# Have you been to the highest point in your state? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214 "2014-06-06T18:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/41 "2014-06-07T10:04:44Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > I’ve done the walk several times to the top of Mt Kosciuszko (2,228m). It’s the highest point in NSW, and in Australia too, if you exclude the external, offshore territories. > > It’s not an especially difficult walk. I’ve walked up there once. In a way, it’s a oddity. It’s the highest point in Australia, but not in Australasia (there are higher mountains in New Guinea and in New Zealand), and it’s not the highest Australian mountain (that would be [Mawson Peak](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawson_Peak), in a territory of Australia), and its level of difficulty is that a 3-year-old could easily walk to the peak. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/42 "2014-06-07T10:14:56Z")
I’ve driven past Campbell Hill (Ohio) but I’ve never made the treacherous 50 foot ascent to the municipal water facilities at the top. We have more substantial hills, but they’re in a lower part of the state. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/43 "2014-06-07T12:20:41Z")
> [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](#): > > I go to the highest point on my property, elevation 453 ft, regularly. You must be in amazing physical condition!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/44 "2014-06-07T17:21:08Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > At 5960’ it’s higher than the highest point in 32 states. > > [List of U.S. states and territories by elevation - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_elevation) Henceforth I shall spin that as “I like to ski at 6000 feet.” ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/45 "2014-06-07T18:17:56Z")
I’ve been to the summit of [Mt. Mitchell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Mitchell) (6684 ft) a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/46 "2014-06-07T18:35:51Z")
The sherpas of northern-western Florida are a friendly bunch. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/47 "2014-06-07T19:27:59Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > I can’t say I’ve been precisely at the highest point in Florida, which is [Britton Hill](http://www.summitpost.org/britton-hill/152497), at a whopping 345 feet above sea level, but I’ve been in the general area. Hey, I’m impressed; I’ve only been to Mt. Trashmore. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/48 "2014-06-07T20:28:58Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Nope, it’s pretty out of the way…but just for a laugh, take a look at [Mount Sunflower!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sunflower#) I’ve never been there, but I will be this summer. My mother and I are taking a little roadtrip this summer. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/49 "2014-06-08T03:48:40Z")
Have oxygen on hand, that altitude sickness is nothing to mess around with if you plan on climbing that monster. Be sure you have your affairs in order. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/50 "2014-06-08T04:04:44Z")
[Nebraska](http://www.kimballne.org/images/Rappeling_20Highest_20Point.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/51 "2014-06-08T04:34:29Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Obviously, some states will be more challenging than others… Native Californian. I have not been to the top of Mt. Whitney. In Washington now. I’ve not been to the top of Mt. Rainier, nor even Mt. Baker (which is my local mountain). Too much trouble. Now, if I had a helicopter capable of operating at those altitudes… ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/52 "2014-06-08T08:16:01Z")
The hike to the summit of Mount Rogers in Virginia is quite scenic. Unfortunately, there is not much to see on the actual top as it is shrouded in trees. My wife and I went there several years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/53 "2014-06-09T16:48:02Z")
Nope. Mt. Arvon, Michigan is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out in the boonies in the western Upper Peninsula, and according to the wiki page you have to drive up a remote logging road to get there. The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is pretty damn flat compaired to the Upper Peninsula. The highest point in the Lower Peninsula is probably the top of some landfill site 😃 (Actually, my guess would be the Sleeping Bear Dunes along Lake Michigan, near Traverse City.) ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/54 "2014-06-09T17:01:42Z")
I have never been to my current home state of Ohio’s highest point, but I have been to [the highest point in Maryland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoye-Crest). It’s a ridge called Hoye-Crest on Backbone Mountain, barely inside of Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/55 "2014-06-09T17:09:33Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Nope. Mt. Arvon, Michigan is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out in the boonies in the western Upper Peninsula, and according to the wiki page you have to drive up a remote logging road to get there. > > The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is pretty damn flat compaired to the Upper Peninsula. The highest point in the Lower Peninsula is probably the top of some landfill site 😃 (Actually, my guess would be the Sleeping Bear Dunes along Lake Michigan, near Traverse City.) According to [peakbagger.org](http://peakbagger.org), the high point of the Lower Peninsula is Briar Hill in the Manistee State Forest not too far from Cadillac, elevation 1706 feet. Sleeping Bear is several hundred feet lower. Comes of starting at the elevation of Lake Michigan, approx. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/56 "2014-06-09T20:26:20Z")
Yes! Last year, at age 53, I finally got around to scaling Charles Mound, the highest point in Illinois (1,235 feet). The land is privately owned, but the owners open it up to the public on three or four weekends every year. It was a hot and humid day and the climb turned out to be a rather sweaty slog. I felt like I had accomplished something when I got to the summit marker! Just last week I climbed Mount Whitney to the 10,000-foot level (you start at about 8,400), which was plenty high enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/57 "2014-06-09T22:24:05Z")
Oh hell no. I live in Colorado, the land of [Fourteeners](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteener). But I’ve been to [Leadville](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado) and [Animas Forks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animas_Forks,_Colorado) a couple of times and been over [Vail Pass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vail_Pass), [Coal Bank Pass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Bank_Pass), [Molas Pass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molas_Pass), [Red Mountain Pass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Mountain_Pass_(San_Juan_Mountains)) (on Christmas Day, even!), and [Lizard Head Pass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Head_Pass). Oh, and I almost forgot [Wolf Creek Pass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_Pass). That’s good enough for me! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/58 "2014-06-09T22:35:59Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I can’t be the only one here who’s driven to the top of Mt. Washington (New Hampshire). I haven’t driven there, but I’ve climbed up in winter. Ice axe and spikes required. My fiancee is doing all 50 states. She’s north of 40 now (maybe even north of 45). I’m not doing them, but I have 20-some-odd from accompanying her on trips. Highest, Mount Elbert in Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/59 "2014-06-14T14:12:00Z")
No. I don’t believe I’ve ever even been on Highway 309, let alone the part where [Magazine Mountain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Magazine) is located. Like most Arkansas mountains, including the ones I live in, it’s really more a plateau than a mountain. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214/60 "2014-06-14T15:20:16Z")
[Nope.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Mitchell) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-highest-point-in-your-state/690214.md?page=4)