List of highest United States cities by state

This list is about the highest cities in the United States; for a list of highest cities in the world, see List of highest cities in the world.

This is an incomplete list of the highest United States cities by state. Only settlements that are permanently occupied all year long are included, and only the highest in each state is listed.

Altitude Name State, district or territory Comments
10,200 feet (3109 m)Leadville ColoradoLeadville is the highest city. The towns of Montezuma at 10,335 feet (3150 m), Alma at 10,355 feet (3156 m) are higher. Breckenridge, Colorado is at 9600 ft (2926 metres). Silverton, Colorado (9314 feet (2839 m) The town limits of Winter Park (9052 feet (2759 m)) extend to 12,060 feet (3676 m).[1]
9800 feet (2987 m)Brian Head Utah[2] Town Offices elevation 9,656'
9321 feet (2841 m)Taos Ski Valley New Mexico[3] Some homes and businesses above 10,000'
9062 feet (2762 m)Fox Park WyomingHighest incorporated city or town is Encampment at 7,277 feet.
8356 feet (2547 m)Greer Arizona[4] An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in the White Mountains in the east central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 41.[5]
7920 feet (2414 m)Mammoth Lakes California[6]
7608 feet (2319 m)Cooke City Montana[7]
7510 feet (2289 m)Mount Charleston Nevada[8] Unincorporated town
7165 feet

(2,184 m)

 Laramie Wyoming [9]
6290 feet (1917 m)Island Park Idaho[10]
5506 feet (1678 m)Beech Mountain North Carolina[11] Some private roads above 5200'; town center is at 5075'
5315 feet (1620 m)Custer South Dakota Most of Lead surpasses Custer in elevation
4900 feet (1494 m)Fort Davis Texas[12]
4876 feet (1486 m)Harrison Nebraska
4802 feet (1464 m)Lakeview Oregon[13]
4353 feet (1327 m)Kenton Oklahoma[14] Unincorporated
3907 feet (1191 m)Kanorado Kansas
3750 feet (1143 m)Volcano HawaiiUnincorporated
3638 feet (1109 m)Whitetop Virginia[15] Unincorporated
3396 feet (1035 m)Paxson AlaskaUnincorporated
3192 feet (973 m)Rhame  North Dakota[16]
3166 feet (965 m)Agrihan Northern Mariana Islands[17] Currently uninhabited.
3163 feet (964 m)Ta'u American SamoaHighest peak in Samoa Lata Mountain. Island population: 873.
3100 feet (945 m)Davis West VirginiaDavis is incorporated as a town. The highest place incorporated as a city is Bluefield, elevation 2611 feet (796 m), nicknamed "Summit City".[18] The Snowshoe Mountain resort village is the second-highest point in the state at 4848 feet (1478 m), but is neither incorporated nor permanently populated.
3100 feet (945 m)Sky Valley Georgia[19]
3133 feet (955 m)Trade Tennessee[20] Unincorporated; highest incorporated city is Mountain City, elevation 2,418 feet
2894 feet (882 m)Keysers Ridge Maryland [21] Unincorporated; highest incorporated town is Deer Park.
2622 feet (799 m)Waterville Washington[22]
2530 feet (771 m)Seven Springs PennsylvaniaHighest incorporated city is Hazleton at 1,866 ft,[23] one of the highest incorporated cities east of the Mississippi.
2401 feet (732 m)Aibonito Puerto Rico[24]
2349 feet (716 m)Knapp Creek New York[25] Unincorporated. Highest incorporated city is Olean at 1,447 ft.[26]
2215 feet (675 m)Woodford Vermont[27]
2162 feet (659 m)Compton ArkansasHighest incorporated city is Winslow at 1,729 ft.
2064 feet (629 m)Peru Massachusetts
2000 feet (610 m)Isabella Minnesota[28] Unincorporated community
1980 feet (604 m)Clarksville New Hampshire[29]
1762 feet (537 m)Payne Gap Kentucky[30]
1736 feet (529 m)Star Lake Wisconsin[31]
1708 feet (521 m)Mentone Alabama[32]
1645 feet (501 m)Seymour MissouriCedar Gap is the highest unincorporated community at 1705 feet.
1614 feet (492 m)Rangeley Maine
1598 feet (487 m)Allendorf IowaHighest incorporated city or town is Melvin at 1,581 ft.[30]
1555 feet (474 m)Saint Thomas United States Virgin Islands

Population: 51,634 about 48.5% of US Virgin Island total

1550 feet (472 m)Bellefontaine OhioThe highest point in Ohio, Campbell Hill, is within the city limits.
1473 feet (449 m)Iron River Michigan[33]
1319 feet (402 m)Goshen Connecticut
1211 feet (369 m)Bethel Indiana[30]
1120 feet (341 m)Pickens South Carolina[34]
1066 feet (325 m)Montague New JerseyThe highest point in New Jersey, High Point, is located within the township.
812 feet (247 m)Foster Rhode Island[35] Jerimoth Hill, highest point in Rhode Island, is located in Foster.
561 feet (171 m)Iuka Mississippi
420 feet (128 m)Barkley Delaware[36] City closest to Ebright Azimuth, the highest point in Delaware
384 feet (117 m)Arcadia Louisiana[37] Ruston is the highest incorporated city at 331 feet.
380 feet (116 m)Washington DC District of Columbia[38]
345 feet (105 m)Lakewood Florida[39] Lowest natural high point in any state
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References

  1. ↑ Colo Hwys: Elevation Trivia
  2. ↑ Home
  3. ↑ The Village of Taos Ski Valley - Providing infrastructure & services to a World Class Ski Resort Community | Providing infrastructure & services to a World Class Ski Resort Co...
  4. ↑ Alpine, Arizona : Image of the Day
  5. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Greer CDP, Arizona". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "California cities by highest elevation". Maps-n-Stats. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05.
  7. ↑ "Elevation of Montana Cities and Towns". GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  8. ↑ City Data Top 100 highest located US Cities
  9. ↑ "Laramie, Wyoming", Wikipedia, 2018-10-12, retrieved 2018-10-13
  10. ↑ "Idaho cities by highest elevation". Maps-n-Stats. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10.
  11. ↑ Beech Mountain - Eastern America's Highest Town
  12. ↑ http://www.fortdavis.com/Demographic%20Information.pdf
  13. ↑ Lakeview Oregon
  14. ↑ Oklahoma Film & Music Office - Kenton
  15. ↑ Virginia Creeper Trail Guide
  16. ↑ Williams, Mary Ann (Barnes) (1966). Origins of North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, North Dakota: Bismarck Tribune, 1966. p. 43. OCLC 431626.
  17. ↑ World Atlas, Highest and Lowest Points on Islands
  18. ↑ Bluefield, West Virginia
  19. ↑ Sky Valley Georgia
  20. ↑ "Trade, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  21. ↑ "GNIS Detail - Keysers Ridge". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  22. ↑ Welcome to Town of Water Ville, WA
  23. ↑ Mesothelioma.com - Hazleton, Pennsylvania
  24. ↑ To Puerto Rico - Aibonito
  25. ↑ "Knapp Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  26. ↑ "Olean". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  27. ↑ All Getaways Green Mountains South around Benning Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  28. ↑ Guide to Isabella Minnesota
  29. ↑ Clarksville, New Hampshire
  30. 1 2 3 "USGS Geographic Names Information System". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  31. ↑ USGS GNIS search
  32. ↑ Mentone, Dekalb County, Alabama
  33. ↑ https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:2:0::NO:RP::
  34. ↑ Pickens, South Carolina (SC 29671) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, ne...
  35. ↑ Highest point in Rhode Island
  36. ↑ GNIS Detail - Barkley
  37. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  38. ↑ Washington D.C. Fast Facts
  39. ↑ Lakewood - Florida's Highest Point
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