Table of the most prominent summits of the United States

The following sortable table lists the 180 most topographically prominent
Topographic prominence
In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop , or prime factor , categorizes the height of the mountain's or hill's summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit...

mountain peaks
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid

Geoid

The geoid is that equipotential surface which would coincide exactly with the mean ocean surface of the Earth, if the oceans were in equilibrium, at rest , and extended through the continents . According to C.F...

, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

as an equipotential

Equipotential

Equipotential or isopotential in mathematics and physics refers to a region in space where every point in it is at the same potential. This usually refers to a scalar potential , although it can also be applied to vector potentials...

gravitational surface. Topographic prominence

Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop , or prime factor , categorizes the height of the mountain's or hill's summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit...

is the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. Topographic isolation

Topographic isolation

The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum horizontal distance to the nearest point of higher elevation. Topographic isolation represents a radius of dominance in which the summit is the highest point. Topographic isolation can be calculated for small hills and islands as well as for...

is the minimum great circle

Great circle

A great circle, also known as a Riemannian circle, of a sphere is the intersection of the sphere and a plane which passes through the center point of the sphere, as opposed to a general circle of a sphere where the plane is not required to pass through the center...

distance to a point of higher elevation.

This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921.3 feet) of topographic prominence. There are 129 ultra-prominent summits in the United States.

All elevations in the 48 states

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

of the contiguous United States

Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States are the 48 U.S. states on the continent of North America that are south of Canada and north of Mexico, plus the District of Columbia....

include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988

North American Vertical Datum of 1988

The North American Vertical Datum of 1988 is the vertical control datum of orthometric height established for vertical control surveying in the United States of America based upon the General Adjustment of the North American Datum of 1988....

(NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.

Of these 180 most prominent peaks, 77 are located in Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

, 16 in Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, 15 in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, 10 in Washington, 10 in Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

, 9 in Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

, 7 in Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, 7 in Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

, 6 in Hawaiʻi, 6 in Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

, 6 in Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, 3 in Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

, 2 in North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, 2 in New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

, and one each in New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, and Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

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In the United States, only Mount McKinley

Mount McKinley

Mount McKinley or Denali in Alaska, United States is the highest mountain peak in North America and the United States, with a summit elevation of above sea level. It is the centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve.- Geology and features :Mount McKinley is a granitic pluton...

exceeds 5000 meters (16,404.2 feet) of topographic prominence. Three major summits exceed 4000 meters (13,123.4 feet), ten exceed 3000 meters (9842.5 feet), and 45 exceed 2000 meters (6561.7 feet) of topographic prominence.

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The 180 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States
Rank Ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either 'ranked higher than', 'ranked lower than' or 'ranked equal to' the second....	Mountain Peak Summit (topography) In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...	State U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
1	Alaska	63.0690°N 151.0063°W
2	Hawaii	19.8207°N 155.4681°W
3	Washington	46.8521°N 121.7579°W
4	Alaska British Columbia	58.9064°N 137.5265°W
5	Alaska	61.7305°N 143.4031°W
6	Alaska	63.6199°N 146.7174°W
7	Alaska Yukon	60.2927°N 140.9307°W
8	Alaska	61.4374°N 147.7525°W
9	California	36.5786°N 118.2920°W
10	Hawaii	20.7097°N 156.2533°W
11	California	41.4092°N 122.1949°W
12	Alaska	54.7554°N 163.9709°W
13	Alaska	60.4851°N 152.7439°W
14	Colorado	39.1178°N 106.4454°W
15	Washington	48.7768°N 121.8145°W
16	Alaska	61.4086°N 152.4125°W
17	California	33.8147°N 116.6794°W
18	California	34.0992°N 116.8249°W
19	Nevada	36.2716°N 115.6956°W
20	Alaska	55.4175°N 161.8932°W
21	Alaska	56.2191°N 159.2980°W
22	Washington	46.2024°N 121.4909°W
23	Alaska Yukon	60.3194°N 139.0726°W
24	Alaska	69.2820°N 144.8996°W
25	Alaska	60.0321°N 153.0915°W
26	Washington	47.8013°N 123.7108°W
27	Alaska Yukon	60.1816°N 139.9811°W
28	Oregon	45.3735°N 121.6959°W
29	Alaska	62.2132°N 144.1292°W
30	Alaska	60.6512°N 143.6970°W
31	Nevada	38.9858°N 114.3139°W
32	Washington	48.1125°N 121.1138°W
33	Alaska	63.2390°N 144.6419°W
34	Alaska	58.3534°N 155.0958°W
35	Alaska	62.9605°N 151.3992°W
36	California	37.6341°N 118.2557°W
37	Alaska	58.6625°N 137.1716°W
38	Hawaii	19.4747°N 155.6058°W
39	Wyoming	44.3821°N 107.1739°W
40	Wyoming	43.1842°N 109.6542°W
41	Alaska	53.1251°N 168.6947°W
42	Alaska	61.8036°N 154.1469°W
43	Alaska	61.3845°N 141.7529°W
44	Alaska	62.1159°N 144.6394°W
45	Alaska	57.1312°N 156.9836°W
46	Wyoming	43.7412°N 110.8024°W
47	Oregon	45.2450°N 117.2929°W
48	Alaska	60.7981°N 153.3959°W
49	Utah	40.7659°N 110.3779°W
50	Arizona	32.7017°N 109.8714°W
51	Alaska	58.8598°N 153.5353°W
52	California	34.2892°N 117.6464°W
53	Alaska	62.4231°N 152.7231°W
54	Alaska	60.8299°N 145.1335°W
55	California	36.1698°N 117.0892°W
56	Utah	38.4385°N 109.2292°W
57	Alaska	54.5705°N 164.6926°W
58	Alaska	61.1605°N 144.8129°W
59	New Hampshire	44.2705°N 71.3032°W
60	Alaska	67.4129°N 154.9656°W
61	Alaska	58.1724°N 133.4009°W
62	North Carolina	35.7650°N 82.2652°W
63	Alaska	59.9129°N 150.4348°W
64	Arizona	35.3463°N 111.6779°W
65	Idaho	44.1374°N 113.7811°W
66	Alaska	61.5217°N 141.1030°W
67	Alaska	61.0670°N 143.7075°W
68	Alaska	51.8833°N 178.1333°W
69	Alaska	53.8782°N 166.9299°W
70	Alaska	62.1311°N 148.6044°W
71	Nevada	38.7520°N 116.9268°W
72	Utah	38.1089°N 110.8136°W
73	Alaska	54.7515°N 163.7288°W
74	Utah	40.4595°N 112.6263°W
75	Oregon	44.6743°N 121.7996°W
76	Alaska	60.5772°N 148.8908°W
77	Alaska	55.0672°N 162.8349°W
78	Nevada	41.0211°N 114.0774°W
79	Montana	46.0182°N 110.2766°W
80	Alaska	52.0756°N 176.1114°W
81	Hawaii	20.8904°N 156.5863°W
82	Alaska	52.8230°N 169.9465°W
83	Montana	47.3826°N 113.9191°W
84	Alaska British Columbia	58.7296°N 133.8407°W
85	Alaska	62.0059°N 144.0187°W
86	Oregon	44.1035°N 121.7693°W
87	Alaska	60.0664°N 139.1908°W
88	New Mexico	33.3743°N 105.8087°W
89	Colorado	38.8405°N 105.0442°W
90	Alaska	62.7983°N 151.8844°W
91	Utah	39.8219°N 111.7603°W
92	Montana	48.2231°N 115.6890°W
93	Nevada	39.4132°N 114.5997°W
94	Nevada	36.6577°N 115.2008°W
95	Alaska	60.1912°N 139.4323°W
96	Nevada	40.5224°N 118.1708°W
97	Alaska	57.0151°N 134.9882°W
98	Idaho	44.1414°N 113.0827°W
99	Utah	40.3724°N 112.1888°W
100	Alaska	60.9283°N 142.5237°W
101	Alaska	58.4299°N 154.3893°W
102	Washington	47.4751°N 120.9024°W
103	Colorado	37.5775°N 105.4857°W
104	Alaska	60.4605°N 142.3012°W
105	Alaska	52.8913°N 170.0580°W
106	Utah	40.3908°N 111.6459°W
107	Alaska	61.3076°N 148.8697°W
108	Utah	39.8282°N 113.9198°W
109	Montana	48.9249°N 113.8482°W
110	Hawaii	22.0586°N 159.4973°W
111	Idaho	45.3237°N 116.5489°W
112	Alaska	62.6215°N 143.1084°W
113	Nevada	38.8327°N 117.3530°W
114	California	40.4882°N 121.5050°W
115	Alaska	63.6379°N 147.2382°W
116	Alaska	61.1125°N 153.4690°W
117	Washington	48.9283°N 117.4601°W
118	Arizona	32.4430°N 110.7885°W
119	Alaska	51.7880°N 178.7940°W
120	California	41.3196°N 122.4790°W
121	Arizona	31.8465°N 109.2910°W
122	Alaska	61.4950°N 153.6224°W
123	Alaska Yukon	60.3074°N 140.4584°W
124	Alaska	61.3297°N 144.9599°W
125	Alaska	61.2834°N 141.1433°W
126	Alaska	52.3789°N 174.1561°W
127	Alaska	62.4108°N 152.7448°W
128	Arizona	31.3928°N 110.2930°W
129	Hawaii	21.1065°N 156.8682°W
130	New York	44.1127°N 73.9237°W
131	Nevada	39.2732°N 114.1988°W
132	Nevada	41.3033°N 118.4163°W
133	California	40.0365°N 122.8542°W
134	Nevada	40.3765°N 117.5261°W
135	Nevada	40.9508°N 115.1224°W
136	Idaho	43.7494°N 114.1312°W
137	Colorado	37.1224°N 105.1858°W
138	Washington	48.3265°N 121.7507°W
139	Nevada	40.6217°N 115.4754°W
140	California	34.8127°N 119.1452°W
141	Washington	48.9697°N 121.2405°W
142	Nevada	38.3194°N 115.5019°W
143	Montana	45.1634°N 109.8075°W
144	Alaska	62.0234°N 143.6198°W
145	Washington	48.7025°N 118.4657°W
146	Alaska	59.2922°N 135.9533°W
147	Arizona	33.9059°N 109.5626°W
148	Utah	38.3692°N 112.3714°W
149	Alaska	61.1256°N 145.3006°W
150	Alaska	60.7294°N 152.5860°W
151	Idaho	48.1891°N 116.0813°W
152	Alaska British Columbia	59.9242°N 138.7985°W
153	Alaska	62.9496°N 151.0921°W
154	Nevada	38.9097°N 115.4247°W
155	Utah	37.8396°N 109.4623°W
156	Colorado	37.9668°N 105.5855°W
157	Alaska	57.3548°N 153.3235°W
158	North Carolina	35.5625°N 83.4980°W
159	Republic of Texas	29.2460°N 103.3053°W
160	Idaho	42.1856°N 113.6611°W
161	Oregon	42.4445°N 122.3156°W
162	Alaska	60.1159°N 159.3241°W
163	Montana	48.9634°N 115.9682°W
164	California	36.1456°N 121.4190°W
165	Arizona	35.0751°N 113.8979°W
166	Montana	45.7426°N 112.4619°W
167	Montana	48.5142°N 113.6104°W
168	Nevada	41.6681°N 117.5889°W
169	California	33.7105°N 117.5342°W
170	Alaska	61.7438°N 142.8675°W
171	Oregon	42.6378°N 118.5785°W
172	California	41.2835°N 120.2007°W
173	Alaska	64.9922°N 165.3294°W
174	Montana	45.1607°N 108.4692°W
175	Maine	45.9044°N 68.9213°W
176	New Mexico	36.0073°N 106.3846°W
177	California	35.5256°N 115.5887°W
178	Colorado	38.0717°N 107.4621°W
179	Alaska	54.1330°N 165.9854°W
180	Idaho	44.3536°N 112.8211°W

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