County Highpoint Records
"For Amusement Only" Lists

Tied Elevation

Kentucky - 8 counties at 1000'
Robertson
Grant
Mason
Meade
Mercer
Woodford
Owen
Bracken
Missouri - 6 counties at 1100'
Jackson
Mercer
Ray
Cedar
Putnam
Miller

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Three HPs on a Single Quad

CO Blanca Pk (Alamosa, Costilla, Huerfano)
FL Compass Lake (Bay, Calhoun, 4/9 Jackson)
GA Shiloh (Harris, Meriweather, Talbot)
IN Cross Plains (4/7 Jefferson, Ohio, Switzerland)
IN New Salem (Fayette, 1/2 Franklin, Rush)
KS Latham SE (Butler, Elk, Greenwood)
LA Holum (Caldwell 2/5, Catahoula 1/2, La Salle 1/2)
MI Grand Marais SE (Alger, Luce, Schoolcraft)
MS Baldwyn (Prentis, 4/5 Tippah, Union)
NC/TN Carvers Gap (Avery, Mitchell, Carter)
SD Oak Hollow (BonHomme, Hutchinson, Douglas)
TN Palmer (Grundy, Marion, 1/3 Sequatchie)
TN Sandy Hook (1/2 Giles, Lawrence, 2/3 Maury)
VA Falls Church (Arlington, Fairfax, FCh City)
VA Petersburg (Col. Hghts City, Pburg City, P. George)
VA Whitetop Mt (Grayson, Smyth, Washington)

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Counties Which Touch 3 States

AZ ApacheCO NM UT
AZ MohaveCA NV UT
CO BacaKS NM OK
CO MontezumaAZ NM UT
DE New CastleMD NJ PA
ID BoundaryBC MT WA
MA BerkshireCT NY VT
MA WorchesterCT NH RI
MD WashingtonPA VA WV
OK CimmaronCO NM TX KS
NM San JuanAZ CO UT
NM UnionCO OK TX
UT San JuanAZ CO NM

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Twofers

True Twofers - 65 Counties and 32 HPs

a single point is the HP of two counties

AK/BC Fairweather (S-H-A & Brit Col.)
AR Poteau (Scott & Sebastian)
CA Whitney (Inyo & Tulare)
CO Grays (Clear Creek & Summit)
CO Castle (Gunnison & Pitkin)
CO Blanca (Alamosa,Costilla,Huerfano)
GA Brasstown (Towns & Union)
GA Tray Mtn (Habersham & White 2/3)
ID Meade (Bear Lake &Caribou)
KY Leesburg BM (Harrison & Scott)
KY/VA Birch Gap (Pike & Dickemon)
MT Edith (Broadwater & Meagher)
MT Snowshoe (Lincoln & Sanders)
NE Un. 2280 (Franklin 1/2 & Kearney)
NM Truchas (Mora & Rio Arriba)
NM McKnight (Grant & Sierra)
NC Calloway (Caldwell & Watauga)
NC/TN Clingmans (Swain & Sevier)
NC/TN Roan High (Mitchell & Carter)
NC Standing Indian BM (Clay & Macon)
OR Hood (Clackamas & Hood River)
OR Jefferson (Jefferson & Linn)
OR South Sister (Deschutes & Lane)
PA Big Mtn (Franklin & Fulton)
PA Blue Mtn (Cumberland & Perry)
UT Eccentric BM (Dagget & Uintah)
UT Delano (Beaver & Piute)
UT Thurston/Francis BM (Davis & Morgan)
VA Apple Orchard (Bedford & Botetourt)
VA Blue Ridge Un.1920' (Clarke & Loudoun)
VA Hawksbill (Madison & Page)
VA Rogers (Grayson & Smyth)
WA Daniel (King & Kittitas)
WV Ivy (Raleigh & Wyoming)
WY Cloud (Big Horn & Johnson)
WY Gannett (Fremont & Sublette)

Almost Twofers - 16 Counties and 8 HPs

each HP must lie within .25 miles on the same ridge

CA Snow Mtn East (Lake & Colusa)
CO Crestone (Saguache & Custer)
KS/MO Un. 1150+/1130+ (Miami & Cass)
MO Un. 1480+ Area (Ozark 1/1 & Taney 1/8)
NE Un. (Franklin & Kearney)
NC/VA Fisher (Surry & Carroll)
OR Thielsen (Douglas & Klamath)
WY Medicine Bow (Albany & Carbon)

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Hall of Shame - Unusual/Unique/Unpleasant HPs

LA Vernon - Ft. Polk ["where can I enlist to finish my list"]
LA Sabine - Ft. Polk [tour the base to increase your count]
MT Valley - 17 areas of 3,300 feet [does this define "flat" in MT?]
MO Schuyler - 114 areas of 1,000 feet on 4 quads [got a summer?]
MI Sanilac - 1 area Marlette Airport runway end [drag foot on takeoff]
MA Pine Hill - on a military base firing range [wear orange]
MS Perry - on a firing range [don't wear a bullseye]
NJ Essex - in a county sanatorium [HPer club card gets you in]
NC Cumberland - Ft. Bragg [do this HP and we'll all salute you]
NC Hoke - grounds of a sanitorium [readers of FRL are invited]
MS Sunflower - 2 areas: State Prison Farm and Indian Burial Mound
NH Croydon Pk - fenced private game preserve [cough up annual dues]
NE Phelps - Un. 2530+ at sewage disposal pond ["crappy" sez J. Mitchler]
SC Dorchester - 35 swampy areas [described as "horrid" by A. Martin]
SC Horry - 108 areas at 110-119 feet ["forget it" sez F. Lobdell]
VA Strafford - Quantico USMC base [the few, the proud, the trespassing]
WA Island - five areas of only 580+ feet [a lowly achievement]

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50 Largest Counties

list supplied by Olson from 1990 World Almanac
list updated by Packard with 1997 World Almanac

1CA San Bernardino20062
2AZ Coconino18619
3NV Nye18147
4NV Elko17182
5AZ Mohave13312
6AZ Apache11206
7NV Lincoln10635
8WY Sweetwater10426
9CA Inyo10192
10OR Harney10135
11OR Malheur9988
12AZ Navajo9954
13NV Humboldt9648
14AZ Maricopa9204
15AZ Pima9187
16WY Fremont9183
17NV White Pine8877
18ID Idaho8485
19CA Kern8142
20OR Lake8136
21AZ Yavapai8124
22NV Clark7911
23WY Carbon7897
24UT San Juan7821
25ID Owyhee7678
26CA Riverside7208
27UT Tooele6946
28WY Park6943
29NM Catron6928
30ME Aroostook6672
31NM Socorro6647
32NM Otero6627
33UT Millard6590
34NV Washoe6343
35CA Siskiyou6287
36MN St. Louis6222
37TX Brewster6193
38AZ Cochise6170
39NM Chaves6071
40NV Pershing6009
41CA Fresno5963
42NE Cherry5961
43OR Klamath5945
44NM Rio Arriba5858
45UT Box Elder5724
46MT Beaverhead5543
47AZ Yuma5514
48NM San Juan5514
49NV Lander5494
50NM McKinley5449

Large AK Counties Excluded For Humane Reasons:
1AK North Slope90955
2AK Matanuska-Susitna24502
3AK Kenai Pennisula16056
4AK Fairbanks-N Star7404?
5AK NW Artic35863
6AK Lake and Peninsula23632
7AK Aluetians E.6985?
8AK Kodiak Is.6463?

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Island Counties (26 total)

AK Aleutians E (HP on Unimak Island)
AK Aleutians W (HP on Umnak Island)
AK Sitka (HP on Sitka Island)
FL Monroe (HP on any of 5 different Florida Keys)
HI Hawaii (HP on Hawaii Island)
HI Honolulu ((HP on Oahu Island))
HI Kalawao (HP on Molokai Island)
HI Kauai (HP on Kauai Island)
HI Maui (HP on Maui Island)
LA Saint Bernard (HP on Cote Blanch Island)
LA Saint Marys (HP on Chandeleur Island)
MA Dukes (HP on Marthas Vineyard Island)
MA Nantucket (HP on Nantucket Island)
ME Hancock (HP on Mount Desert Island)
NY Kings (HP on Long Island)
NY Nassau (HP on Long Island)
NY New York (HP on Manhattan Island)
NY Queens (HP on Long Island)
NY Richmond (HP on Staten Island)
NY Suffolk (HP on Long Island)
NC Currituck (HP on Bodie Island)
NC Dare (HP on Bodie Island)
NC Hyde (HP on Ocrakoke Island)
VT Grand Isle (HP on South Hero Island)
WA Island (HP on Camano Island)
WA San Juan (HP on Orcas Island)

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