List of U.S. National Parks by elevation

Death Valley National Park, notorious for its below sea level desert, also has soaring mountains, including Telescope Peak, its highest.

This is a list of United States National Parks by elevation. Most of America's national parks are located in mountainous areas. Even among those located close to the ocean, not all are flat. Those few that are low lying preserve important natural habitats that could never exist at high altitude. Several national parks protect deep canyons with great vertical relief. There are also three national parks whose primary features are caves, the depths of which are still being explored.

Highest and lowest points in each US National Park

Criteria: Points on this list are the highest and lowest points within each national park and its associated national preserve, if it has one. It does not include adjacent or associated national recreation areas, parkways, memorials, or forests, but does include private property within park boundaries. Footnotes are given to mention other notable high or low points, when appropriate.

Rank	Park	Location	Peak Name	Mountain Range	Elevation (ft)	Location of Lowest Point	Minimum Elevation (ft)	Vertical Relief (ft)
1	Denali	AK0573	Mount McKinley	Alaska Range	20,320	Yentna River	240	20,080
2	Wrangell-St. Elias	AK0573	Mount Saint Elias	Saint Elias Mountains	18,008	Gulf of Alaska	0	18,008
3	Glacier Bay	AK0573	Mount Fairweather	Saint Elias Mountains	15,300	Gulf of Alaska	0	15,300
4	Sequoia	CA0621	Mount Whitney	Sierra Nevada	14,505	Kaweah River	1,360	13,145
5	Mount Rainier	WA0621	Mount Rainier	Cascade Range	14,411	Ohanapecosh River	1,610	12,801
6	Rocky Mountain	CO0621	Longs Peak	Front Range	14,259	Big Thompson River	7,630	6,629
7	Kings Canyon	CA0621	North Palisade	Sierra Nevada	14,242	Kaweah River (North Fork)	3,480	10,762
8	Grand Teton	WY0621	Grand Teton	Teton Range	13,770	Fish Creek	6,310	7,460
9	Hawaii Volcanoes	HI0621	Mauna Loa	Hawaiian Islands	13,679	Pacific Ocean	0	13,679
10	Great Sand Dunes	CO0621	Tijeras Peak	Sangre de Cristo Range	13,604	near San Luis Lakes	7,520	6,084
11	Yosemite	CA0573	Mount Lyell	Sierra Nevada	13,114	Merced River	2,105	11,009
12	Great Basin	NV0573	Wheeler Peak	Snake Range	13,065	Snake Creek	6,195	6,870
13	Yellowstone	WY0573MT0621ID0621	Eagle Peak	Absaroka Range	11,358	Reese Creek	5,282	6,076
14	Death Valley	CA0621NV0621	Telescope Peak	Panamint Range	11,049	Badwater	−282	11,331
15	Glacier	MT0621	Mount Cleveland	Lewis Range	10,466	Flathead River	3,150	7,316
16	Lassen Volcanic	CA0621	Lassen Peak	Cascade Range	10,457	Hot Springs Creek	5,275	5,182
17	Lake Clark	AK0621	Redoubt Volcano	Aleutian Range	10,197	Cook Inlet	0	10,197
18	Haleakala	HI0621	Haleakala	Hawaiian Islands	10,023	Pacific Ocean	0	10,023
19	North Cascades	WA0621	Goode Mountain	Cascade Range	9,206	Goodell Creek	605	8,601
20	Grand Canyon	AZ0621	Lookout tower near the North Rim's main entrance	Kaibab Plateau	9,165	Lake Mead	1,173	7,992
21	Bryce Canyon	UT0621	Rainbow Point[1]	Paunsaugunt Plateau	9,115	Yellow Creek	6,565	2,550
22	Black Canyon of the Gunnison	CO0621	Poison Spring Hill	Grand Mesa	9,040	Gunnison River	5,440	3,600
23	Capitol Reef	UT0621	park boundary near Billings Pass	Colorado Plateau	8,960	Halls Creek	3,877	5,083
24	Crater Lake	OR0621	Mount Scott	Cascade Range	8,929	SW corner of park	3,990	4,939
25	Guadalupe Mountains	TX0621	Guadalupe Peak	Guadalupe Mountains	8,749	SW corner near Williams Road	3,636	5,113
26	Zion	UT0621	Horse Ranch Mountain	Colorado Plateau	8,726	SW corner near Rt.9	3,640	5,086
27	Saguaro	AZ0621	Mica Mountain	Rincon Mountains	8,666	Rudasill & Sanders Roads, Tucson Mountain District	2,180	6,486
28	Mesa Verde	CO0621	Park Point Lookout[2]	Colorado Plateau	8,571	Soda Canyon	6,015	2,556
29	Gates of the Arctic	AK0621	Mount Igikpak	Brooks Range	8,276	Kobuk River	280	7,996
30	Olympic	WA0573	Mount Olympus	Olympic Mountains	7,962	Pacific Ocean	0	7,962
31	Big Bend	TX0621	Emory Peak	Chisos Mountains	7,825	Rio Grande	1,715	6,110
32	Katmai	AK0573	Mount Denison	Aleutian Range	7,606	Shelikof Strait	0	7,606
33	Canyonlands	UT0621	Cathedral Point	Colorado Plateau	7,120	Colorado River	3,730	3,390
34	Great Smoky Mountains	TN0621NC0621	Clingmans Dome	Great Smoky Mountains	6,643	Chilhowee Lake	874	5,769
35	Carlsbad Caverns	NM0621	Guadalupe Ridge	Guadalupe Mountains	6,535	Black River	3,596	2,939
36	Kenai Fjords	AK0573	unnamed nunatak	Harding Icefield	6,450	Gulf of Alaska	0	6,450
37	Petrified Forest	AZ0621	Pilot Rock	Painted Desert	6,234	BNSF Railway	5,200	1,034
38	Joshua Tree	CA0621	Quail Mountain	Little San Bernardino Mountains	5,813	Colorado River Aqueduct	1,780	4,033
39	Arches	UT0621	Elephant Butte[3]	Colorado Plateau	5,653	Colorado River	3,960	1,693
40	Wind Cave	SD0573	Rankin Ridge[4]	Black Hills	5,013	Beaver Creek	3,559	1,454
41	Kobuk Valley	AK0573	Mount Angayukaqsraq	Baird Mountains	4,760	Kobuk River	40	4,720
42	Shenandoah	VA0573	Hawksbill Mountain	Blue Ridge Mountains	4,051	unnamed stream at north end	530	3,521
43	Badlands	SD0573	Red Shirt Table	The Badlands	3,340	runoff channel SE of Ben Reifel Visitor Center	2,365	975
44	Redwood	CA0573	Coyote Peak	Bald Hills	3,170	Pacific Ocean	0	3,170
45	Teddy Roosevelt	ND0573	Peck Hill	The Badlands	2,860	Little Missouri River	1,940	920
46	Channel Islands	CA0573	El Montañon, Santa Cruz Island	Channel Islands	1,812	Pacific Ocean	0	1,812
47	Acadia	ME0573	Cadillac Mountain		1,530	Atlantic Ocean	0	1,530
48	Voyageurs	MN0573	Tower near Mead Wood Road entrance		1,410	Rainy Lake	1,108	302
49	Hot Springs	AR0573	Music Mountain	Ouachita Mountains	1,405	Bull Bayou	415	990
50	Isle Royale	MI0573	Mount Desor	Superior Upland	1,394	Lake Superior	600	794
51	Cuyahoga	OH0573	Black & Brush Roads	Glaciated Allegheny Plateau	1,164	Cuyahoga River	590	574
52	Mammoth Cave	KY0573	Mammoth Cave Ridge near Park Ridge Road	Pennyroyal Plateau	925	Green River	421	504
53	Congaree	SC0573	Old Bluff Road near main entrance		140	Congaree River	80	60
54	Everglades	FL0573	Calusa shell mound		20	Atlantic Ocean	0	20
55	Dry Tortugas	FL0573	Loggerhead Key	Florida Keys	10	Gulf of Mexico	0	10
56	Biscayne	FL0573	Totten Key, Old Rhodes Key	Florida Keys	9	Atlantic Ocean	0	9

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Additional National parks:
45-- American Samoa: Lata Mountain is the highest point of American Samoa, on the island of Ta'u at 963 m (3,159 ft)Lata Mountain
51 - U.S. Virgin Islands. Highest Point in the park is Bourdeaux Mountain 1,277 feet (389 m). Outside of the park, the highest peak is Crown Mountain at 474 m (1,555 ft)Crown Mountain (United States Virgin Islands)

Selected Profiles

• The AT thru the Smokeys - The Appalachian Trail crosses through Great Smokey Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks. It reaches its highest point at Clingmans Dome.
• Skyline Drive map and profile - Skyline Drive runs the length of Shenandoah.
• PCT Elevation Profiles - The Pacific Crest Trail goes through seven national parks.
  • North Cascades - Washington section K
  • Mount Rainier - Washington section I
  • Crater Lake - Oregon section C
  • Lassen Volcanic - California section N
  • Yosemite - California sections H & I
  • Kings Canyon - California section H
  • Sequoia - California sections G & H
• Wonderland Trail - An elevation profile of the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier.

See also

• List of U.S. states by elevation

External links

• National Park Service
• Peakbagger
• www.climb.mountains.com These two external lists may not necessarily agree 100% with Wikipedia's list, but serve as useful comparisons. The primary difference is that these lists do not include associated national preserves.
• Postholer Maps; contains clear, zoomable topographic maps of the entire USA.