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Mount Mitchell is the highest point in the state of North Carolina at 6,684ft (2,037m).  It is located about 35 miles northeast Ashville, in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians. The summit is inside the Mount Mitchell State Park, in the Pisgah National Forest. During the summer months, you can expect a variety of…

Wheeler Peak is the highest peak in the state of New Mexico at 13,167ft (4,013m). It is located northeast of Taos and south of Red River in the northern part of the state.  Wheeler Peak is the 2nd highest peak in the Sweetwater Range, which is situated on the California/Nevada border.  Wheeler Peak makes a great side hike after reaching the summit…

Boundary Peak is the highest peak in the state of Nevada at 13,140ft (4,005m). Boundary Peak is at the Northern end of the White Mountains.  It is part of a twin peak with Montgomery Peak.  Montgomery Peak is 200 feet higher but is located in California. Boundary Peak derives its name from the proximity to the boundary between the two states…

Woodall Mountain is the highest point in the state of Mississippi at 807 feet (246 m).  It is located in Tishomingo county in the northeastern part of the state, just southwest of Iuka in the westernmost foothills of the southern Appalachians.   Until 1998, an observation tower stood atop the hill in the middle of the gravel…

Backbone Mountain is the high point in the state of Maryland at 3,360ft (1024m). It is located in the Allegheny Mountains of the central Appalachian Mountain Range and stretches approximately 39 miles southwest to northeast, and forms a portion of the Eastern Continental Divide. It’s a boundary between two watersheds: The headwaters of the Youghiogheny…

Driskill Mountain  is the highest summit in Louisiana, with an elevation of 535ft (163m).  It lies about 5.3 miles southeast of Bryceland, Louisiana.  It is located in the northeastern corner of the state in Bienville Parish. The area is very densely forested.  As a result, there have been significant logging operations carried out in the immediate area around…

Black Mountain is the highest mountain peak in the state of Kentucky, with an elevation of 4,149ft (1,261m).  The summit is located in Harlan County, Kentucky near the Virginia border, just above the towns of Lynch, Kentucky and Appalachia, Virginia.  On a clear day the Great Smoky Mountains on the Tennessee and North Carolina border are clearly visible. Black Mountain’s history directly related to the coal mining of the surrounding area. Lynch, Kentucky, was once one…

Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the state of Tennessee, at an elevation of 6,643f (2,024m). Clingmans Dome is protected as part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  A paved road, closed from December 1 through March 31, connects it to U.S. Highway 441.  From the fairly unique lookout tower (often called the “flying saucer”) one…

Sassafras Mountain is the highest point in the state of South Carolina, at an elevation of 3,554ft (1083m).  Sassafras Mountain is located in Pickens County, in the Northwestern part of the state, off of a windy mountain road. Northwestern South Carolina is home to small mountain ranges, and Sassafras Mountain is right on the border…

Brasstown Bald is the highest point in the state of Georgia, with an elevation of 4,784ft (1,459m).  The mountain is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains, and within the borders of the Blue Ridge Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest.  The mountain is known to the native Cherokee people as Enotah.  It is named for the former Cherokee village of Brasstown,…