County Highpoint Records
"Relatively Speaking" Lists

county stature relative to surrounding terrain

5000' Prominence HPs - 72 Counties and 64 HPs plus 1 Extinct

Prominence = elevation difference between a peak and the lowest contour that encircles it and no higher summit

confirmed HPs:
AK Bashful (Anchorage)
AK Bona (Valdez-Cordova)
AK Devils Paw (Juneau)
AK Fairweather (Sakgway-Hoonah-Angoon)
AK Hayes (SE Fairbanks)
AK Igikpak (NW Artic)
AK Isto/Chamberlain (North Slope)
AK McKinley (Denali)
AK N Buttress (Bethel)
AK Shishaldin (Aleutian E)
AK St. Elias (Yakutat)
AK Torbert (Kenai Penninsula)
AK Un. 5390 (Sitka)
AK Vsevidof (Aleutian W)
AZ Chiricahua (Cochise)
AZ Graham (Graham)
AZ Humphreys (Coconino)
AZ Lemmon (Pima)
CA Eddy (Trinity)
CA Lassen (Shasta)
CA San Antonio (Los Angeles)
CA San Gorgonio (San Bernardino)
CA San Jacinto (Riverside)
CA Shasta (Siskiyou)
CA White Mtn (Mono)
CA Whitney (Inyo & Tulare)
CO Blanca (Alamosa & Costilla)
CO Elbert (Lake)
CO Pikes (El Paso)
HI Kawaikini (Kauai)
HI Mauna Kea (Hawaii)
HI Red Hill (Maui)
ID Borah (Custer)
ID Diamond (Butte)
ID He Devil (Idaho)
MT Cleveland (Glacier)
MT McDonald (Lake)
MT Snowshoe (Lincoln & Sanders)
NV Charleston (Clark)
NV Jefferson (Nye)
NV Star (Pershing)
NV Wheeler (White Pine)
NH Washington (Coos)
NM Sierra Blanca (Otero)
NC Mitchell (Yancey)
OR Hood (Clackamas & Hood River)
OR Jefferson (Jefferson & Linn)
OR Sacajawea (Wallowa)
OR South Sister (Deschutes & Lane)
UT Deseret (Tooele)
UT Ellen (Garfield)
UT Ibapah (Juab)
UT Kings (Duchesne)
UT Nebo (Utah)
UT Peale (San Juan)
WA Abercrombie (Stevens)
WA Adams (Yakima)
WA Baker (Whatcom)
WA Glacier (Snohomish)
WA Olympus (Jefferson)
WA Rainier (Pierce)
WA St. Helens (Skamania) [pre-1980]
WY Cloud (Big Horn & Johnson)
WY Gannett (Fremont & Sublette)
WY Grand Teton (Teton)

Suspected but not confirmed:
AK Kates (Wrangell-Petersburg)

Checked, but missed the cut of 5,000 feet:

AK Hunter (Matanuska-Susitna)
AK Nesselrode (Haines)
AZ Wrightson (Santa Cruz)
AZ Pinos (Ventura)
CO Crestone (Saguache)
ID Hydnman (Blaine)
ME Katahdin (Piscataquis)
MT Granite (Park)
NV Ruby Dome (Elko)
NY Marcy (Essex)
OR Matterhorn (Wallowa)
OR McLoughlin (Jackson)
OR Steens (Harney)
OR Strawberry Mtn (Grant)

Prominent but not a county HP:

AK Foraker
AK Frosty
AK Gareloi
AK Great Sitkin Island
AK Iliamna Volcano
AK Makushin
AK Pavlov Volcano
AK Pogromni Volcano
AK Redoubt Volcano
AK Tanga Volcano
AK Veniaminof
NV Arc Dome (Nye)
NV No. Schell (White Pine)
WA Stuart (Chelan)

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Super Counties

a county having no adjacent counties with a higher HP
a statistical category that results in IL=5 and AZ=0

State County HighPoint Elevation AL Cleburne Cheaha Mtn. 2405
AL Franklin Eckerberger Mtn. 1148
AK Aleutians East Shishaldin Volcano 9414
AK Denali Mt. McKinley 20320
AK North Slope Mt. Isto 8975
AK Yakutat Mt. St. Elias 18008
AR Drew Unnamed 420
AR Logan Magazine Mtn.-Signal Hill 2753
AR Newton Buffalo Lookout 2560
AR Phillips Unnamed 410
AR Polk Rich Mtn. 2681
CA Contra Costa Mt. Diablo 3849
CA Inyo Mt. Whitney 14491
CA Siskiyou Mt. Shasta 14162
CA Tulare Mt. Whitney 14491
CO Alamosa Blanca Peak 14345
CO Boulder Longs Peak 14255
CO Costilla Blanca Peak 14345
CO Dolores Mt. Wilson 14246
CO El Paso Pikes Peak 14110
CO Hinsdale Uncompahgre Peak 14309
CO Lake Mt. Elbert 14433
FL Clay Unnamed 300
FL Collier Johnson BM 51
FL Lake Unnamed 310
FL Martin Unnamed 86
FL Pasco Unnamed 301
GA De Kalb Stone Mtn. 1680
GA Hancock Unnamed 745
GA Harris Dodwell Knob 1395
GA Lincoln Graves Mtn. 890
GA Turner Unnamed 480
GA Walker High Point BM 2391
HI Hawaii Mauna Kea 13796
HI Honolulu Kaala 4040
HI Kauai Kawaikini 5243
HI Maui Haleakala-Red Hill 10023
ID Custer Borah Peak 12662
IL Jersey Unnamed 900
IL McHenry Unnamed 1189
IL McLean Unnamed 955
IL Pope Williams Hill 1064
IL Shelby Williamsburg Hill 820
IN Benton Unnamed 915
IN Brown Weed Patch Hill 1050
IN Hendricks Unnamed 1030
IN La Porte Unnamed 950
IN Washington Unnamed 1050
IN Wayne Hoosier Hill 1257
IA Carroll Unnamed 1560 (tie)
IA Crawford Unnamed 1560 (tie)
IA Des Moines 840
IA Hancock Pilot Knob 1450
IA Sac Unnamed 1560 (tie)
KS Butler Unnamed 1680
KS Wabaunsee Unnamed 1600
KY Casey Green River Knob 1789
KY Harrison Unnamed 1060
KY Madison Bear Mtn. 1660
KY Metcalfe Unnamed 1180
KY Montgomery Westbrook Mtn. 1447
KY Rowan Limestone Knob 1435
KY Shelby Jeptha Knob 1188
KY Todd Pilot Rock 966
LA Bienville Driskill Mtn. 535
LA Catahoula Unnamed 320
LA Iberia Unnamed 171
LA Orleans Unnamed 20
LA St. James Unnamed 30
ME Franklin Sugarloaf Mtn. 4240
ME Knox Mt. Megunticook 1385
ME Piscataquis Mt. Katahdin 5268
MD Wicomico Unnamed 94
MA Nantucket Sankaty Head 111
MI Baraga Mt. Arvon 1979
MI Barry French BM 1138
MI Cass Unnamed 1150
MI Charlevoix Hudson BM 1562
MI Hillsdale Unnamed 1280
MI Lapeer Mt. Christie 1380
MI Livingston Unnamed 1230
MI Luce Unnamed 1190
MI Ontonagon Summit Peak 1952
MI Roscommon Indian Springs Lookout 1579
MI Wexford Briar Hill 1706
MN Clearwater Height of Land Lookout 2005
MN Cook Eagle Mtn. 2301
MN Faribault Unnamed 1440
MN Mower Unnamed 1440
MS Jasper Unnamed 687
MS Lincoln Ruth lookout tower 570
MS Tippah Tippah Hills 780
MS Winston Unnamed 722
MO Iron Taum Sauk Mtn. 1772
MO Pike Buffalo Knob 1001
MO Platte Unnamed 1190
MO Wright Lead Hill 1744
MT Glacier Mt. Cleveland 10466
MT Madison Koch Peak 11293
NV Washoe Mt. Rose 10776
NV White Pine Wheeler Peak 13063
NH Coos Mt. Washington 6288
NM Otero Sierra Blanca 11973
NY Essex Mt. Marcy 5344
NY Ulster Slide Mtn. 4180
NC Clay Standing Indian 5499
NC Dare Unnamed 138
NC Davidson High Rock Mtn. 1188
NC Person Unnamed 890
NC Swain Clingmans Dome 6643
NC Yancey Mt. Mitchell 6684
ND Bottineau Boundary Butte 2541
ND Kidder Unnamed 2320
ND McIntosh Unnamed 2270
OH Columbiana Round Knob 1446
OH Geauga Sugarloaf 1396
OH Logan Campbell Hill 1549
OH Richland Unnamed 1510
OH Ross Farrell Hill 1358
OH Tuscarawas Unnamed 1380
OK Comanche Baker Peak N 2470
OK Murray Unnamed 1410
OR Clackamas Mt. Hood 11239
OR Hood River Mt. Hood 11239
OR Jefferson Mt. Jefferson 10497
OR Linn Mt. Jefferson 10497
OR Tillamook Rogers Peak 3706
OR Wallowa Sacajawea Peak 9838
PA Franklin Big Mtn. 2458
PA Potter Lyon Hill 2580
PA Sullivan North Mtn. 2585
PA Susquehanna Elk Hill 2693
SD Codington Punished Woman Mound 2080
SD Pennington Harney Peak 7242
SD Roberts Unnamed 2135
TN Anderson Flag Pole-Cross BM 3534
TN Campbell Flag Pole-Cross BM 3534
TN Cannon Short Mtn. 2092
TN Carroll Unnamed 700
TN Carter Roan High Knob 6285
TN Grundy Lockhart BM 2382
TN Lauderdale Unnamed 520
TN Sevier Clingmans Dome 6643
TX Anderson Wilkerson Mtn 773
TX Cass Cusseta Mtns 632
TX Newton Unnamed 600
TX Polk Unnamed 500
TX Upshur Underwood Mtn 685
UT Beaver Delano Peak 12169
UT Cache Naomi Peak 9979
UT Duchesne Kings Peak 13528
UT Piute Delano Peak 12169
VT Chittenden Mt. Mansfield 4393
VT Rutland Killington Peak 4235
VT Windham Stratton Mtn. 3940
VA Bedford Apple Orchard Mtn. 4225
VA Botetourt Apple Orchard Mtn. 4225
VA Floyd Buffalo Mtn. 3971
VA Grayson Mt. Rogers 5729
VA Madison Hawksbill 4050
VA Northampton Unnamed 70
VA Smyth Mt. Rogers 5729
VA Virginia Beach Unnamed 85
WA Jefferson Mt. Olympus 7969
WA Pierce Mt. Rainier 14411
WA Snohomish Glacier Peak 10520
WA Whatcom Mt. Baker 10781
WV Pendleton Spruce Knob 4861
WI Forest Sugarbush Hill 1939
WI Iowa Blue Mounds 1719
WI Marathon Rib Mtn. 1924
WI Monroe Sunny BM 1448
WI Price Timms Hill 1951
WI Washington Unnamed 1332
WY Big Horn Cloud Peak 13167
WY Fremont Gannett Peak 13804
WY Johnson Cloud Peak 13167
WY Sublette Gannett Peak 13804

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