	9-13-2000
North Dakota	White Butte	3,506	8-27-2003
Ohio	Campbell Hill	1,550	08-2000
Oklahoma	Black Mesa	4,973	8-29-2000
Oregon	Mount Hood	11,239	7-23-2002
Pennsylvania	Mount Davis	3,213	11-2004
Rhode Island	Jerimoth Hill	812	5-27-1999
South Carolina	Sassafras Mountain	3,560	9-12-2000
South Dakota	Harney Peak	7,242	8-26-2003
Tennessee	Clingmans Dome	6,543	9-13-2000
Texas	Guadalupe Peak	8,749	9-03-2000
Utah	Kings Peak	13,528	8-23-2003
Vermont	Mount Mansfield	4,393	01-2000
Virginia	Mount Rogers	5,729	9-2000
Washington	Mount Rainier	14,411	7-16-2002
West Virginia	Spruce Knob	4,863	11-2004
Wisconsin	Timms Hill	1,951	8-15-2002
Wyoming	Gannett Peak	13,804	07-2005