List of the most prominent summits of the United States

The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States of America.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.All elevations in the 48 states of the contiguous United States include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.The topographic prominence of a summit is the topographic elevation difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite far away. The key col for Denali in Alaska is the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua, away. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.

Denali is one of only three summits on Earth with more than of topographic prominence. Three summits of the United States possess a prominence greater than , six exceed , ten exceed , 19 exceed , 45 exceed , 128 ultra-prominent summits exceed , and 264 major summits exceed of topographic prominence.

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Most prominent summits

Of the 200 most prominent summits of the United States, 84 are located in Alaska, 17 in California, 17 in Nevada, 14 in Washington, 12 in Montana, 11 in Utah, nine in Arizona, seven in Hawaii, six in Colorado, six in Oregon, four in Wyoming, four in Idaho, four in New Mexico, two in North Carolina, and one each in New Hampshire, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Maine. Four of these peaks lie on the international border between Alaska and British Columbia, four lie on the international border between Alaska and Yukon, and one lies on the state border between Tennessee and North Carolina.

+The 200 most topographically prominent summits of the United StatesRankMountain peakStateMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Alaska Range2Island of Hawaii3Cascade Range4Saint Elias Mountains5Wrangell Mountains6Alaska Range7Saint Elias Mountains8Chugach Mountains9Sierra Nevada10Island of Maui11Cascade Range12Unimak Island13Chigmit Mountains14Sawatch Range15Skagit Range16Alaska Range17San Jacinto Mountains18San Bernardino Mountains19Spring Mountains20Alaska PeninsulaAlaska Peninsula22Cascade Range23Saint Elias Mountains24Brooks Range25Chigmit Mountains26Olympic Mountains27Saint Elias Mountains28Cascade Range29Wrangell Mountains30Chugach Mountains31Snake Range32Cascade Range33Alaska Range34Alaska Peninsula35Alaska Range36White Mountains37Saint Elias Mountains38Island of Hawaii39Bighorn Mountains40Wind River Range41Umnak Island42Alaska Range43Saint Elias Mountains44Wrangell Mountains45Aleutian Range46Teton Range47Wallowa Mountains48Aleutian Range49Uinta Mountains50Pinaleño Mountains51Alaska Peninsula52San Gabriel Mountains53Alaska Range54Chugach Mountains55Panamint Range56La Sal MountainsUnimak Island58Chugach Mountains59White Mountains60Brooks Range61Coast Mountains62Blue Ridge Mountains63Kenai Mountains64San Francisco Peaks65Lost River Range66Saint Elias Mountains67Chugach Mountains68Tanaga Island69Unalaska Island70Talkeetna Mountains71Toquima Range72Henry Mountains73Unimak Island74Stansbury Mountains75Cascade Range76Kenai Mountains77Aleutian Range78Pilot Range79Crazy Mountains80Great Sitkin Island81Island of Maui82Chuginadak Island83Mission Range84Wrangell Mountains85Cascade Range86Coast Mountains87Saint Elias Mountains88Sacramento Mountains89Front Range90Alaska Range91Wasatch Range92Cabinet Mountains93Schell Creek Range94Sheep Range95Saint Elias MountainsHumboldt Range97Baranof Island98Lemhi Range99Oquirrh Mountains100Saint Elias Mountains101Chugach Mountains102Wenatchee Mountains103Sangre de Cristo Mountains104Chugach Mountains105Carlisle Island106Wasatch Range107Chugach Mountains108Deep Creek Range109Lewis Range110Island of Kauai111Seven Devils MountainsAlaska Range113Toiyabe Range114Cascade Range115Alaska Range116Alaska Range117Columbia Mountains118Santa Catalina Mountains119Gareloi Island120Chiricahua Mountains121Alaska Range122Klamath Mountains123Saint Elias Mountains124Chugach Mountains125Saint Elias Mountains126Atka Island127Huachuca Mountains128Island of Molokai129Adirondack Mountains130Snake Range131Jackson Mountains132Northern California Coast Range133Tobin Range134Admiralty Island135East Humboldt Range136Culebra Range137Pioneer Mountains (Idaho)Ruby MountainsCascade Range140San Emigdio Mountains141Skagit Range142Grant Range143Beartooth MountainsChugach Mountains145Wrangell Mountains146Columbia Mountains147Saint Elias Mountains148White Mountains149Tushar Mountains150Chigmit Mountains151Jarbidge Mountains152Saint Elias Mountains153Alaska Range154Cascade Range155Revillagigedo Island156Santa Rita Mountains157White Pine Range158Abajo Mountains159Sangre de Cristo Range160Coast Mountains161Kodiak Island162Great Smoky Mountains163Chisos Mountains164Albion Range165Cascade RangeKuskokwim Mountains167Columbia Mountains168Santa Lucia Range169Hualapai Mountains170Skagit Range171Highland Mountains172Lewis Range173Livingston Range174Santa Rosa Range175Santa Ana Mountains176Wrangell Mountains177Okanogan Range178Steens Mountain179Seward Peninsula180Warner Mountains181Herbert Island182Longfellow Mountains183Jemez Mountains184Kanaga Island185San Juan Mountains186Clark Mountain Range187Akutan Island188Colorado Plateau189Bearpaw Mountains190Hozameen Range191Brooks Range192Sweetwater Range193Ray Mountains194Brooks Range195Big Belt Mountains196Sandia Mountains197San Mateo Mountains198Madison Range199Island of Oahu200Absaroka Range

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