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50 State Elevations (high points)

The elevations listed below are relative to sea level.

  • The highest point in a particular state is usually a mountain, or at least hill.
  • The lowest point of a state that borders an ocean is almost always sea level. Two states have interior places that are actually lower than, or below, sea level.
  • The mean elevation can be considered the average elevation of a state.
High points listed from highest to lowest. (List by state, highest, lowest, or mean elevations)
Rank State High pointList by high point Low point Mean elevation
1. Alaska 20,320 feet Sea level 1,900 feet
2. California 14,494 feet -282 feet 2,900 feet
3. Colorado 14,440 feet 3,315 feet 6,800 feet
4. Washington 14,410 feet Sea level 1,700 feet
5. Wyoming 13,804 feet 3,099 feet 6,700 feet
6. Hawaii 13,796 feet Sea level 3,030 feet
7. Utah 13,528 feet 2,000 feet 6,100 feet
8. New Mexico 13,161 feet 2,842 feet 5,700 feet
9. Nevada 13,140 feet 479 feet 5,500 feet
10. Montana 12,799 feet 1,800 feet 3,400 feet
11. Idaho 12,662 feet 710 feet 5,000 feet
12. Arizona 12,633 feet 70 feet 4,100 feet
13. Oregon 11,239 feet Sea level 3,300 feet
14. Texas 8,749 feet Sea level 1,700 feet
15. South Dakota 7,242 feet 966 feet 2,200 feet
16. North Carolina 6,684 feet Sea level 700 feet
17. Tennessee 6,643 feet 178 feet 900 feet
18. New Hampshire 6,288 feet Sea level 1,000 feet
19. Virginia 5,729 feet Sea level 950 feet
20. Nebraska 5,424 feet 840 feet 2,600 feet
21. New York 5,344 feet Sea level 1,000 feet
22. Maine 5,276 feet Sea level 600 feet
23. Oklahoma 4,973 feet 289 feet 1,300 feet
24. West Virginia 4,863 feet 240 feet 1,500 feet
25. Georgia 4,784 feet Sea level 600 feet
26. Vermont 4,393 feet 95 feet 1,000 feet
27. Kentucky 4,139 feet 257 feet 750
28. Kansas 4,039 feet 679 feet 2,000 feet
29. South Carolina 3,560 feet Sea level 350 feet
30. North Dakota 3,506 feet 750 feet 1,900 feet
31. Massachusetts 3,487 feet Sea level 500 feet
32. Maryland 3,360 feet Sea level 350 feet
33. Pennsylvania 3,213 feet Sea level 1,100 feet
34. Arkansas 2,753 feet 55 feet 650 feet
35. Alabama 2,407 feet Sea level 500 feet
36. Connecticut 2,380 feet Sea level 500 feet
37. Minnesota 2,301 feet 602 feet 1,200 feet
38. Michigan 1,979 feet 572 feet 900 feet
39. Wisconsin 1,951 feet 581 feet 1,050 feet
40. New Jersey 1,803 feet Sea level 250 feet
41. Missouri 1,772 feet 230 feet 800 feet
42. Iowa 1,670 feet 480 feet 1,100 feet
43. Ohio 1,549 feet 455 feet 850 feet
44. Indiana 1,257 feet 320 feet 700 feet
45. Illinois 1,235 feet 279 feet 600 feet
46. Rhode Island 812 feet Sea level 200 feet
47. Mississippi 806 feet Sea level 300 feet
48. Louisiana 535 feet -8 feet 100 feet
49. Delaware 450 feet Sea level 60 feet
50. Florida 345 feet Sea level 100 feet

Information source: Carpenter, Alan, and Carl Provorse. The World Almanac of the U.S.A.. Mahwah: World Almanac Books, 1996. Print.