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        topo chart / aerial image         photos
Arches National Park (Utah) - Elephant Butte (5,653 feet)        topo chart / aerial image         photos
Badlands National Park (South Dakota) - unnamed (3,340+ feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Big Bend National Park (Texas) - Emory Peak (7,825 feet)         - the Brewster County, Texas highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
Biscayne National Park (Florida) - two spot elevations (9 feet)           tropical storm information - by John Mitchler.        area 1         area 2
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Colorado) - Poison Spring Hill (9,040 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah) - Rainbow Point (9,115 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Canyonlands National Park (Utah) - on mesa rim (7,160+ feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Capitol Reef National Park (Utah) - on boundary line (8,960 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico) - spot elevation (6,520 feet) and unnamed (6,520+ feet)        area 1         area 2
Channel Islands National Park (California) - El Montañon (1,808 feet)         highpoint details - by John Mitchler.
        topo chart / aerial image
Congaree Swamp National Park (South Carolina) - unnamed (140 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Crater Lake National Park (Oregon) - Mount Scott (8,929 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ohio) - unnamed (1,170+ feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Death Valley National Park (California) - Telescope Peak (11,048 feet)        topo chart / aerial image         photo
Denali National Park (Alaska) - Denali (a.k.a. Mount McKinley (20,320 feet))         - the Denali Borough, Alaska and North American highpoint         Preparing for Denali (Mount McKinley) - by Edward Earl.        No trip reports have been posted.
        topo chart         aerial image         photo
Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida) - on Loggerhead Key (10 feet)         tropical storm information - by John Mitchler.
        topo chart / aerial image
Everglades National Park (Florida) - Grossman Hammock (10+ feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Gates of the Arctic National Park (Alaska) - Mount Igikpak (8,276 feet)         - the Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska highpoint        topo chart         aerial image
Glacier National Park (Montana) - Mount Cleveland (10,466 feet)         - the Glacier County, Montana highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
Glacier Bay National Park (Alaska) - Mount Fairweather (15,300 feet)         - the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Borough, Alaska highpoint         - UNCLIMBED (virgin highpoint)         No trip reports have been posted.        topo chart         aerial image
Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona) - Lookout Tower (9,165 feet) and three points (9,160+ feet)        area 1         area 2         area 3         area 4
Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming) - Grand Teton (13,770 feet)         - the Teton County, Wyoming highpoint         No trip reports have been posted.        topo chart / aerial image
Great Basin National Park (Nevada) - Wheeler Peak (13,063 feet)         - the White Pine County, Nevada highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
Great Sand Dunes National Monument (Colorado) - liner near Mount Herard (10,520+ feet)         Slated for National Park status in 2004.        highpoint details - by Dave Covill.
        topo chart / aerial image         photos
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina) - Clingmans Dome (6,643 feet)         - the Swain County, NC, Sevier County, TN and TN state highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (Texas) - Guadalupe Peak (8,749 feet)         - the Culberson County and Texas state highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
Haleakala National Park (Hawaii) - Red Hill (10,023 feet)         - the Maui County, Hawaii highpoint        topo chart         aerial image
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii) - Mauna Loa (13,679 feet)        topo chart         aerial image
Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas) - Music Mountain (1,400+ feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Isle Royale National Park (Michigan) - Mount Desor (1,394 feet) and two areas 1,000 feet west (1,380+ feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Joshua Tree National Park (California) - Quail Mountain (5,813 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Katmai National Park (Alaska) - Knife Peak on rim of Mount Griggs (7,600+ feet)        topo chart         aerial image
Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska) - unnamed (6,400+ feet)        topo chart         aerial image
Kings Canyon National Park (California) - North Palisade (14,242 feet)         - the Fresno County, California highpoint          North Palisade: LeConte Route - by Gerry Roach.
        topo chart         aerial image         photos
       
Note: acme.com lacks a map for this highpoint.
       
The highpoint coordinates are NAD27 (37.0943° N, 118.5135° W).
        topo chart         aerial image
Lake Clark National Park (Alaska) - Redoubt Volcano (10,197 feet)         - UNCLIMBED (virgin highpoint)         No trip reports have been posted.        topo chart         aerial image         photo
Lassen Volcanic National Park (California) - Lassen Peak (10,457 feet)         - the Shasta County, California highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
Mammoth Cave National Park (Kentucky) - five areas (920+ feet)        area 1         area 2
Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado) - Park Point Lookout (8,571 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Mount Rainier National Park (Washington) - Mount Rainier (14,410 feet)         - the Pierce County and Washington state highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
North Cascades National Park (Washington) - Goode Mountain (9,200+ feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Olympic National Park (Washington) - Mount Olympus (7,969 feet)         - the Jefferson County, Washington highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona) - Pilot Rock (6,234 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Redwood National Park (California) - unnamed (3,262 feet)         No trip reports have been posted.        topo chart / aerial image
Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado) - Longs Peak (14,255 feet)         - the Boulder County, Colorado highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
Saguaro National Park (Arizona) - Mica Mountain (8,664 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Samoa National Park (American Samoa) - Lata Mountain (3,160+ feet)         No trip reports have been posted.        topo chart / aerial image
       
Caution: acme.com incorrectly places the cursor for this highpoint.
       
The highpoint coordinates are NAD27 (36.5785° N, 118.2914° W).
        topo chart / aerial image
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota) - two areas on Peck Hill (2,860+ feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Virgin Islands National Park (Virgin Islands) - near summit of Crown Mountain (1,556- feet)         tropical storm information - by John Mitchler.
        aerial image
Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota) - point at "Tower" (1,400+ feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota) - Rankin Ridge (5,013 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park (Alaska) - Mount Saint Elias (18,008 feet)         - the Yakutat Borough, Alaska highpoint         No trip reports have been posted.        topo chart         aerial image
Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming) - Eagle Peak (11,367 feet)        topo chart / aerial image
Yosemite National Park (California) - Mount Lyell (13,114 feet)         - the Tuolumne County, California highpoint        topo chart / aerial image
       
Caution: acme.com incorrectly places the cursor for this highpoint.
       
The highpoint coordinates are NAD27 (37.7396° N, 119.2709° W).
        topo chart / aerial image
Park Highpoints Publication and how to Assist
A message from Gerry Roach, John Mitchler, and Dave Covill...Fellow National Park Highpoint Enthusiasts - we need your help! Many of you have visited National Park highpoints (NP HP). Many of you will continue visiting the NP HPs in the next few years, and that fact is important to us. We have signed a contract with Fulcrum Publishing in Golden CO to write a guidebook to the NP HPs.
We invite you to assist us - and there are many ways you can do so. You can send us photographs taken at the National Parks you have visited, not limited to the hike itself, but perhaps areas of great interest elsewhere in the parks. You can review chapters, offering insight from your past experiences. Armed with our preliminary chapters including approach and hiking directions, you can volunteer to visit National Park highpoints. In so doing the content is effectively "field-tested".
Those who join our team of researchers will be mentioned prominently in the book, and we will provide you with a personalized first edition copy upon publication. More information will be forthcoming soon, but in the meantime, please do communicate with us and share your thoughts.
E-mail Gerry Roach         E-mail John Mitchler         E-mail Dave Covill
Disclaimer
Attempting to reach some of the points listed in this web site can be dangerous, and could lead to accidents resulting in injury or death. Some of the summits lie in rugged and isolated regions, where even minor mishaps can escalate into a life threatening crisis. Other locations lie on private property, military bases, and other areas where access is restricted. Trespassing in these areas can result in being arrested, shot at, or worse. Right of access to these areas is constantly changing, and access in the past does not guarantee present access. By use of this web page, the reader hereby releases the trip report authors, trip report compiler, and webmaster from liability for any injury, including but not limited to monetary loss, death, and other damages that might in any way be connected with this web site. FAIR WARNING: These are "armchair mountaineer" articles, an offering for amusement, not action. Many of these peaks are potentially life threatening, or are on private property. Adequate mountaineer training and/or owner's permission are required if you choose to pursue this list. The authors cited on this page accept no responsibility for injury, or any liability related to these route descriptions.