Partridge, Kentucky
Black Mountain
You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.
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Partridge, Kentucky
You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Burnsville, North Carolina
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Blairsville, Georgia
Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.
Delta, Alabama
The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.
Iuka, Mississippi
The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.
Keene Valley, New York
The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Simsboro, Louisiana
The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Stowe, Vermont
The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.
Cornish, New Hampshire
The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Ironton, Missouri
In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.
Paris, Arkansas
A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.
Scales Mound, Illinois
This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.
Oakley, Kansas
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.
Sibley, Iowa
The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.
Wilmington, Delaware
The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.
Keystone, South Dakota
The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."
Linesville, Pennsylvania
"Where the ducks walk on fish."
Kenton, Oklahoma
The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.