(lat.44.0645°N / long. 73.5526°W)
The highest point in New York is found in the 335,000-acre Adirondack Park, the largest wild area in the East. The mountain is named after former governor William L. Marcy, who authorized the environmental survey that explored the area. Mount Marcy is sometimes called Tahawus — an Indian name that means "the cloud splitter."
(lat. 45.5415°N/ long. 68.5522°W)
Katahdin is a huge mountain with several summits. Called Katahdin by people local to the peak and by the Penobscot Indians, the term means "The Greatest Mountain." It divides the East and West Branches of the Penobscot River and is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Official site...
(lat. 45.2225°N, long. 121.4133°W)
Located in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, Black Mesa Nature Preserve consists of approximately 1,600 acres which the Conservancy has conveyed to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department with a management agreement. The preserve protects about 60% of the mesa top in Oklahoma in addition to talus slopes and plains habitat. A native granite monument marks the highest point in Oklahoma - 4,973 feet above sea level.
(lat. 36.5555°N/ long. 102.5950°W)
At 4,861 feet above sea level, Spruce Knob is West Virginia's highest peak. From this rugged alpine peak, grassy openings and pastures can be seen for miles. Its summit has an alpine feel, much more so than other mountains of the Southern Appalachians. The upper few hundred feet of the mountain are covered in a dense spruce forest, a relict boreal forest environment similar to forests found in northern New England and Canada. The summit is accessible via a long gravel road, and is crowned with a stone lookout tower while a mixture of boulder fields, meadows and trees are on the summit as well.
(lat. 34.5220°N/ long.83.4836°W)
The highest point in the state of Georgia is Brasstown Bald, located about 45 minutes from the town of Helen. Brasstown Bald rises 4,784 feet above sea level. On clear days, four states can be seen from the summit of the Bald - Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. The public can drive to the top via Georgia Spur 180. One stage of the Tour de Georgia cycling race ends here each year.
(lat. 44.3237°N/ long. 72.4853°W)
At 4,393 feet, Mount Mansfield ranks as the highest of Vermont's peaks. If viewed from the east, some claim the mountain has a profile of a human face with a forehead, nose, lips, chin and Adam's apple. A tiny USGS brass marker marks the summit. Mount Mansfield is one of the two spots in Vermont where true alpine tundra survives from the ice ages.
(lat. 36.5451°N/ long.82.5338°W)
Black Mountain is about 500 feet taller than any other mountain in Kentucky and is one of the tallest mountains in Appalachia outside the Blue Ridge Mountains region. The summit is reached by a narrow road that leads past an FAA radar dome and is marked with an abandoned metal lookout tower, National Geodetic Survey benchmark and multiple radio towers. Official site...
(lat. 39.0119°N/ long. 102.0212°W)
Although not a true mountain, Mount Sunflower is the highest point in Kansas. Located in Wallace County, a mile east of the Kansas/Colorado border, Mount Sunflower is more than 3,300 feet above the state's low point in Montgomery County in southeastern Kansas. Much of Mount Sunflower's elevation is due to the uplift of the Rocky Mountains to the west.
(lat. 35.0353°N/ long.82.4639°W)
The summit, owned by the Duke Energy Company, is open to the public without restriction and is accessible by walking 100 yards up a paved trail. It straddles the North Carolina border.
(lat. 46.2312°N/ long. 103.1807°W)
White Butte near Amidon is North Dakota's highest point at 3,506 feet. Pure white sandstone scatter the landscape. It is a fairly easy climb; the hike takes about one hour, round-trip. Prairie flowers bloom in early summer and prairie rattlesnakes are known to inhabit the area.
