From the East to the West, the North and the South…
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What’s the highest natural elevation in your state? What’s the lowest?
While the United States’ topography provides plenty to marvel at across the map, it’s not uncommon for people to take a proverbial swing and miss when answering those perplexing geographical questions:
A mountain? Some hill, a body of water, a hole, what?
So, let’s take care of this earthly enigma on a little e-hike through the hills, mountains, sea-level dwellings and below, across the US
Alabama
(AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Joe Songer)
Cheaha Mountain: 2,413 feet.
Gulf of Mexico: Sea level.
Alaska
(Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)
Denali: 20,310 feet.
Pacific Ocean: Sea level.
Arizona
(USA TODAY Network)
Humphreys Peak: 12,633 feet.
Colorado River: 70 feet.
Arkansas
(AP Photo/Times Record, Kaia Larsen)
Signal Hill: 2,753 feet.
Ouachita River: 55 feet.
Californian
(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
Mount Whitney: 14,505 feet.
Death Valley: -282 feet.
Colorado
(Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
Mount Elbert: 14,433 feet.
Arikaree River: 3.315 feet.
Connecticut
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Mount Frissell: 2,380 feet.
Long Island Sound: Sea level.
Delaware
(AP Photo/The News Journal, Robin Brown)
Ebright Azimuth: 447.85 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
Florida
(USA TODAY Network)
Briton Hill: 345 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
Georgian
(AP Photo/The Times, Debbie Gilbert)
Brasstown Balds: 4,784 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
hawaiian
(AP Photo/Caleb Jones, Files)
Mauna Kea: 13,803 feet.
Pacific Ocean: Sea level.
Idaho
(AP Photo / Jackson Hole News & Guide, Bradly J. Boner)
Borah Peak: 12,662 feet.
Snake River: 710 feet.
Illinois
(Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Charles Mound: 1.235 feet.
Mississippi River: 279 feet.
Indiana
(USA TODAY Network)
Hoosier Hill: 1.257 feet.
Ohio River: 320 feet.
Iowa
(USA TODAY Network)
Hawkeye Points: 1,670 feet.
Mississippi River: 480 feet.
Kansas
(AP Photo/Parsons Sun, Brian Holderman)
Mount Sunflowers: 4,039 feet.
Verdigris River: 679 feet.
Kentucky
(AP Photo/Rhonda Simpson)
Black Mountain: 4.145 feet.
Mississippi River: 257 feet.
Louisiana
(AP Photos)
Driskill Mountain: 535 feet (and only a little over five miles from the location where Bonnie and Clyde met their demise).
New Orleans: -8 feet.
Maine
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Mount Katahdin: 5,268 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
Maryland
(USA TODAY Network)
Hoye-Crest: 3,360 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
Massachusetts
(AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)
Mount Greylock: 3,491 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
Michigan
(AP, files)
Mount Arvon: 1.979 feet.
Lake Erie: 571 feet.
Minnesota
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Eagle Mountain: 2,301 feet.
Lake Superior: 601 feet.
Mississippi
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Woodall Mountain: 806 feet.
Gulf of Mexico: Sea level.
Missouri
(AP Photo/Kansas City Star, Lee Meyer)
Taum Sauk Mountain: 1.772 feet.
Saint Francis River: 230 feet.
Montana
(AP Photo/The Great Falls Tribune, Erin Madison)
Granite Peak: 12,807 feet.
Kootenai River: 1,800 feet.
Nebraska
(USA TODAY Network)
Panorama Points: 5,429 feet.
Missouri River: 840 feet.
Nevada
(USA TODAY Network)
Boundary Peaks: 13.147 feet.
Colorado River: 479 feet.
New Hampshire
(Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
Mount Washington: 6,288 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
New Jersey
(USA TODAY Network)
High Point: 1,804 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
New Mexico
(USA TODAY Network)
Wheeler Peak: 13.159 feet.
Red Bluff Reservoir: 2,842 feet.
New York
(AP Photo/Mary Esch)
Mount Marcy: 5,344 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
North Carolina
(USA TODAY Network)
Mount Mitchell: 6.684 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
North Dakota
(AP Photo/Will Kincaid, Files)
White Butte: 3,507 feet.
Red River of the North: 750 feet.
Ohio
(USA TODAY Network)
Campbell Hill: 1.549 feet.
Ohio River: 455 feet.
Oklahoma
(AP Photo/Kristi Eaton)
Black Mesa: 4,973 feet.
Little River: 289 feet.
Oregon
(USA TODAY Network)
Mount Hood: 11,249 feet.
Pacific Ocean: Sea level.
Pennsylvania
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Files)
Mount Davis: 3.213 feet.
Delaware River: Sea level.
Rhode Island
(USA TODAY Network)
Jerimoth Hill: 812 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
South Carolina
(AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
Sassafras Mountain: 3.563 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
South Dakota
(Chris Huber/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)
Black Elk Peak: 7,242.
Big Stone Lake: 966 feet.
Tennessee
(USA TODAY Network)
Clingman’s Dome: 6,643.
Mississippi River: 178 feet.
Texas
(AP Photo/Current-Argus, Valerie Cranston)
Guadalupe Peak: 8,749.
Gulf of Mexico: Sea level.
Utah
(AP Photo/The Spectrum, Jud Burkett)
Kings Peak: 13,528 feet.
Beaverdam Wash: 2,000 feet.
Vermont
(AUSTIN DANFORTH/FREE PRESS, USA TODAY Network)
Mount Mansfield: 4,393 feet.
Lake Champlain: 95 feet.
Virginia
(L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Mount Rogers: 5,729 feet.
AtlanticOcean: Sea level.
Washington
(Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images for Rock’n’Roll Marathon )
Mount Rainier: 14,411 feet.
Pacific Ocean: Sea level.
West Virginia
(AP photo/Lawrence Pierce/The Charleston Gazette)
Spruce Knob: 4,863 feet.
Potomac River: 240 feet.
Wisconsin
(Glenn Sanderson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USAT Network)
Timm’s Hill: 1.951 feet.
Lake Michigan: 579 feet.
Wyoming
(AP Photo/Jackson Hole News&Guide, Bradly J. Boner)
Gannett Peak: 13,804 feet.
Belle Fourche River: 3,099 feet.
Story originally appeared on List Wire