High Point, New Jersey

Boundary Peak, Nevada

Mount Sunflower, Kansas

the highest points in their respective states

each of which is nearly on the boundary of a neighboring state

I find
it remarkable
that half of the
high points in states
that have neighboring states
(twenty-four of forty-eight, to
be exact,) are within ten miles of the
boundary of at least one of those neighbors.

state acme elevation proximity
Alabama Cheaha Mountain 2,407 .
Alaska Denali (a.k.a. Mount McKinley) 20,320 .
Arizona Humphreys Peak 12,633 .
Arkansas Magazine Mountain 2,753 .
California Mount Whitney 14,494 .
Colorado Mount Elbert 14,433 .
Connecticut Mount Frissell 2,380 at Massachusetts & New York state lines
Delaware Ebright Azimuth 448 at Pennsylvania state line
Florida Britton Hill 345 at Alabama state line
Georgia Brasstown Bald 4,784 at North Carolina state line
Hawaii Mauna Kea 13,796 .
Idaho Borah Peak 12,662 .
Illinois Charles Mound 1,235 at Wisconsin state line
Indiana Hoosier Hill 1,257 at Ohio state line
Iowa Hawkeye Point 1,670 at Minnesota state line
Kansas Mount Sunflower 4,039 at Colorado state line
Kentucky Black Mountain 4,145 at Virginia state line
Louisiana Driskell Mountain 535 .
Maine Mount Katahdin 5,268 .
Maryland Backbone Mountain 3,360 at West Virginia state line
Massachusetts Mount Greylock 3,491 at New York & Vermont state lines
Michigan Mount Arvon 1,979 .
Minnesota Eagle Mountain 2,301 .
Mississippi Woodall Mountain 806 at Alabama state line
Missouri Taum Sauk Mountain 1,772 .
Montana Granite Peak 12,799 at Wyoming state line
Nebraska Panorama Point 5,426 at Colorado & Wyoming state line
Nevada Boundary Peak 13,143 at California state line
New Hampshire Mount Washington 6,288 .
New Jersey High Point 1,803 at New York & Pennsylvania state lines
New Mexico Wheeler Peak 13,161 .
New York Mount Marcy 5,344 .
North Carolina Mount Mitchell 6,684 .
North Dakota White Butte 3,506 .
Ohio Campbell Hill 1,550 .
Oklahoma Black Mesa 4,973 at New Mexico & Colorado state lines
Oregon Mount Hood 11,239 .
Pennsylvania Mount Davis 3,213 at Maryland state line
Rhode Island Jerimoth Hill 812 at Connecticut state line
South Carolina Sassafras Mountain 3,560 at North Carolina state line
South Dakota Black Elk Peak (a.k.a. Harney Peak) 7,242 .
Tennessee Clingmans Dome 6,643 at North Carolina state line
Texas Guadalupe Peak 8,749 at New Mexico state line
Utah Kings Peak 13,528 .
Vermont Mount Mansfield 4,393 .
Virginia Mount Rogers 5,729 at North Carolina & Tennessee state lines
Washington Mount Rainier 14,410 .
West Virginia Spruce Knob 4,863 at Virginia state line
Wisconsin Timms Hill 1,951 .
Wyoming Gannett Peak 13,804 .

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