List of the most prominent summits of the United States explained

See also: List of the highest major summits of the United States and List of the most isolated major summits of the United States.

The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States of America.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:

1. The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.^{[1] [2]}
2. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.^{[3] [2]}
3. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.^[4]

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Most prominent summits

Of the 200 most prominent summits of the United States, 84 are located in Alaska, 17 in California, 17 in Nevada, 14 in Washington, 12 in Montana, 11 in Utah, nine in Arizona, seven in Hawaii, six in Colorado, six in Oregon, four in Wyoming, four in Idaho, four in New Mexico, two in North Carolina, and one each in New Hampshire, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Maine. Four of these peaks lie on the international border between Alaska and British Columbia, four lie on the international border between Alaska and Yukon, and one lies on the state border between Tennessee and North Carolina.

The 200 most topographically prominent summits of the United States

!Rank!Mountain peak!State!Mountain Range!Elevation!Prominence!Isolation!Location

1		Alaska Range	63.069°N -151.0063°W
2		Island of Hawaiʻi	19.8207°N -155.4681°W
3		Cascade Range	46.8529°N -121.7604°W
4		Saint Elias Mountains	58.9064°N -137.5265°W
5		Wrangell Mountains	61.7305°N -143.4031°W
6		Alaska Range	63.6203°N -146.7178°W
7		Saint Elias Mountains	60.2927°N -140.9307°W
8		Chugach Mountains	61.4374°N -147.7525°W
9		Sierra Nevada	36.5786°N -118.292°W
10		Island of Maui	20.7097°N -156.2533°W
11		Cascade Range	41.4092°N -122.1949°W
12		Unimak Island	54.7554°N -163.9709°W
13		Chigmit Mountains	60.4854°N -152.7442°W
14		Sawatch Range	39.1178°N -106.4454°W
15		Skagit Range	48.7768°N -121.8145°W
16		Alaska Range	61.4086°N -152.4125°W
17		San Jacinto Mountains	33.8147°N -116.6794°W
18		San Bernardino Mountains	34.0992°N -116.8249°W
19		Spring Mountains	36.2716°N -115.6956°W
align=center rowspan=2	20		Alaska Peninsula	55.4173°N -161.8932°W
20 -->		Alaska Peninsula	56.2194°N -159.2975°W
22		Cascade Range	46.2024°N -121.4909°W
23		Saint Elias Mountains	60.3194°N -139.0726°W
24		Brooks Range	69.2025°N -143.802°W
25		Chigmit Mountains	60.0321°N -153.0915°W
26		Olympic Mountains	47.8013°N -123.7108°W
27		Saint Elias Mountains	60.1816°N -139.9811°W
28		Cascade Range	45.3735°N -121.6959°W
29		Wrangell Mountains	62.2132°N -144.1292°W
30		Chugach Mountains	60.6518°N -143.6972°W
31		Snake Range	38.9858°N -114.3139°W
32		Cascade Range	48.1125°N -121.1138°W
33		Alaska Range	63.239°N -144.6419°W
34		Alaska Peninsula	58.3534°N -155.0958°W
35		Alaska Range	62.9604°N -151.3998°W
36		White Mountains	37.6341°N -118.2557°W
37		Saint Elias Mountains	58.6625°N -137.1712°W
38		Island of Hawaiʻi	19.4756°N -155.6054°W
39		Bighorn Mountains	44.3821°N -107.1739°W
40		Wind River Range	43.1842°N -109.6542°W
41		Umnak Island	53.1256°N -168.6938°W
42		Alaska Range	61.8036°N -154.1469°W
43		Saint Elias Mountains	61.3856°N -141.7495°W
44		Wrangell Mountains	62.1159°N -144.6394°W
45		Aleutian Range	57.1334°N -156.9912°W
46		Teton Range	43.7412°N -110.8024°W
47		Wallowa Mountains	45.245°N -117.2929°W
48		Aleutian Range	60.7981°N -153.3959°W
49		Uinta Mountains	40.7763°N -110.3729°W
50		Pinaleño Mountains	32.7017°N -109.8714°W
51		Alaska Peninsula	58.8598°N -153.5353°W
52		San Gabriel Mountains	34.2891°N -117.6463°W
53		Alaska Range	62.4231°N -152.7231°W
54		Chugach Mountains	60.8299°N -145.1335°W
55		Panamint Range	36.1698°N -117.0892°W
align=center rowspan=2	56		La Sal Mountains	38.4385°N -109.2292°W
56 -->		Unimak Island	54.5705°N -164.6926°W
58		Chugach Mountains	61.1605°N -144.8129°W
59		White Mountains	44.2705°N -71.3032°W
60		Brooks Range	67.4129°N -154.9656°W
61		Coast Mountains	58.1724°N -133.4009°W
62		Blue Ridge Mountains	35.7649°N -82.2651°W
63		Kenai Mountains	59.9129°N -150.4348°W
64		San Francisco Peaks	35.3464°N -111.678°W
65		Lost River Range	44.1374°N -113.7811°W
66		Saint Elias Mountains	61.5217°N -141.103°W
67		Chugach Mountains	61.067°N -143.7075°W
68		Tanaga Island	51.8838°N -178.1429°W
69		Unalaska Island	53.8782°N -166.9299°W
70		Talkeetna Mountains	62.1311°N -148.6044°W
71		Toquima Range	38.7519°N -116.9267°W
72		Henry Mountains	38.1089°N -110.8136°W
73		Unimak Island	54.768°N -163.7291°W
74		Stansbury Mountains	40.4595°N -112.6264°W
75		Cascade Range	44.6743°N -121.7996°W
76		Kenai Mountains	60.5772°N -148.8915°W
77		Aleutian Range	55.0672°N -162.8351°W
78		Pilot Range	41.0211°N -114.0774°W
79		Crazy Mountains	46.0181°N -110.2768°W
80		Great Sitkin Island	52.0763°N -176.1108°W
81		Island of Maui	20.8904°N -156.5863°W
82		Chuginadak Island	52.823°N -169.9465°W
83		Mission Range	47.3826°N -113.9191°W
84		Wrangell Mountains	62.0059°N -144.0187°W
85		Cascade Range	44.1035°N -121.7693°W
86		Coast Mountains	58.7289°N -133.8402°W
87		Saint Elias Mountains	60.068°N -139.1893°W
88		Sacramento Mountains	33.3743°N -105.8087°W
89		Front Range	38.8405°N -105.0442°W
90		Alaska Range	62.7984°N -151.8845°W
91		Wasatch Range	39.8219°N -111.7603°W
92		Cabinet Mountains	48.2231°N -115.689°W
93		Schell Creek Range	39.4132°N -114.5997°W
94		Sheep Range	36.6577°N -115.2008°W
align=center rowspan=2	95		Saint Elias Mountains	60.1912°N -139.4323°W
95 -->		Humboldt Range	40.5224°N -118.1708°W
97		Baranof Island	57.0151°N -134.9882°W
98		Lemhi Range	44.1414°N -113.0827°W
99		Oquirrh Mountains	40.3724°N -112.1888°W
100		Saint Elias Mountains	60.9283°N -142.5237°W
101		Chugach Mountains	60.5199°N -143.0932°W
102		Wenatchee Mountains	47.4751°N -120.9024°W
103		Sangre de Cristo Mountains	37.5775°N -105.4856°W
104		Chugach Mountains	60.4605°N -142.3012°W
105		Carlisle Island	52.8913°N -170.058°W
106		Wasatch Range	40.3908°N -111.6459°W
107		Chugach Mountains	61.3076°N -148.8697°W
108		Deep Creek Range	39.8282°N -113.92°W
109		Lewis Range	48.9249°N -113.8482°W
110		Island of Kauaʻi	22.0586°N -159.4973°W
align=center rowspan=2	111		Seven Devils Mountains	45.324°N -116.5406°W
111 -->		Alaska Range	62.6215°N -143.1084°W
113		Toiyabe Range	38.8327°N -117.3531°W
114		Cascade Range	40.4882°N -121.505°W
115		Alaska Range	63.6377°N -147.2384°W
116		Alaska Range	61.1125°N -153.469°W
117		Columbia Mountains	48.9284°N -117.46°W
118		Santa Catalina Mountains	32.443°N -110.7885°W
119		Gareloi Island	51.788°N -178.794°W
120		Chiricahua Mountains	31.8456°N -109.291°W
121		Alaska Range	61.495°N -153.6224°W
122		Klamath Mountains	41.3196°N -122.479°W
123		Saint Elias Mountains	60.3074°N -140.4584°W
124		Chugach Mountains	61.3297°N -144.9599°W
125		Saint Elias Mountains	61.2834°N -141.1433°W
126		Atka Island	52.3816°N -174.1653°W
127		Huachuca Mountains	31.3928°N -110.293°W
128		Island of Molokaʻi	21.1065°N -156.8682°W
129		Adirondack Mountains	44.1127°N -73.9237°W
130		Snake Range	39.2732°N -114.1988°W
131		Black Rock Desert	41.3033°N -118.4163°W
132		Northern California Coast Range	40.0365°N -122.8542°W
133		Tobin Range	40.3765°N -117.5261°W
134		Admiralty Island	57.7891°N -134.4546°W
135		East Humboldt Range	40.9508°N -115.1224°W
136		Culebra Range	37.1224°N -105.1858°W
align=center rowspan=3	137		Pioneer Mountains (Idaho)	43.7495°N -114.1311°W
138 -->		Ruby Mountains	40.6217°N -115.4754°W
139 -->		Cascade Range	48.3265°N -121.7507°W
140		San Emigdio Mountains	34.8128°N -119.1454°W
141		Skagit Range	48.9697°N -121.2405°W
142		Grant Range	38.3194°N -115.5019°W
align=center rowspan=2	143		Beartooth Mountains	45.1634°N -109.8075°W
144 -->		Chugach Mountains	61.1256°N -145.3006°W
145		Wrangell Mountains	62.0234°N -143.6198°W
146		Columbia Mountains	48.7025°N -118.4656°W
147		Saint Elias Mountains	59.2919°N -135.9529°W
148		White Mountains	33.9059°N -109.5626°W
149		Tushar Mountains	38.3692°N -112.3714°W
150		Chigmit Mountains	60.7296°N -152.5861°W
151		Jarbidge Mountains	41.8107°N -115.3745°W
152		Saint Elias Mountains	59.9242°N -138.7985°W
153		Alaska Range	62.9504°N -151.0915°W
154		Cascade Range	46.1914°N -122.1956°W
155		Revillagigedo Island	55.7065°N -131.2472°W
156		Santa Rita Mountains	31.6959°N -110.8482°W
157		White Pine Range	38.9097°N -115.4246°W
158		Abajo Mountains	37.8395°N -109.4624°W
159		Sangre de Cristo Range	37.9669°N -105.5855°W
160		Coast Mountains	57.0449°N -132.0451°W
161		Kodiak Island	57.3548°N -153.3235°W
162		Great Smoky Mountains	35.5629°N -83.4986°W
163		Chisos Mountains	29.246°N -103.3053°W
164		Albion Range	42.1856°N -113.6611°W
align=center rowspan=2	165		Cascade Range	42.4445°N -122.3156°W
166 -->		Kuskokwim Mountains	60.1159°N -159.3241°W
167		Columbia Mountains	48.9632°N -115.9683°W
168		Santa Lucia Range	36.1457°N -121.4191°W
169		Hualapai Mountains	35.0751°N -113.8979°W
170		Skagit Range	48.8315°N -121.6032°W
171		Highland Mountains	45.7426°N -112.4619°W
172		Lewis Range	48.5142°N -113.6104°W
173		Livingston Range	48.9437°N -114.1714°W
174		Santa Rosa Range	41.6681°N -117.5889°W
175		Santa Ana Mountains	33.7105°N -117.5342°W
176		Wrangell Mountains	61.7438°N -142.8675°W
177		Okanogan Range	48.9234°N -120.1968°W
178		Steens Mountain	42.6364°N -118.5767°W
179		Seward Peninsula	64.9922°N -165.3294°W
180		Warner Mountains	41.2835°N -120.2007°W
181		Herbert Island	52.7405°N -170.1142°W
182		Longfellow Mountains	45.9044°N -68.9213°W
183		Jemez Mountains	36.0073°N -106.3846°W
184		Kanaga Island	51.9238°N -177.1623°W
185		San Juan Mountains	38.0717°N -107.4621°W
186		Clark Mountain Range	35.5256°N -115.5887°W
187		Akutan Island	54.133°N -165.9854°W
188		Colorado Plateau	37.0343°N -110.8697°W
189		Bearpaw Mountains	48.1487°N -109.6509°W
190		Hozameen Range	48.7728°N -120.9562°W
191		Brooks Range	68.4433°N -148.0947°W
192		Sweetwater Range	38.4366°N -119.3052°W
193		Ray Mountains	65.6865°N -150.9498°W
194		Brooks Range	69.2775°N -144.9107°W
195		Big Belt Mountains	46.4318°N -111.1862°W
196		Sandia Mountains	35.21°N -106.4495°W
197		San Mateo Mountains	35.2387°N -107.6085°W
198		Madison Range	44.9166°N -111.4593°W
199		Island of Oʻahu	21.5079°N -158.1426°W
200		Absaroka Range	43.9613°N -109.3392°W

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 United States fourteeners
        • • List of the most isolated major 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 Hawaii
  • List of mountain peaks of México
  • List of mountain peaks of Central America
  • List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
• United States of America
  • Geography of the United States
  • Geology of the United States
    • • • • • • Physical geography
  • Topography
    • Topographic elevation
    • Topographic prominence
    • Topographic isolation

External links

• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Geographic Names Information System @ USGS
• United States National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
  • Geodetic Glossary @ NGS
  • NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS
  • Survey Marks and Datasheets @ NGS
• Bivouac.com
• Peakbagger.com
• Peaklist.org
• Peakware.com
• Summitpost.org

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Notes and References

1. All elevations in the 48 states of the contiguous United States include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.
2. If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.
3. The topographic prominence of a summit is the topographic elevation difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite far away. The key col for Denali in Alaska is the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua, 7642km (4,749miles) away.
4. The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.