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US states ranked by topographic prominence

US states listed by elevation prominence of their most topographically prominent peak.
Note: Topographic province != elevation. It is a measurement of the elevation above the highest shared elevation between a smaller and a larger mountain For more reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence
inspired by: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/169169/us-states-ranked-by-highest-point
Source for mountains above 4000 foot prominence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_prominent_summits_of_the_United_States
Sources for mountains below 4000 feet include individual wikipedia pages, peakbagger county prominence/elevation lists, local "50 finest" elevation lists run on other sites
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Topographic Prominence
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20,146 ft
6141 m
Alaska
13,803 ft
4207 m
Hawaii
13,210 ft
4026 m
Washington
10,080 ft
3072 m
California
9,093 ft
2772 m
Colorado
8,258 ft
2517 m
Nevada
7,706 ft
2349 m
Oregon
7,077 ft
2157 m
Wyoming
6,358 ft
1938 m
Utah
6,340 ft
1932 m
Arizona
6,158 ft
1877 m
New Hampshire
6,092 ft
1857 m
North Carolina
6,002 ft
1829 m
Idaho
5,719 ft
1743 m
Montana
5,553 ft
1693 m
New Mexico
4,919 ft
1499 m
New York
4,513 ft
1376 m
Tennessee
4,495 ft
1370 m
Texas
4,293 ft
1309 m
Maine
3633 ft
1107 m
Vermont
2,932 ft
893 m
South Dakota
2,820 ft
860 m
Virginia
2,780 ft
847 m
West Virginia
2,463 ft
751 m
Massachusetts
2,143 ft
653 m
Arkansas
2,108 ft
642 m
Georgia
1,905 ft
581 m
Kentucky
1,890 ft
576 m
Oklahoma
1,460 ft
445 m
Maryland
1,450 ft
442 m
Pennsylvania
1,445 ft
440 m
Alabama
1,326 ft
404 m
Minnesota
1,108 ft
338 m
South Carolina
1,045 ft
319 m
Michigan
1,030 ft
314 m
North Dakota
935 ft
284 m
Wisconsin
883 ft
270 m
New Jersey
877 ft
267 m
Connecticut
693 ft
211 m
Missouri
639 ft
195 m
Ohio
624 ft
190 m
Illinois
582 ft
177 m
Nebraska
420 ft
128 m
Indiana
383 ft
116 m
Mississippi
330 ft
101 m
Iowa
300 ft
92 m
Rhode Island
260 ft
79 m
Kansas
245 ft
74 m
Florida
230 ft
70 m
Louisiana
200 ft
61 m
Delaware
Kearsarge
+2
Level 68
Jun 13, 2021
In particular, I will draw attention to the values for Alabama and Pennsylvania. The order of these states may in fact be switched. Peakbagger claims that "Shade Mountain" is the most prominent at 1449 feet, Wikipedia claims Willis Mountain at 1440 feet, Peakery.com claims Big Mountain at 1445 feet. I ended up going with a rounded value for Shade Mountain from Peakbagger. The other summits might actually be less prominent than Alabama, suggesting that if those are really the most prominent, and peakbagger is mistaken, then Alabama is more prominent than Pennsylvania and they should be switched

I would take the last couple of values with a grain of salt. Once it gets that flat, it is entirely possible that some other point is in fact a couple of feet higher in prominence.

frognbuff
+1
Level 87
Jun 18, 2021
Cool quiz ;)
FlyingG
+1
Level 67
Jun 18, 2021
nice
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