# Which Doper lives at the Highest Elevation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726 "2010-04-02T13:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/21 "2010-04-03T02:40:05Z")
I was shocked to learn that The Woodlands, TX is a whole 160 feet ASL. I thought it was about 50. No wonder my nose bleeds all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/22 "2010-04-03T04:14:08Z")
Hm. I’m only at 2986 feet, Thought I was higher than that, being so close to the Rockies. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/23 "2010-04-03T04:29:13Z")
157.9 meters above sea level? That surprises me. I live about two blocks from the Erie Canal and I hadn’t realized how high above sea level the canal was. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/24 "2010-04-03T05:16:31Z")
> [@Alpine](#): > > I knew **enipla** would beat me! Our house is at 9800 ft, according to the USGS topo (admittedly not the best scale), and I work in Telluride, at 8750 ft. Hey Alpine. I thought you would be next in line. You live near (or on) one of the most beautiful mountain ranges that I have ever seen. The San Juan range is something else. And I bet it can be a colossal pain in the ass sometimes, just like the Mosquito Range. Skies are so blue at altitude, and the night is full of galaxies. I love it. I think that we should ALL post some bing map pictures. The 3d option is pretty cool. Lets go folks. I’ll do something in the morning. You still in GIS **Alpine**? I’m fighting ArcServer now. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/25 "2010-04-03T05:30:42Z")
> [@](#): > > 157.9 meters above sea level? That surprises me. I live about two blocks from the Erie Canal and I hadn’t realized how high above sea level the canal was. Well, parts of it, anyway. Just remember, it has to get at least up to the height of Niagara Falls. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/26 "2010-04-03T11:57:52Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Definitely not Australia, considering the peak of Mt. Kosciuszko is only 7,310 feet. Yet the highest peak _of_ Australia is in faraway Heard Island. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/27 "2010-04-03T12:10:12Z")
How do I find the elevation of my neighborhood? Is the information on google maps? ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/28 "2010-04-03T12:17:22Z")
Doesn’t **Omi no Kami** currently live in the Indian Himalayas (IIRC Himachal Pradesh)? And I think **AK84** lives somewhere in the Pakistan Himalayas. I forget where. Me? - Copenhagen at an elevation of around 5m (for Copenhagen Airport - the closest figure I could find). Perhaps I am the doper that lives at the _lowest_ elevation? ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/29 "2010-04-03T12:40:12Z")
Omi no Kami needs to come in here. He’s doing some research in the Indian Himalaya’s. Himachal Pradesh state ranges from metres (1,148 ft) to 6,000 metres (19,685 ft) above the sea level. Although Dharamsala, where he’s spending much of his time is only around 7,000 feet. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/30 "2010-04-03T12:48:20Z")
If you know of a better website that deals with High Points by state and country please post a link to it/them. My reference has been [americasroof.com](http://americasroof.com/) but it has changed its appearance and scope since my last visit some time ago. ============================================= > [@ivan astikov](#): > > How do I find the elevation of my neighborhood? Is the information on google maps? I had a bit of trouble navigating at [WorldAtlas.com](http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/elvation.htm) but it purports to having elevations for a large number of cities and towns. Be sure to read the red type that says > [@](#): > > Stop! Do not bookmark or copy/paste this URL before reading FAQs. The upshot of that warning is that the address you want to bookmark or pass along is [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic](http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic) If anybody can produce an actual elevation from that URL, for a spot close to home, please show me the steps to do such a thing. I gave up and went to Wikipedia for the city, but am pretty sure my neighborhood’s elevation is different from the one Wiki gives. It’s close enough for this thread, just not accurate enough for a purist – which I am not! ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/31 "2010-04-03T14:34:10Z")
off-topic > [@enipla](#): > > You still in GIS **Alpine**? I’m fighting ArcServer now. Yes, though I’m spending more and more time in IT development, like PHP/MySQL and learning my way around Linux. The GIS side is kind of stagnant right now, as we have no plans for self-hosting our mapping. /off-topic ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/32 "2010-04-03T15:47:05Z")
I knew I wouldn’t win but my town is another in the San Juan Range at 6523’. It snowed here on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/33 "2010-04-03T16:27:24Z")
> [@Sevastopol](#): > > Yet the highest peak _of_ Australia is in faraway Heard Island. Which is: a) uninhabited (so it’s unlikely that any Doper lives there) and b) not really considered by most Australians to be a part of the country, at least for the purposes of things like this. It’s a rock in the middle of nowhere, administered by the Department of the Environment and Water Resources. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/34 "2010-04-03T18:06:33Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > If you know of a better website that deals with High Points by state and country please post a link to it/them. My reference has been [americasroof.com](http://americasroof.com/) but it has changed its appearance and scope since my last visit some time ago. > > ============================================= > > I had a bit of trouble navigating at [WorldAtlas.com](http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/elvation.htm) but it purports to having elevations for a large number of cities and towns. > > Be sure to read the red type that says > > The upshot of that warning is that the address you want to bookmark or pass along is [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic](http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic) > > If anybody can produce an actual elevation from that URL, for a spot close to home, please show me the steps to do such a thing. I gave up and went to Wikipedia for the city, but am pretty sure my neighborhood’s elevation is different from the one Wiki gives. It’s close enough for this thread, just not accurate enough for a purist – which I am not! Currently teetering on web connection. Sat dish can’t get a good signal. Weather/snow. Bing maps is a good place for getting your elevation. Go to 3d, look in the lower right of the map for elev and lat and long. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/35 "2010-04-03T22:32:32Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > …It could be fun to see some other thread(s) on other geographical features, just for something to play with. There have been several geo-related threads. Who lives farthest North; who has traveled the greatest E/W or N/S extent; who lives farthest from their birthplace; that kind of thing. I used to think of myself as well-traveled. Not anymore. Having lived on 2 continents and visited 3 more extensively places me well back in the pack of ordinary schlubs. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/36 "2010-04-04T03:25:31Z")
Well, I’m out of the running. I’m in SLC, UT and we’re only about 4300 feet or so above sea level, IIRC, at least down here in the valley. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/37 "2010-04-04T03:28:19Z")
Houston’s official elevation is 43 feet, so all the Houston Dopers are out of the running. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/38 "2010-04-04T12:04:59Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Using a reliable source for the elevation of your city or town or county seat or whatever is near enough to your home to get a ballpark elevation figure for the area where you live, such as [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee) or some other easily accessible data source, if your elevation is higher than the previous high posted in this thread, then post the link to the evidence that yours is highest so far. > > With any luck we can determine who is farthest from the center of the earth or closest to the moon (or whatever spot “out there” that you want to pick). > > My number to beat: Elevation 597 ft (182 m) > > Just posting the number isn’t enough. We need proof! 11 feet. proof: Katrina ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/39 "2010-04-04T12:27:31Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > 11 feet. > proof: Katrina Priceless! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726/40 "2010-04-04T22:04:23Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > I seem to live at 37,000’. Does that count? Indeed, my town is listed at 395 feet, but I’m replying to the thread from 36,007 😉 Entirely too much time up here… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-lives-at-the-highest-elevation/534726.md?page=1)