States by Elevation

This is a complete list of the 50 US states ordered by highest point and elevation. Denali (Alaska) is the highest point in the country at 20,310 ft (6,190 m), while Death Valley (California) is the lowest point in the country at -282 ft (-86 m) below Sea Level.

	Highest Point, Elevation & Rank			Lowest Point, Elevation
Alaska	Denali	20,310 ft 6,190 m	1st	Gulf of Alaska	Sea Level
California	Mount Whitney	14,505 ft 4,421 m	2nd	Death Valley	-282 ft -86 m
Colorado	Mount Elbert	14,440 ft 4,401 m	3rd	Arikaree River	3,317 ft 1,011 m
Washington	Mount Rainier	14,417 ft 4,394 m	4th	Pacific Ocean	Sea Level
Wyoming	Gannett Peak	13,809 ft 4,209 m	5th	Belle Fourche River	3,101 ft 945 m
Hawaii	Mauna Kea	13,803 ft 4,207 m	6th	Pacific Ocean	Sea Level
Utah	Kings Peak	13,534 ft 4,125 m	7th	Beaver Dam Wash	2,000 ft 610 m
New Mexico	Wheeler Peak	13,167 ft 4,013 m	8th	Red Bluff Reservoir	2,842 ft 866 m
Nevada	Boundary Peak	13,147 ft 4,007 m	9th	Colorado River	479 ft 146 m
Montana	Granite Peak	12,807 ft 3,903 m	10th	Kootenai River	1,800 ft 549 m
Idaho	Borah Peak	12,668 ft 3,861 m	11th	Confluence of Snake River and Clearwater River	710 ft 216 m
Arizona	Humphreys Peak	12,637 ft 3,852 m	12th	Colorado River	70 ft 21 m
Oregon	Mount Hood	11,249 ft 3,429 m	13th	Pacific Ocean	Sea Level
Texas	Guadalupe Peak	8,751 ft 2,667 m	14th	Gulf of Mexico	Sea Level
South Dakota	Black Elk Peak	7,244 ft 2,208 m	15th	Big Stone Lake	966 ft 294 m
North Carolina	Mount Mitchell	6,684 ft 2,037 m	16th	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Tennessee	Clingmans Dome	6,643 ft 2,025 m	17th	Mississippi River	178 ft 54 m
New Hampshire	Mount Washington	6,286 ft 1,916 m	18th	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Virginia	Mount Rogers	5,711 ft 1,741 m	19th	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Nebraska	Panorama Point	5,432 ft 1,656 m	20th	Missouri River	840 ft 256 m
New York	Mount Marcy	5,343 ft 1,628 m	21st	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Maine	Katahdin	5,270 ft 1,606 m	22nd	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Oklahoma	Black Mesa	4,975 ft 1,516 m	23rd	Little River	289 ft 88 m
West Virginia	Spruce Knob	4,862 ft 1,482 m	24th	Potomac River	240 ft 73 m
Georgia	Brasstown Bald	4,784 ft 1,458 m	25th	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Vermont	Mount Mansfield	4,395 ft 1,340 m	26th	Lake Champlain	95 ft 29 m
Kentucky	Black Mountain	4,139 ft 1,262 m	27th	Mississippi River	257 ft 78 m
Kansas	Mount Sunflower	4,041 ft 1,232 m	28th	Verdigris River	679 ft 207 m
South Carolina	Sassafras Mountain	3,554 ft 1,083 m	29th	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
North Dakota	White Butte	3,506 ft 1,069 m	30th	Red River of the North	750 ft 229 m
Massachusetts	Mount Greylock	3,489 ft 1,063 m	31st	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Maryland	Backbone Mountain	3,370 ft 1,027 m	32nd	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Pennsylvania	Mount Davis	3,213 ft 979 m	33rd	Delaware River	Sea Level
Arkansas	Magazine Mountain	2,753 ft 839 m	34th	Ouachita River	55 ft 17 m
Alabama	Cheaha Mountain	2,405 ft 733 m	35th	Gulf of Mexico	Sea Level
Connecticut	Mount Frissell - South Slope	2,386 ft 727 m	36th	Long Island Sound	Sea Level
Minnesota	Eagle Mountain	2,302 ft 702 m	37th	Lake Superior	601 ft 183 m
Michigan	Mount Arvon	1,979 ft 603 m	38th	Lake Erie	571 ft 174 m
Wisconsin	Timms Hill	1,951 ft 595 m	39th	Lake Michigan	579 ft 176 m
New Jersey	High Point	1,802 ft 549 m	40th	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Missouri	Taum Sauk Mountain	1,772 ft 540 m	41st	Saint Francis River	230 ft 70 m
Iowa	Hawkeye Point	1,671 ft 509 m	42nd	Confluence of Mississippi and Des Moines rivers	480 ft 146 m
Ohio	Campbell Hill	1,548 ft 472 m	43rd	Ohio River	455 ft 139 m
Indiana	Hoosier Hill	1,257 ft 383 m	44th	Confluence of Wabash and Ohio rivers	320 ft 98 m
Illinois	Charles Mound	1,235 ft 376 m	45th	Confluence of Mississippi and Ohio rivers	279 ft 85 m
Rhode Island	Jerimoth Hill	811 ft 247 m	46th	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Mississippi	Woodall Mountain	807 ft 246 m	47th	Gulf of Mexico	Sea Level
Louisiana	Driskill Mountain	535 ft 163 m	48th	New Orleans	-8 ft -2 m
Delaware	Ebright Azimuth	449 ft 137 m	49th	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level
Florida	Britton Hill	345 ft 105 m	50th	Atlantic Ocean	Sea Level

* Sea Level = 0ft, 0m

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