Question: What is the tallest mountain in the US?

List of the highest major summits of the United States




The following sortable table comprises the 200 highest mountain peaks of the United States with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.[1]
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.[2][3]
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[4][3]
The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[5]
In the United States, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation.  Four major summits exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), nine exceed 4500 meters (14,764 feet), 104 exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), 220 exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), and 302 major summits exceed 3000 meters' (9843 feet) elevation.

Highest major summits


Of these 200 highest major summits of the United States, 88 are located in Colorado, 49 in Alaska, 22 in California, 14 in Wyoming, eight in New Mexico, five in Utah, four in Nevada, three in Montana, two in Washington, two in Hawaiʻi, two in Idaho, and one in Arizona.  Five of these peaks lie on the international border between Alaska and Yukon, and two lie on the international border between Alaska and British Columbia.  The ten highest major summits of the United States are all located in Alaska.


Wheeler Peak (New Mexico)Lone Cone (Colorado)Mount Brooks (Alaska)Haydon Peak
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1. Denali in Alaska is the highest summit of the United States and all of North America.
2. Mount Saint Elias is the second-highest summit of both Canada and the United States.
3. Mount Foraker is the second-highest major summit of the Alaska Range.
4. Mount Bona in Alaska is the highest volcano in the United States.
5. Mount Blackburn in Alaska is the highest summit of the Wrangell Mountains.
6. Mount Sanford in Alaska is the third-highest volcano in the United States.
7. Mount Fairweather lies on the Alaska-British Columbia international border.
10. Mount Hunter is the third-highest major summit of the Alaska Range.
11. Mount Whitney highest summit of the Sierra Nevada and California.
14. Mount Elbert is the highest summit of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains.
17. Mount Rainier is the highest summit of Washington and the Cascade Range.
25. Grays Peak in Colorado is the highest point on the Continental Divide in North America.
34. Mount Shasta in California is the highest summit of the southern Cascade Range.
39. Pikes Peak in Colorado was the inspiration for America the Beautiful.
54. Mount Hayes is the highest summit of the eastern Alaska Range.
57. Gannett Peak is the highest summit of the Wind River Range and Wyoming.
59. Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base to summit.
60. Grand Teton in Wyoming is the highest summit of the Teton Range.
66. Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the most voluminous mountain on Earth.
76. Kings Peak is the highest summit of the Uinta Range and Utah.
97. Mount Marcus Baker is the highest summit of the Chugach Mountains of Alaska.
98. Wheeler Peak is the highest summit of New Mexico.
108.  Wheeler Peak in Nevada is the highest summit of the Snake Range.
117. Granite Peak is the highest summit of the Beartooth Range and Montana.
125. Borah Peak is the highest summit of the Lost River Range and Idaho.
129. Humphreys Peak is the highest summit of the San Francisco Peaks and Arizona.

See also

List of mountain peaks of North America
List of mountain peaks of Greenland
List of mountain peaks of Canada
List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
List of mountain peaks of the United States
List of the highest major summits of the United States
List of the major 4000-meter summits of the United States
List of the major 3000-meter summits of the United States
List of United States fourteeners
List of the most prominent summits of the United States
List of the ultra-prominent summits of the United States
List of the most isolated major summits of the United States
List of the major 100-kilometer summits of the United States
List of mountain peaks of Alaska
List of mountain peaks of California
List of mountain peaks of Colorado
List of mountain peaks of Hawaiʻi
List of mountain peaks of México
List of mountain peaks of Central America
List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
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