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Accomplishing state highpoints wasn’t a serious goal for me until COVID killed all kinds of other plans I had for 2020.  A few of these have already been on my bucket list for a while now, but not with any kind of serious effort to git’em done… until now.  If you’re interested in doing this too, here are the waypoints you can export for all 50 States.  In the meantime, I’ll be tracking progress and posting related info here.

STATE HIGHPOINT ELEVATION DATE DONE NOTES
Alabama Cheetah Mountain 2,408′
Alaska Denali 20,320′ 2024 plans
Arizona Humphrey’s Peak 12,637′ 6/26/2020 Trip Report
Arkansas Mt. Magazine 2,753′
California Mt. Whitney 14,505′ 11/8/2019
6/18/2021
2019 Trip Report
2021 Trip Report
Colorado Mt. Elbert 14,440′ 6/4/2021 2020 miss
2021 Trip Report
Connecticut Mt.Frissell 2,454′ 8/23/2021 Trip Report
Delaware Ebright Azimuth 448′
Florida Britton Hill 345′
Georgia Brasstown Bald 4,840′
Hawaii Mauna Kea 13,803′
Idaho Borah Peak 12,622′ 7/19/2014
7/20/2019
7/18/2020
2020 Trip Report
Illinois Charles Mound 1,235′
Indiana Hoosier Hill 1,257′
Iowa Hawkeye Point 1,670′
Kansas Mt. Sunflower 4,039′ 9/23/2021 1st 2021 Trip Report
2nd 2021 Trip Report
Kentucky Black Mountain 4,135′
Louisiana Driskill Mountain 535′
Maine Katahdin 5,270′ 2023 plans
Maryland Backbone Mountain 3,360′
Massachusetts Mt. Greylock 3,489′ 8/24/2021 Trip Report
Michigan Mt. Arvon 1,979′
Minnesota Eagle Mountain 2,298′
Mississippi Woodall Mountain 807′
Missouri Taum Sauk 1,752′
Montana Granite Peak 12,807′ 8/11/2020 Trip Report
Nebraska Panorama Point 5,429′ 9/24/2021 Trip Report
Nevada Boundary Peak 13,147′ 11/5/2020 Trip Report
New Hampshire Mt. Washington 6,287′ 10/6/2020 Trip Report
New Jersey High Point 1,804′
New Mexico Wheeler Peak 13,167′ 6/2/2021 Trip Report
New York Mt. Marcy 5,344′ 8/27/2021 Trip Report
North Carolina Mt. Mitchell 6,720′
North Dakota White Butte 3,506′ 7/28/2021 Trip Report 
Ohio Campbell Hill 1,550′ 8/19/2021 Trip Report
Oklahoma Black Mesa 4,975′ 6/1/2021 Trip Report
Oregon Mt. Hood 11,249′ 2023 plans
Pennsylvania Mt. Davis 3,213′
Rhode Island Jerimoth Hill 808′ 10/9/2020 Trip Report
South Carolina Sassafras Mountain 3,549′
South Dakota Black Elk Peak 7,244′ 8/19/2016
Tennessee Clingman’s  Dome 6,309′
Texas Guadalupe Peak 8,751′ 10/7/2021 Trip Report
Utah Kings Peak 13,528′ 8/11/2017
7/26/2020
8/12/2022
2020 Trip Report
Vermont Mt. Mansfield 4,395′ 10/5/2020 Trip Report
Virginia Mt. Rogers 5,711′
Washington Mt. Rainier 14,410′ 2023 plans
West Virginia Spruce Knob 4,863′
Wisconsin Timm’s Hill 1,952′
Wyoming Gannett Peak 13,809′ 7/30/2022 Trip Report

Helpful Links

  • SummitPost.org: U.S. State Highpoints
  • Highpoint Webcams

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