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For Colorado it looks like you are missing a digit
It's 14,439′. What surprised me is it's actually higher than Mount Rainier, albeit only by 22 feet. It's because Mount Elbert is easier to hike up with less snow and ice during the summer months.
Of course it's the Western states that are at the top since the Rockies, Cascades, and Sierras are much higher than the Appalachians. North Carolina is the highest East of the Mississippi. Meanwhile my state is right in the middle at #25. The Great Plains states are flat but has an elevation gain as you're heading west towards Denver, which we all know is a mile high.
My goal is to visit the summit of as many as possible. So far I've only been to the ones in Georgia (hiked all the way from the bottom once), North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida (that was an easy one).
If we're going from lowest elevation to highest then California would actually be 14,787 feet as Badwater Basin in Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level (Whitney's elevation is 14,505)
If we're going from lowest elevation to highest then California would actually be 14,787 feet as Badwater Basin in Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level (Whitney's elevation is 14,505)
I think he meant the lowest “highest” elevation to the highest “highest” elevation, but that’s a mouthful. The elevations are all measured from sea level.
It's amazing to me that Santiago Peak, which is right behind my town, at 5689' is higher than any point in 31 states! It's a very small mountain by California and even by local standards. And looking over the list...what qualifies to be called a "mountain" is obviously relative and the distinction between mountain and hill is very fuzzy.
The English language allows you to name anything a mountain if you’d like. I think geologists have their own definitions of mountain though (1000 feet maybe). But you also shouldn’t be surprised that California is a very mountainous state compared to most any other state.
The English language allows you to name anything a mountain if you’d like. I think geologists have their own definitions of mountain though (1000 feet maybe). But you also shouldn’t be surprised that California is a very mountainous state compared to most any other state.
No, I'm not surprised that California is mountainous, I knew that. It's just eye-opening to see the states listed like this. I would have thought the Plains states, some of which I've visited, would be low on the list but they are positively hilly compared to some others.
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