Ranking

Highpoints by height, length, and difficulty

All fifty U.S. highpoints by elevation, gain, distance, difficulty, and effort.

  • Elevation: Height of the highpoint, measured in feet.
  • Gain: Elevation gained on the most popular route, measured in feet.
  • Distance: Length traveled on the most popular route, measured in miles.
  • Difficulty: Subjective rating of the highpoint's difficulty, measured on a 0 to 10 scale per the Martin Classification.
  • Effort: Subjective rating of the physical effort needed to summit, measured on a 0 to 1000 scale per the VanderHeide Effort Scale.
  • Rank: Overall rank of the highpoint, calculated by averaging the ranks of the five dimensions above.
StateHighpointElevation (Feet)Gain (Feet)Distance (Miles)DifficultyEffortRank
AlaskaDenali2032024500561010001
WyomingGannett Peak13804865040.495062
WashingtonMount Rainier1441191001693663
MontanaGranite Peak12799770022.293684
CaliforniaMount Whitney14494675021.472635
UtahKings Peak13528535028.872916
ColoradoMount Elbert144405000961477
OregonMount Hood112395300882228
IdahoBorah Peak1266255506.881819
NevadaBoundary Peak1314044007.4612610
ArizonaHumphreys Peak1263335009612011
New YorkMount Marcy5344320014.8515112
MaineKatahdin5268420010.4514113
New MexicoWheeler Peak1316132506.269814
TexasGuadalupe Peak874929508.4510615
VirginiaMount Rogers572915008.648116
OklahomaBlack Mesa49757758.646817
South DakotaBlack Elk Peak724215005.846418
MinnesotaEagle Mountain2301600745519
VermontMount Mansfield43935502.832820
ConnecticutMount Frissell-South Slope23804503.633121
North DakotaWhite Butte35064003.422922
HawaiiMauna Kea137962300.42723
MarylandBackbone Mountain33607502.232724
TennesseeClingmans Dome6643330121225
GeorgiaBrasstown Bald478440012126
IllinoisCharles Mound12352752.522127
North CarolinaMount Mitchell66841000.21328
ArkansasMagazine Mountain2753225121029
LouisianaDriskill Mountain5351501.821430
West VirginiaSpruce Knob4863200.31231
WisconsinTimms Hill19511200.41532
South CarolinaSassafras Mountain3533500.151233
MissouriTaum Sauk Mountain1772300.41334
New HampshireMount Washington6288200.11035
KentuckyBlack Mountain4145300.11136
New JerseyHigh Point1803400.21237
NebraskaPanorama Point542400.11038
MassachusettsMount Greylock3491200.11139
KansasMount Sunflower403900.11040
MichiganMount Arvon1979100.11041
Rhode IslandJerimoth Hill81200.21142
PennsylvaniaMount Davis321300.11043
AlabamaCheaha Mountain240700.11044
IowaHawkeye Point167000.11045
OhioCampbell Hill155000.11046
IndianaHoosier Hill125700.11047
MississippiWoodall Mountain80600.11048
DelawareEbright Azimuth44800.11049
FloridaBritton Hill34500.11050