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: Denali is one of only three summits on Earth with more than 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) of topographic prominence.Three summits of the United States possess a prominence greater than 4,000 meters (13,000 feet), six exceed 3,500 meters (11,500 feet), ten exceed 3,000 meters (9,800 feet), 19 exceed 2,500 meters (8,200 feet), 45 exceed 2,000 meters (6,600 feet), 128 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1,500 meters (4,900 feet), and 264 major summits exceed 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) of topographic prominence.Download coordinates as: 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.