My US State Highpointing Page

I think I got into Highpointing like most people do, for the most part it happened by accident. I simply climbed Mt. Washington one day way back in high school and was fascinated by the fact that I was standing on top of the tallest mountain in the Northeast. I remember feeling like I had done something really important, and the fact that I climbed the mountain, instead of simply driving up the auto road like the dozens of tourists at the top made me feel good. Fast forward a few years and I was planning a hiking trip that wasn't too strenuous that I would bring my girlfriend (now wife) out on. I didn't want to do anything that was too crazy to scare her off from hiking forever so I picked a mountain close to our College. That hike happened to be Mt. Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts. After completing the climb I realized that I had already finished two of the 50 highpoints and since I am a little obsessive when it comes to completing things I started working on finishing out the list of 50.  For some reason it feels really good to complete a list, even if it takes years to do. From then on I have been hooked, and since I tend to move every few years with the Army I have ample time to be able to pick up a few more highpoints as I go. I have for the most part been doing this as a small side hobby and focusing on climbs close to home but it has been a fun and interesting way to bring me out to see new things. Feel free to look around and see what I have done. You can find links to the trip reports I have done in the table below the map, Enjoy!




* Click on Date Completed link to read my Trip Reports or Click on the Peak Name to read more on Peakbagger.com

Rank	State	Peak	Elev-ft	Date completed
1	Alaska	Mount McKinley	20,320
2	California	Mount Whitney	14,495
3	Colorado	Mount Elbert	14,433	8-Mar-15
4	Washington	Mount Rainier	14,411
5	Wyoming	Gannett Peak	13,804
6	Hawaii	Mauna Kea	13,796
7	Utah	Kings Peak	13,528
8	New Mexico	Wheeler Peak	13,161
9	Nevada	Boundary Peak	13,140
10	Montana	Granite Peak	12,799
11	Idaho	Borah Peak	12,662
12	Arizona	Humphreys Peak	12,633
13	Oregon	Mount Hood	11,239
14	Texas	Guadalupe Peak	8749
15	South Dakota	Harney Peak	7242
16	North Carolina	Mount Mitchell	6684
17	Tennessee	Clingmans Dome	6643	10-Aug-10
18	New Hampshire	Mount Washington	6288	8-Jul-05
19	Virginia	Mount Rogers	5729
20	Nebraska	Panorama Point	5426
21	New York	Mount Marcy	5344
22	Maine	Katahdin	5268
23	Oklahoma	Black Mesa	4973
24	West Virginia	Spruce Knob	4861
25	Georgia	Brasstown Bald	4784
26	Vermont	Mount Mansfield	4393	18-May-08
27	Kentucky	Black Mountain	4139
28	Kansas	Mount Sunflower	4039	12-Nov-11
29	South Carolina	Sassafras Mountain	3554
30	North Dakota	White Butte	3506
31	Massachusetts	Mount Greylock	3487	04-Mar-08
32	Maryland	Backbone Mountain	3360
33	Pennsylvania	Mount Davis	3213	20-Jun-15
34	Arkansas	Magazine Mountain	2753	14-Nov-09
35	Alabama	Cheaha Mountain	2405
36	Connecticut	Mount Frissell-South Slope	2372
37	Minnesota	Eagle Mountain	2301
38	Michigan	Mount Arvon	1978
39	Wisconsin	Timms Hill	1951
40	New Jersey	High Point	1803
41	Missouri	Taum Sauk Mountain	1772	10-Oct-09
42	Iowa	Hawkeye Point	1670
43	Ohio	Campbell Hill	1549	18-Mar-15
44	Indiana	Hoosier Hill	1257	18-Mar-15
45	Illinois	Charles Mound	1235
46	Rhode Island	Jerimoth Hill	812
47	Mississippi	Woodall Mountain	806
48	Louisiana	Driskill Mountain	535
49	Delaware	Ebright Azimuth	442
50	Florida	Britton Hill	345
51*	Washington DC	Fort Reno (Point Reno)	409	07-Sep-15