List of U.S. states and territories by elevation

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File:Map of USA elevations with territories 2.png
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.
File:US states by average altitude.svg
Enlargeable map of the 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.[1]

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

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

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 are accurate to the nearest Script error: No such module "convert".. 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.[2]

Elevations

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Elevations of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories

State, district, or territory Highest point, rank & elevation[1]Template:Efn Lowest point, rank & elevation[1]Template:Efn Elevation: rank, mean;[3]Template:Efn rank, rangeTemplate:Efn High point coordinatesTemplate:Efn
           
File:Flag of Alabama.svg Alabama Cheaha Mountain[4][5] 38

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File:Flag of Alaska.svg AlaskaTemplate:Efn Denali (Mount McKinley)[6]Template:Efn 1

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Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean 3

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File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa Lata Mountain on Taʻū Island[7] 36

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Pacific Ocean 3

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NA NA 35

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File:Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona Humphreys Peak[8][9] 12

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Colorado River at Mexico border 33

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File:Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas Mount Magazine[10][11]Template:Efn 37

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Ouachita River at Louisiana border 32

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File:Flag of California.svg CaliforniaTemplate:Efn Mount Whitney[12][13]Template:Efn 2

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Badwater Basin in Death ValleyTemplate:Efn 1

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File:Flag of Colorado.svg ColoradoTemplate:Efn Mount Elbert[14][15]Template:Efn 3

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Arikaree River at Kansas borderTemplate:Efn 57

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File:Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut Southern slope of Mount Frissell at Massachusetts border[16]Template:Efn 39

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Long Island Sound 3

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File:Flag of Delaware.svg DelawareTemplate:Efn Near the Ebright Azimuth[17][18][19] 54

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File:Flag of Washington, D.C.svg District of Columbia Point Reno[20][21] 55

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Potomac River at eastern Maryland border 31

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File:Flag of Florida.svg FloridaTemplate:Efn Britton Hill[22]Template:Efn 56

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Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico 3

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Template:Flagicon Georgia Brasstown Bald[23] 25

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Atlantic Ocean 3

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File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam Mount Lamlam[24]Template:Efn 48

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Pacific Ocean 3

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NA 46

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File:Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii Mauna Kea[25][26]Template:Efn 6

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Pacific Ocean 3

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File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho Borah Peak[27][28] 11

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Confluence of Snake and Clearwater rivers 49

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File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois Charles Mound[29][30]Template:Efn 50

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Confluence of Mississippi and Ohio rivers 39

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File:Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana Hoosier Hill[31] 49

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Confluence of Wabash and Ohio rivers 41

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34

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File:Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa Hawkeye Point[32] 45

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Confluence of Mississippi and Des Moines rivers 44

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File:Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas Mount Sunflower[33]Template:Efn 29

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Verdigris River at Oklahoma border 48

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File:Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky Black Mountain[34] 28

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Mississippi River at Kentucky Bend 38

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File:Flag of Louisiana.svg LouisianaTemplate:Efn Driskill Mountain[35] 53

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New Orleans 2

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File:Flag of Maine.svg Maine Mount Katahdin[36][37]Template:Efn 22

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Atlantic Ocean 3

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File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland Hoye-Crest[38] 33

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Atlantic Ocean 3

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File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts Mount Greylock[39][40]Template:Efn 32

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File:Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan Mount Arvon[41]Template:Efn 41

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Lake Erie 45

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File:Flag of Minnesota.svg Minnesota Eagle Mountain[42] 40

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Lake Superior 47

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File:Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi Woodall Mountain[43][44] 52

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Gulf of Mexico 3

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File:Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri Taum Sauk Mountain[45]Template:Efn 44

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Saint Francis River at southern Arkansas border 36

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File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana Granite Peak[46][47]Template:Efn 10

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Kootenai River at Idaho border 53

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File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska Panorama Point[48]Template:Efn 20

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Missouri River at Kansas border 51

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File:Flag of Nevada.svg Nevada Boundary Peak[49][50]Template:Efn 9

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Colorado River at California border 43

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File:Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire Mount Washington[51][52]Template:Efn 18

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Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Maine) 3

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File:Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey High Point[53] 43

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Atlantic Ocean 3

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File:Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico Wheeler Peak[54][55]Template:Efn 8

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Red Bluff Reservoir on Texas border 55

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File:Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina Mount Mitchell[58]Template:Efn 16

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File:Flag of North Dakota.svg North Dakota White Butte[59] 31

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Red River of the North at Manitoba border 50

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File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Marianas Mount Agrihan on the island of Agrihan[60]Template:Efn 35

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Pacific Ocean 3

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File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio Campbell Hill[61] 47

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Ohio River at Indiana border 42

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File:Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma Black Mesa[62] 23

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Little River at Arkansas border 40

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File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon Mount Hood[63][64]Template:Efn 13

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Pacific Ocean 3

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File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania Mount Davis[65] 34

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Delaware River at Delaware border 3

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File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto RicoTemplate:Efn Cerro de Punta[66]Template:Efn 27

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Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea) 3

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File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island Jerimoth Hill[67] 51

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Atlantic Ocean 3

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File:Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina Sassafras Mountain[68] 30

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Atlantic Ocean 3

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File:Flag of South Dakota.svg South Dakota Black Elk Peak[69][70]Template:Efn 15

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Big Stone Lake on Minnesota border 52

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File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee Kuwohi (formerly Clingmans Dome)[71]Template:Efn 17

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Mississippi River at Mississippi border 35

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File:Flag of Texas.svg Texas Guadalupe Peak[72][73]Template:Efn 14

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Gulf of Mexico 3

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File:Flag of Utah.svg Utah Kings Peak[74]Template:Efn 7

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Beaver Dam Wash at Arizona border 54

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File:Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont Mount Mansfield[75][76]Template:Efn 26

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Lake Champlain 34

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Template:Flagicon Virgin Islands Crown Mountain on the island of Saint Thomas[77] 46

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Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea) 3

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File:Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia Mount Rogers[78][79] 19

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Atlantic Ocean 3

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Template:Flagicon Washington Mount Rainier[80]Template:Efn 4

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Pacific Ocean 3

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File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia Spruce Knob[81][82] 24

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Potomac River at Virginia border 37

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File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin Timms Hill[83] 42

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Lake Michigan 46

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File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming Gannett Peak[84][85]Template:Efn 5

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Belle Fourche River at South Dakota border 56

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Template:Flagicon Outlying islands Navassa Island high point[86] 57

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Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea and other islands in the Pacific Ocean 3

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Minor outlying islands

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

Highpoint gallery (in order of elevation)

Lowpoint gallery

See also

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Notes

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References

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External links

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