Welcome to the County Highpointers information map page.
The following list both describes and provides hyperlinks to maps of an informational nature
of interest to the county highpointing community. Certain links lead to lists rather than a map,
and, in most cases, a corresponding map exists anyways.
Information Map Links
Large County Map  
Produced by the United States Census Bureau, this map portrays
all counties and their statistical equivalents (2.1 megabytes).
Google Earth Images  
Google Earth is an amazing software application that must be
seen to be appreciated.
Links are provided to images for the county highpoints of most states;
for regional collections of states; and for the entire contiguous USA.
There are external links to other Google Earth images relevant to
both highpointing and topographic prominence.
Interactive County Highpoint Map  
Provided by Prof. David Kelley, clickable dots for each county highpoint are displayed
atop a baseline topographic map that may be panned and zoomed at will.
Pinpoint Map  
Red dots indicate county highpoints.
By Dave Covill with assistance from several other highpointers.
Access Category Map
             
access category definitions
A work in progress by Edward Earl that shows access restrictions by color code. E-mail him with highpoint access information
after removing the ".county"
portion of the address (present to foil web crawlers).
Ownership Category Map
A work in progress by Ken Oeser that shows county highpoint ownership by color code.
First Ascent Map
A work in progress by Ken Oeser that identifies first ascent highpointers by color code.
Elevation-Based Maps
Elevation Map  
(color-coded in thousand foot intervals as described by a legend)
- by Aaron Maizlish
Highest 50-100-150+ Elevation Map
                   
the corresponding lists
A work by Dave Covill showing the highest 166 county highpoints in all fifty states
(everything above 10,000 feet); and the highest 157 eastern highpoints (all above 3,000 feet)
in color-coded groups of 50 counties.
High Five Map
                   
the corresponding list
The five highest county highpoints in each state. The map is by Jerry Brekhus.
For low-lying states there may be more than five counties due to matching elevations.
Low Five Map  
(The five lowest county highpoints in each state.)
- by Michael Schwartz
Elevation Gain Map
               
elevation gain discussion and lists
               
elevation gain rules
A work in progress by Edward Earl using a definition of elevation gain
determined as an "average" result after polling active county highpointers
for their individual elevation gain definition preferences.
E-mail him with elevation gain information
after removing the ".county"
portion of the address (present to foil web crawlers).
Prominence and Isolation-Based Maps
County Highpoint Prominence Map
A work in progress with contributions from Bob Bolton, Jerry Brekhus, Edward Earl,
Andy Martin, and Adam Helman.
Class Ratings Map
                   
class ratings definitions
A work in progress by Edward Earl for the least technical route to each highpoint. E-mail him with class ratings information
after removing the ".county"
portion of the address (present to foil web crawlers).
Overall Difficulty Map
             
difficulty ranking project
A work in progress by Edward Earl for ranking the difficulty (and ease) of counties by vote. E-mail him with difficulty (and easy) rankings
after removing the ".county"
portion of the address (present to foil web crawlers).
County Highpoint "Triple Crown" Map
                   
Triple Crown List (offsite)
Triple Crown county highpoints are simultaneously APEX,
5,000+ feet of gain, and ultra (5,000+ foot) prominences. There are only ten
such triple crown summits in the lower forty-eight states.
County highpoints with at least one of these descriptors are also shown
with colors corresponding to the specific descriptor combination, e.g. cyan
represents the combination of 5,000+ feet of gain and ultra prominence.
More Elevation-Based Maps
High Five Average Elevation Map
                   
Average County Elevation Lists
Carl Mills has determined the average elevations of counties throughout the United States.
The map portrays the counties with the highest five average elevations in each state.
The lists include dozens of additional counties.
Highest Five Standard Deviation in County Elevation Map
         
Standard Deviation in County Elevation Lists
Carl Mills has determined the counties with the largest standard deviations in elevation.
The map portrays the counties with the highest five standard deviations in elevation for each state.
The lists enumerate the highest standard deviation county for each state;
and the highest standard deviation counties regardless of state.
"Helman Counties" Map
                 
Helman Counties List
A map by Jerry Brekhus showing the county in each state with the
greatest elevation difference between its highpoint and lowpoint.
Lowest Fractional Relief Map
A map by Carl Mills showing the fifty counties with the
smallest values of the fraction (highpoint elevation - lowpoint elevation) / lowpoint elevation.
Half of Population Map
                 
County List
A map by showing the 146 counties which collectively contain half
the United States population according to 2010 Census data.
World centered on Del Mar in
San Diego County, California.
Scale is 2,000 km / centimeter. Distance circles are shown every
4,000 km to 20,000 km - the distance to the antipodal point off Madagascar
in the Indian Ocean. Compass bearings are superimposed.