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List of mountains of the United States
The tallest mountains in the U.S. are overwhelmingly located in four states: Alaska (home of 19 of the 20 highest peaks in the U.S.--California's Mt. Whitney rounds out the list), California, Colorado (home of the 16 of the next 20 highest peaks in the U.S.--Mount Rainier in Washington, and 3 in California make up the rest of this group), and Washington.
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Mountains
- Mount Adams - Cascades, Washington
- Backbone Mountain - Appalachian Mountains, highest point in Maryland
- Mount Baker - Cascades, Washington
- Mount Baxter - California
- Boundary Peak - Tallest mountain in Nevada
- Bridge Mountain - Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
- Cathedral Peak - California
- Clingman's Dome - tallest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, tallest in Tennessee
- Mount Columbia - Colorado
- Mount Dana - California
- Devils Tower - Wyoming
- Mount Diablo - California
- Mount Elbert - Colorado
- Mount Foraker - Alaska
- Glacier Peak - Cascades, Washington
- Grand Teton - Wyoming
- Mount Greylock - Massachusetts
- Half Dome - California
- Harney Peak - In the Black Hills of South Dakota; highest point east of the Rockies
- High Point - highest point in New Jersey
- Mount Hood - Cascades, Oregon
- Horsetooth Mountain - Colorado
- Mount Jefferson - Oregon
- Mount Katahdin - at north end of the Appalachian Trail
- Lassen Peak - Cascades, California
- Longs Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
- Mount Mansfield - Tallest mountain in Vermont
- Mammoth Mountain - California
- Maroon Bells - Colorado
- Mauna Loa - Hawaii
- Mauna Kea - Hawaii
- Mount Magazine - Tallest mountain in Arkansas
- Mount Massive - Colorado
- Mount McKinley (Denali) - highest mountain in North America
- Mount Mitchell - highest mountain of the Appalachians, tallest mountain in North Carolina
- Mount Monadnock - New Hampshire
- Newberry Volcano - Oregon
- Mount Olympus - Olympics, Washington
- Pikes Peak - Colorado
- Pohatcong Mountain - New Jersey
- Mount Rainier - Cascades, highest peak in Washington
- Mount Saint Elias - Alaska
- Mount St. Helens - active volcano in the United States - Cascades, Washington
- Mount Shasta - California
- Mount Shuksan - Cascades, Washington
- Mount Spurr - active volcano in the United States - Alaska
- Mount Stuart - Cascades, Washington
- Mount Talampais - Northern California
- Mount Timpanogos - Wasatch Range, Utah
- Three Sisters - Oregon
- Mount Washington - highest peak in northeastern United States
- Wheeler Peak - Nevada
- Wheeler Peak - Highest peak in New Mexico
- Mount Walter - Second highest peak in New Mexico
- Whetstone Butte - North Dakota
- White Butte - North Dakota
- Mount Whitney - Tallest mountain in California, and the tallest in the contiguous United States
Mountain Ranges
- Alaska Range
- Aleutian Range, Alaska
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Appalachian Mountains, eastern United States
- Adirondack Mountains, New York
- Allegheny Mountains, Pennsylvania
- Berkshire Mountains, western Massachusetts and eastern New York
- Catskill Mountains, New York
- Blue Mountains (Maine)
- Blue Ridge, North Carolina and Virginia
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Green Mountains, Vermont
- Ramapo Mountains, New Jersey
- Watchung Mountains, New Jersey
- White Mountains, New Hampshire
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Basin and Range Province (Nevada et al) see also list of mountain ranges of Nevada
- Amargosa Range , California
- East Humboldt Range, Nevada
- Humboldt Range , Nevada
- Nightingale Mountains
- Panamint Range, California
- Ruby Mountains , Nevada
- Santa Rosa Range, Nevada
- Schell Creek Range , Nevada
- Sevens Troughs Range , Nevada
- Sheep Range , Nevada
- Shoshone Range , Nevada
- Snake Range , Nevada
- Spring Mountains, Nevada
- Stillwater Mountains , Nevada
- Sulphur Spring Range , Nevada
- Toiyabe Range, Nevada
- Trinity Range , Nevada
- Tuscarora Mountains
- West Humboldt Range, Nevada
- White Mountains (California)
- Black Hills, South Dakota
- Boston Mountains, Arkansas
- Brooks Range, northern Alaska
- Capitan Mountains , New Mexico
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Cascade Range, California to British Columbia
- Okanogan Range , Washington
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Coast Ranges, Mexico to Alaska
- Chugach Mountains, southern Alaska
- Diablo Range , California
- Saint Elias Mountains, southern Alaska, British Columbia
- San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California to Riverside County, California
- Santa Cruz Mountains, San Francisco, California to Monterey County, California
- Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California
- Santa Susana Mountains, Los Angeles County, California
- Transverse Ranges, Ventura County, California to San Bernadino County, California
- Wrangell Mountains, southern Alaska
- Columbia Plateau, Oregon and Washington
- Gila Mountains , New Mexico
- Magdalena Mountains , New Mexico
- Manzano Mountains , New Mexico
- Olympic Mountains, Washington
- Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma and Arkansas
- Ozark Mountains, Arkansas,Missouri,Oklahoma and Kansas
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Rocky Mountains, western United States and Canada
- Absaroka Range, Montana and Wyoming
- Bear River Range , Utah and Wyoming
- Beaverhead Mountains , Montana and Idaho
- Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming
- Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho
- Boulder Mountains , Montana
- Bridger Mountains, Wyoming
- Bridger Mountains, Montana
- Cabinet Mountains , Montana
- Castle Mountains , Montana
- Coeur D'Alene Mountains , Montana and Idaho
- Columbia Mountains , British Columbia
- Crazy Mountains , Montana
- Elkhorn Mountains , Montana
- Gallatin Range , Montana
- Garnet Range , Montana
- Granite Mountains, Wyoming
- Green Mountains , Wyoming
- Flathead Range , Montana
- Franklin Mountains,El Paso County, Texas
- Front Range of the Rockies, Colorado
- Jemez Mountains , New Mexico
- Kettle River Range , Washington
- Laramie Mountains, Wyoming
- Lemhi Range , Idaho
- Lewis Range , Montana
- Livingston Range , Montana
- John Long Mountains , Montana
- Madison Range , Montana
- Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming
- Pryor Mountains , Montana
- Percell Mountains , Montana
- Pioneer Mountains , Montana
- Salmon River Mountains , Idaho
- Sacramento Mountains , Otero County, New Mexico
- Salish Mountains , Montana
- Salmon River Mountains , Idaho
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico Colorado
- San Juan Mountains, Colorado
- Sawatch Range, Colorado
- Shoshone Range , Idaho
- Swan Range , Montana
- Teton Range, Wyoming
- Tobacco Root Mountains , Montana
- Uinta Mountains, Utah
- Wasatch Range, Utah
- Wind River Range, Wyoming
- Whitefish Range , Montana
- Wolf Mountains , Montana
- San Mateo Mountains , New Mexico
- Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
- Sierra Nevada (US), California
- Tehachapi Mountains
- White Mountains (Arizona)
- White Mountains (New Hampshire)
See also
Reference
Last updated: 12-31-2004 12:20:49