Where the numbers come from

Heights and places

The name, height and coordinates of each state's highest point are taken from Wikipedia's "List of U.S. states and territories by elevation" (read 15 October 2026), which gives U.S. Geological Survey figures adjusted to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) and coordinates in WGS 84. Two heights given there to a tenth of a foot (Mount Washington 6,285.8 ft, Mount Mansfield 4,395.3 ft) are rounded to whole feet here. Metres are worked out from feet (1 ft = 0.3048 m) and rounded. Older maps and signs often show slightly different heights from earlier surveys.

Alaska's high point is listed as Denali; its federal name is Mount McKinley. Tennessee's is listed as Kuwohi, formerly Clingmans Dome.

Distances

Every distance on Crestlist is a straight line over the Earth's surface between two summits (great-circle distance on a sphere of radius 3,959 miles). Roads and trails are longer.

Regions

Regions are the four U.S. Census Bureau regions: Northeast, Midwest, South and West.

The mountaineering flag

Five summits carry a "mountaineering" flag because the usual routes to the top cross glaciers or need technical climbing skills: Denali, Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Gannett Peak and Granite Peak. The absence of the flag is not a promise that any other summit is easy or open.

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