# Where is the highest elevated McDonalds located? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 24, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397 "2006-12-24T00:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/1 "2006-12-24T00:31:05Z")
I’m talking about an open, running McD’s. Not the one located in La Paz, Bolivia (which was 11,800 feet above sea level), because that one is closed. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/2 "2006-12-24T00:40:00Z")
I don’t know, but I’ll throw out the one in Frisco, CO, elevation 9100’. ---
**Author:** ![solkoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@solkoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solkoe)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/3 "2006-12-24T00:46:03Z")
I’m sure there must be one in Quito Ecuador but I’m not 100% positive. It is 9300 feet above sea level. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/4 "2006-12-24T01:48:41Z")
I know it doesn’t quite fit your bill, but the highest McDonald’s above the ground itself was once in the Kuala Lumpur Tower, which is 1403 feet high. It closed. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/5 "2006-12-24T01:59:01Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t know, but I’ll throw out the one in Frisco, CO, elevation 9100’. ☹ I was gonna suggest the one in Winter Park, but I think the city on sits at a shrimpy 9000’ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/6 "2006-12-24T02:18:09Z")
La Paz, in Bolivia, at just about 12,000 feet, has a McDonald’s. I haven’t found definitive evidence of one in Lhasa, Tibet yet. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/7 "2006-12-24T02:19:46Z")
[McDonald’s in La Paz](http://boulderdailycamera.com/business/a115355a.html) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/8 "2006-12-24T02:24:09Z")
Whoops. McDonald’s pulled out of La Paz a few years ago. Still, for a while it must’ve been the highest one. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi\_qn4155/is\_20021202/ai\_n12483609](http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20021202/ai_n12483609) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/9 "2006-12-24T02:24:58Z")
[This airline](http://www.golfandspa.co.uk/flights.html) states that they cater for “any food from McDonalds to caviar” on their flights. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/10 "2006-12-24T02:51:05Z")
Zermatt, Switzerland has one, elevation 5,315 feet. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/11 "2006-12-24T03:11:30Z")
1 - the McDonald’s site does confirm current operations in Ecuador, implying Quito while not saying so in so many words. There are numerous other references about to a McDonald’s in Quito, though. 9300 feet. 2 - there does NOT appear to be a McDonald’s in Leadville, CO, which is the highest incorporated city in the US, and would have beaten Frisco (and Quito). ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/12 "2006-12-24T06:00:57Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Whoops. McDonald’s pulled out of La Paz a few years ago. Still, for a while it must’ve been the highest one. > **[News Archives](https://www.findarticles.com/news/)** > > Explore the News Articles featuring Technology, Business, Entertainment, and Science & Health topics. Access reports, insights, and stories. [/QUOTE] Maybe you should have read the OP. 😉 I was just through Leadville on Sunday last. No McDonalds. Some other nice restaurants, though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/13 "2006-12-24T06:56:14Z")
Before anyone asks, the _lowest_ McDonald’s in the world is in the Petra Mall, in the resort area on the Israeli side of the Dead Sea. As that’s the lowest spot on the planet, I don’t think there’ll be much debate in this direction. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/14 "2006-12-24T13:56:15Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] Maybe you should have read the OP. 😉 I was just through Leadville on Sunday last. No McDonalds. Some other nice restaurants, though. 😛 [/QUOTE] I knew I saw something chain there. Subway has a location in Leadville. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/15 "2006-12-24T14:06:13Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] Maybe you should have read the OP. 😉 [/QUOTE] C’mon, I’m a busy guy! I don’t have _time_ to read more than the title, if I’m gonna answer the question! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/16 "2006-12-24T18:10:18Z")
Oh, and Lhasa? It may just be a matter of time. No McDonald’s, apparently, but one can learn that it has a Dicos, a fried chicken franchise which is the Chinese answer to KFC. BTW, why is **diggleblop** banned? It seemed to me as though his questions were becoming reasonable GQ grist, like this one. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/17 "2006-12-24T20:33:12Z")
This isn’t a record altitude, but we have many McDonald restaurants here in Bogotá at an altitude of 8360 ft. ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/18 "2006-12-25T00:36:43Z")
[QUOTE=yabob] BTW, why is **diggleblop** banned? It seemed to me as though his questions were becoming reasonable GQ grist, like this one. [/QUOTE] I’m banned? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/19 "2006-12-25T00:40:21Z")
[QUOTE=diggleblop] I’m banned? [/QUOTE] Apparently, you were reprieved before you even knew about it. See your fan club in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397/20 "2006-12-25T05:10:55Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] Before anyone asks, the _lowest_ McDonald’s in the world is in the Petra Mall, in the resort area on the Israeli side of the Dead Sea. As that’s the lowest spot on the planet, I don’t think there’ll be much debate in this direction. [/QUOTE] Unless we count underground ones. Some of the subway stations and underground shopping centers in Tokyo (pretty close to sea level) go down quite a way, and some of them have a McDonald’s in them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-highest-elevated-mcdonalds-located/385397.md?page=2)