THE HIGHEST POINT IN EACH STATE 



FREQUENT reference is made to 

 the highest point in the various 

 states of the United States, and 

 in many instances they are erroneous as 

 to elevation and even to location. Books 

 of reference differ greatly as to the 

 heights of well-known summits, and in 

 some states the highest points have not 

 been measured. The Government sur- 

 veys afford data for many of the states, 

 and the following figures, compiled by 

 N. H. Darton, of the U. S. Geological 

 Survey, are mainly from that source. A 

 few special determinations were made by 

 Mr Darton in the course of his geological 

 work in the West : 



List of Highest Altitudes in the States of the 

 United States. 



The data are from maps of the U. S. Geological 

 Survey, unless otherwise stated. 



Alabama, Che-aw-ha Mountain 2,407 



Alaska, Mount McKinley 20,300a 



Arizona, San Francisco Peak 12,611 



Arkansas, Magazine Mountain (?)... 2,800a 



California, Mount Whitney 14,501 



Colorado, Mount Elbert 14,436 



Connecticut, Bear Mountain 2,355 



Delaware, 2 summits near Brandy- 

 wine 440+ 



Dist. of Co'umbia, Fort Reno, Tenley 421C 

 Florida, near Mount Pleasant Station 301 RR 

 Georgia, Brasstown Bald Mountain. 4,768 



Idaho, Hyndman Peak 12,078 



Illinois, Charles Mound i,257R 



Indiana, near summit, Randolph Co. 1,285a 



Iowa, 5 miles SE. of Sibley 1,670s 



Kansas, West boundary, north of 



Arkansas River 4, 135a 



Kentucky, The Double, Harlan Co.. 4,100a 

 Louisiana, summits in western par- 

 ishes 400+ S 



Maine, Mount Katahdin (west) 5,268 



Maryland, Backbone Mountain 3,400a 



Massachusetts, Mount Greylock 3,505 



Michigan, Porcupine Mountain (?). . 2,023L 

 Minnesota, Misquah Hills, Cook Co. 2,23oaS 



Mississippi, near Holly Springs 602 



Missouri, Tom Sauk Mountain i,8ooaS 



Montana, Granite Peak i2,834aK 



Nebraska, Plains in SW. corner.... 5,300+D 



Nevada, Wheeler Peak 13,058c 



New Hampshire, Mount Washington 6,290 



New Jersey, High Point : 1.809 



New Mexico, peak 2 miles N. of 



Truchas Peak 13,306 



New York, Mount Marcy 5,344 



North Carolina, Mount Mitchell 6,711 



North Dakota, south part Bowman 



County 3,500-f-D 



Ohio, iy 2 miles E. of Belief ontaine. . i,54oW 

 Oklahoma, SW. corner T. 1 R. 1 . . . . 4,700+D 



Oregon, Mount Hood 11,225 



Pennsylvania, Blue Knob 3,136 



Rhode Island, Durfee Hill 805 



South Carolina, Sassafras Mountain 3,548 



South Dakota, Harney Peak 7,240 



Tennessee, Mount Guyot 6,636G 



Texas, El Capitan, Guadaloupe Mtn.. 8,690 



Utah, Mount Emmons 13,428 



Vermont, Mount Mansfield 4406C 



Virginia, Mount Rogers 5,719 



Washington, Mount Rainier 14,363 



West Virginia, Spruce Knob 4,860 



Wisconsin, Rib Hill ( ?) 1,940s 



Wyoming, Mount Gannett 13,785 



a, approximate; +, or slightly higher; C, 

 U. S. C. and G. S ; S, State Survey ; L, U. S. 

 Lake Survey; W, U. S. Weather Bureau; R, 

 C. W. Rolfe; K, J. P. Kimball; G, Guyot; 

 RR, Railroad; D, X. H. Darton. 



The highest points in Delaware are 

 two rounded summits, one a mile east of 

 Brandywine, and another just south of 

 Centerville, both of which are slightly 

 over 440 feet. The point given in the 

 table as the highest in Maryland is in 

 the narrow disputed strip lying along the 

 West Virginia line. If this belongs to 

 the latter state the highest point in Mary- 

 land will be a 3,340- foot peak a mile 

 northwest of the 3,400 foot one. There 

 is some doubt as to the highest points in 

 the Central States, notably in Michigan, 

 where it is claimed that Huron Moun- 

 tains, in Marquette County, are higher 

 than Porcupine Mountain. It is pos- 

 sible also that there are higher points 

 in Minnesota and Wisconsin than those 

 given, but they have not been measured. 



In Florida the land north of Mount 

 Pleasant probably is slightly higher than 

 at the railroad station. In Louisiana 

 the elevation is slightly more than 400 

 feet in Kisatchie Hills, in Sabine Parish ; 

 in some hills in the southeast corner of 

 Claiborne Parish, and in some ridges in 

 Vernon Parish, all in western part of the 

 state, but their heights have not been 

 accurately determined. 



Arkansas has two peaks of nearly the 

 same altitude. Magazine Mountain, 



