USA Contiguous States Most Prominent Peaks

After starting my mountain climbing activities in the Cascades Range in the Pacific Northwest I became interested in exploring other mountain ranges in the western US States. This interest was initially channeled through my USA State Highpoints project, then expanded to my California Fourteeners project and my ongoing Colorado Fourteeners project. These projects emphasize the highest peaks in the the USA States.

Since starting those projects I have come to appreciate the allure of topographic prominence. I have since visited many peaks specifically to experience that property from their summits.

There are 57 "ultra prominence" peaks in the contiguous (conterminous) United States having at least 5000 feet of topographic prominence. I list these peaks below and indicate which I have visited. While they are all compelling destinations I confess I will not visit them all.

The USA Contiguous States Most Prominent Peaks

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The Peaks

Washington
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
1	Mount Rainier (Cascade Range HP)	13241	14406	1980
5	Mount Baker	8810	10779	1983
9	Mount Adams	8135	12280	1977
10	Mount Olympus (Olympic Mtns HP)	7842	7973	1992
13	Glacier Peak	7539	10550	1985
45	Mount Stuart (Wenatchee Mtns HP)	5342	9419	1982
53	Abercrombie Mountain	5174	7314	2014

Oregon
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
11	Mount Hood	7711	11244	1977
18	Sacajawea Peak (Wallowa Mtns HP)	6390	9842	1989
31	Mount Jefferson	5761	10481	1978
35	South Sister	5587	10357	1976

Idaho
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
27	Borah Peak (Lost River Range HP)	5986	12666	2011
43	Diamond Peak (Lemhi Range HP)	5377	12197
52	She Devil (Seven Devils Mtns HP)	5190	9390	2014

Montana
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
33	Crazy Peak (Crazy Mtns HP)	5709	11209
34	McDonald Peak (Mission Range HP)	5614	9794
39	Snowshoe Peak (Cabinet Mtns HP)	5442	8738
50	Mount Cleveland (Lewis Range HP)	5252	10469

Wyoming
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
15	Gannett Peak (Wind River Range HP)	7082	13810	1986
16	Cloud Peak (Bighorn Mtns HP)	7134	13170
17	Grand Teton (Teton Range HP)	6535	13775	1987

California
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
2	Mount Whitney (Sierra Nevada HP)	10079	14499	1986
3	Mount Shasta	9762	14162	1986
6	San Jacinto Peak (San Jacinto Mtns HP)	8299	10809
7	San Gorgonio Mountain (San Bernardino Mtns HP)	8294	11499
14	White Mountain Peak (White Mtns HP)	7196	14246	1988
21	Mount San Antonio (San Gabriel Mtns HP)	6290	10068
22	Telescope Peak (Panamint Range HP)	6168	11048	2014
49	Lassen Peak	5246	10462	1986
56	Mount Eddy (Klamath Mtns HP)	5105	9025	2015

Nevada
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
8	Charleston Peak (Spring Mtns HP)	8241	11916	1988
12	Wheeler Peak (Snake Mtns HP)	7562	13062	1985
28	Mount Jefferson (Toquima Range HP)	5861	11941
32	Pilot Peak (Pilot Range HP)	5727	10719
40	North Schell Peak (Schell Creek Range HP)	5411	11891
41	Star Peak (Humboldt Range HP)	5400	9837
42	Hayford Peak (Sheep Range HP)	5392	9912
51	Arc Dome (Toiyabe Range HP)	5213	11773

Utah
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
19	Kings Peak (Uinta Range HP)	6349	13529	2013
23	Mount Peale (La Sal Mtns HP)	6167	12727	2015
29	Mount Ellen (Henry Mtns HP)	5849	11524	2015
30	Deseret Peak (Stansbury Mtns HP)	5807	11032	2015
38	Mount Nebo (Wasatch Range HP)	5500	11935	2015
44	Flat Top Mountain (Oquirrh Mtns HP)	5388	10624
47	Mount Timpanogos	5291	11753
48	Ibapah Peak (Deep Creek Range HP)	5252	12092

Colorado
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
4	Mount Elbert (Sawatch Range HP)	9078	14438	1991
37	Pikes Peak	5525	14109	2017
46	Blanca Peak (Sangre de Cristo Range HP)	5331	14350	1982

Arizona
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
20	Mount Graham (Pinaleno Mtns HP)	6320	10720	2014
26	Humphreys Peak (San Francisco Peaks HP)	6039	12633	2011
54	Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalina Mtns HP)	5157	9157	2013
55	Chiricahua Peak (Chiricahua Mtns HP)	5156	9776	2014
57	Miller Peak (Huachuca Mtns HP)	5006	9466	2015

New Mexico
Rank	Peak	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
36	Sierra Blanca Peak (Sacramento Mtns HP)	5535	11975

Eastern States
Rank	Peak	State	Prominence (feet)	Elevation (feet)	Year
24	Mount Washington (White Mtns HP)	NH	6146	6286	2018
25	Mount Mitchell (Black Mtns HP)	NC	6089	6684	2005

General Information

Peakbagger.com: Paul's USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence