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What's the elevation of the tallest peak in your city and county?
I'll start off for LA city Mt. Lukens is the tallest mountain in the city limit at 5,066 just missing the mile high mark, and Mt. San Antonio/Mt.Baldy is the tallest for LA county at 10,069 ft.
I plan on checking out most if not all of these. I've heard Seattle has some spectacular ones.
I'm originally from Central Florida, and the highest peak there was sugarloaf "mtn" at a whopping 312 ft, and it actually does feel pretty high for Florida standards.
It's amazing how elevation of mountains is completely relative to what you're used to. On the west coast that would literally be nothing, but over here 10,000 ft mountains don't feel like they are that tall though same with the rockies.
When I lived in Missouri for a few months, I fell in love with the Ozarks where the highest peak is 2,753 ft I found that unbelievable as they were so beautiful, and felt every bit like a mountain range even coming from SoCal. Same for majority of the east coast mountain ranges.
In the city of San Diego Cowles Mountain is the tallest at 1,593 ft, In the county its Hot Spring Mountain at 6,535 ft. Its out in the desert, but Mt. Cuyamaca in the local mountains, and the one you see covered in snow as a backdrop to our skyline in pictures is 6,515 ft.
We also have a place in Running Springs, San Bernardino County. In town I'm guessing Slide Peak at Snow Valley Ski resort at 7,841 ft, with Mt. San Gorgonio at 11,489 ft being the tallest in the county.
The one I see the most from my place is yours, Mt. Baldy in LA county.
I will say seeing a 10K ft mountain from sea level is just as impressive as a 14K ft peak when already at 4-5K+ ft, like you will in the Rockies. Salt Lake City is pretty impressive though. Seeing Mt. Whitney (tallest in the continental US) at 14,495 ft, from Death Valley (lowest spot in US) at 280 ft below sea level is something else.
Seattle wins it for me with its views of Mt. Rainer at 14,410 ft from sea level. I have family with views of it from their house and it never gets old.
Mauna Kea at 13,802 ft on the Big Island of Hawaii in the winter is in a class of its own with the view from the beach, if not obstructed by the clouds
The river at Downtown Knoxville goes from around 820' with ridges across the river up to 1,120 and 1,150' Not that huge of an elevation difference but they are steep and some are actual cliffs.
Knox county has house mountain at 2100'
Highest spot in the Knoxville metro is Thunderhead mountain at 5,527'
Not far from Salt Lake City, Utah is King's Peak at 13,527 feet.
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