„Liste der Bundesstaaten der Vereinigten Staaten nach Höhe“ – Versionsunterschied

State high points are shown as red circles. Low points are shown with green squares, except in states whose lowest elevation spans coastlines or the shores of great lakes.

The elevation of U.S. states may be described in several ways: by the elevation of their highest point, the elevation of their lowest points, their mean elevation, and the difference between (range of) their highest points and lowest points. The following list is a comparison of elevation absolutes in the United States. Data includes interval measures of highest and lowest elevation for all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Which state is "highest" and "lowest" is determined by the definition of "high" and "low". For instance, Alaska could be regarded as the highest state because Mount McKinley, at Vorlage:Convert, is the highest point in the United States. However, Colorado, with the highest mean elevation of any state as well as the highest low point, could also be considered a candidate for "highest state". Determining which state is "lowest" is equally problematic, as California contains the lowest point in the United States (Death Valley's Badwater Basin, at Vorlage:Convert below sea level), while Florida has the lowest high point and Delaware has the lowest mean elevation. Florida is also the flattest state, with the smallest difference between its highest and lowest points.

The list of highest points in each state is important to the sport of highpointing, where enthusiasts attempt to visit the highest point in each of the contiguous continental forty-eight states or in all fifty states. As of 2006, 155 people had successfully reached all fifty state highpoints. Roughly 200–300 people attend the Highpointers Club convention each year.

In the list below, the elevations shown rely on the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 unless otherwise noted.Vorlage:Ref label The mean elevation for each state is accurate to the nearest Vorlage:Convert.

Elevation table

State	Highest point	Highest elev	Lowest point	Lowest elev	Mean elev	Elev span
Alabama	Cheaha Mountain	Gulf of Mexico
Alaska	Mount McKinley (Denali)	Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean
Arizona	Humphreys Peak	Colorado River at Sonora border
Arkansas	Magazine Mountain	Ouachita River at Louisiana border
California	Mount Whitney	Badwater Basin in Death Valley
Colorado	Mount Elbert	Arikaree River at Kansas border
Connecticut	Mount Frissell	Long Island Sound
Delaware	near Ebright Azimuth	Atlantic Ocean
District of Columbia	Fort Reno	Potomac River at eastern Maryland border
Florida	Britton Hill	Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Georgia	Brasstown Bald	Atlantic Ocean
Hawaii	Mauna Kea	Pacific Ocean
Idaho	Borah Peak	Snake River at Washington border
Illinois	Charles Mound	Confluence of Mississippi River and Ohio River
Indiana	Hoosier Hill	Confluence of Ohio River and Wabash River
Iowa	Hawkeye Point	Mississippi River at Missouri border
Kansas	Mount Sunflower	Verdigris River at Oklahoma border
Kentucky	Black Mountain	Mississippi River at Tennessee border
Louisiana	Driskill Mountain	New Orleans
Maine	Mount Katahdin	Atlantic Ocean
Maryland	Hoye-Crest	Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts	Mount Greylock	Atlantic Ocean
Michigan	Mount Arvon	Lake Erie
Minnesota	Eagle Mountain	Lake Superior
Mississippi	Woodall Mountain	Gulf of Mexico
Missouri	Taum Sauk Mountain	Saint Francis River at southern Arkansas border
Montana	Granite Peak	Kootenai River at Idaho border
Nebraska	Panorama Point	Missouri River at Kansas border
Nevada	Boundary Peak	Colorado River at California border
New Hampshire	Mount Washington	Atlantic Ocean
New Jersey	High Point	Atlantic Ocean
New Mexico	Wheeler Peak	Red Bluff Reservoir on Texas border
New York	Mount Marcy	Atlantic Ocean
North Carolina	Mount Mitchell	Atlantic Ocean
North Dakota	White Butte	Red River of the North at Manitoba border
Ohio	Campbell Hill	Ohio River at Indiana border
Oklahoma	Black Mesa	Little River at Arkansas border
Oregon	Mount Hood	Pacific Ocean
Pennsylvania	Mount Davis	Delaware River at Delaware border
Rhode Island	Jerimoth Hill	Atlantic Ocean
South Carolina	Sassafras Mountain	Atlantic Ocean
South Dakota	Harney Peak	Big Stone Lake on Minnesota border
Tennessee	Clingmans Dome	Mississippi River at Mississippi border
Texas	Guadalupe Peak	Gulf of Mexico
Utah	Kings Peak	Beaver Dam Wash at Arizona border
Vermont	Mount Mansfield	Lake Champlain
Virginia	Mount Rogers	Atlantic Ocean
Washington	Mount Rainier	Pacific Ocean
West Virginia	Spruce Knob	Potomac River at Virginia border
Wisconsin	Timms Hill	Lake Michigan
Wyoming	Gannett Peak	Belle Fourche River at South Dakota border
Vorlage:Nobreak	Mount McKinley (Denali)	Badwater Basin in Death Valley

See also

An enlargeable topographical map of the contiguous United States with hypsometric tints

• List of elevation extremes by country
• Lists of highest points for other highpoint lists
• Table of the highest major summits of the United States

Note

Vorlage:Note label The National Geodetic Survey defines a vertical datum to be "a set of constants specifying the coordinate system used ... for calculating the coordinate points on the Earth", which is independent of geodetic measurements of specific points on the Earth. Vorlage:Clear

External links

• National Geodetic Survey web site