STATE HIGHPOINTS

This is a chronicle of Angela, Melissa, and Wayne Carey's highpoint adventures. We live near Wheeling, WV, USA. So far, our highpoints have been parts of our vacations. They are mixed in with biking, hiking, kayaking, and climbing. Maybe some of these activities will be interesting.


US map

Missy 23 of 50 (Green and Purple)
Angie 31 of 50 (Green and Blue)
Wayne 46 of 50 (Green, Blue, Purple, and Red)


State Highpoint Elevation (feet) Date
1 Pennsylvania Mount Davis 3,213 August 2001
2 Maryland Backbone Mountain 3,360  
3 West Virginia Spruce Knob 4,863  
4 Virginia Mount Rogers 5,729 June 2002
5 North Carolina Mount Mitchell 6,684  
6 Tennessee Clingman's Dome 6,643  
7 Kentucky Black Mountain 4,145  
Week of Paddling     June 2003
Foothills Trail      
8 South Carolina Sassafras Mountain 3,560  
9 Georgia Brasstown Bald 4,784  
Attempt on Mt. Washington     December 2003 - January 2004
10 Rhode Island Jerimoth Hill 812  
11 New Jersey Highpoint 1,803  
12 California Mount Whitney 14,497 June 2004
13 Delaware Ebright Azimuth 448 August 2004
14 Nebraska Panorama Point 5,424 June 2005
Paddling Colorado      
15 Colorado Mount Elbert 14,433  
16 Kansas Mount Sunflower 4,039  
17 Missouri Taum Sauk Mountain 1,772  
18 Indiana Hoosier Hill 1,257  
Cache la Poudre     June/July 2006
Attempt on King's Peak      
Flaming Gorge      
Snake River      
Yellowstone      
Mount Rushmore      
19 South Dakota Black Elk (formerly Harney) Peak 7,242  
20 Iowa Hawkeye Point 1,670  
21 Connecticut Mount Frissel 2,380 June/July 2007
22 Massachusetts Mount Greylock 3,491  
23 New York Mount Marcy 5,344  
24 Vermont Mount Mansfield 4,393  
25 New Hampshire Mount Washington 6,288  
26 Maine Mount Katahdin 5,267  
Pigeon, Nantahala, & Ocoee     June 2008
27 Alabama Cheaha Mountain 2,407  
28 Florida Britton Hill (Lakeview Park) 345  
29 Lousiana Driskill Mountain 534  
30 Arkansas Mount Magazine (Signal Hill) 2,753  
31 Mississippi Woodall Mountain 807  
Attempt on Rainier     July 2009
32 Arizona Humphrey's Peak 12,633 October 2009
33 Idaho Borah Peak 12,662 July 2010
34 Washington Mount Rainier 14,411 August 2010
35 Nevada Boundary Peak 13,143 October 2010
8 Day Alaskan Mountaineering Class     June 2011
Attempt on McKinley     May/June 2012
36 Oklahoma Black Mesa 4,973 September 2012
37 New Mexico Wheeler Peak 13,161 September 2012
38 Texas Guadulupe Peak 8,749 October 2012
39 Ohio Campbell Hill 1,549 January 2013
Attempt on Mt. Hood     June 2013
40 North Dakota White Butte 3,508 August 2013
1st Attempt on Granite Peak, MT     August 2013
41 Utah Kings Peak 13,534 August 2013
42 Oregon Mt. Hood 11,239 June 2014
2nd Attempt on Granite Peak, MT     August 2014
43 Illinois Charles Mound 1,235 July 2016
44 Wisconsin Timm's Hill 1,951 July 2016
45 Michigan Mt. Arvon 1,979 July 2016
46 Minnesota Eagle Mountain 2,301 July 2016


This page was constructed by
Wayne Carey of Triadelphia, WV.
It was last updated February 16, 2018.
Send email to wvredline@msn.com.