Nov 09 2023
Flattop Mountain Rising directly behind Alaska’s largest city, Flattop Mountain is one of the most recognizable and frequently climbed peaks in the western Chugach Mountains. Its broad rocky summit overlooks Anchorage, Cook Inlet, Turnagain Arm, and an enormous sweep of Southcentral Alaska, yet the trailhead is only about a 20- to 30-minute drive from downtown. …
Nov 09 2023
Mount Deborah Rising as a steep pyramid of rock, snow, and ice in Alaska’s remote Hayes Range, Mount Deborah is one of the most dramatic mountains of the eastern Alaska Range. At 12,339 feet (3,760.9 meters), it is considerably lower than Denali and several other Alaska giants, yet its extraordinary local relief, huge glaciated faces, …
Nov 09 2023
Mount Foraker Rising as an immense white massif southwest of Denali, Mount Foraker is the second-highest major summit in the Alaska Range and one of the great glaciated mountains of North America. At 17,400 feet (5,303.5 meters), it towers above the Kahiltna Glacier and an extraordinary wilderness of icefalls, crevasses, sharp ridges, hanging glaciers, and …
Nov 09 2023
Mauna Kea Mauna Kea (Maunakea) Rising more than 13,800 feet above the Pacific Ocean — and more than 33,000 feet above its base on the ocean floor — Mauna Kea, traditionally written Maunakea, is one of the most extraordinary mountains on Earth. It is the highest point in Hawaiʻi, one of the most topographically prominent …
Nov 09 2023
Taylor Mountain Rising above Lake Guntersville and the Tennessee River in northeastern Alabama, Taylor Mountain is a broad sandstone mountain within Lake Guntersville State Park and the southernmost reaches of the Appalachian Mountains. Its elevation is modest by national standards, but its position above the reservoir creates sweeping water views, forested slopes, rocky trails, and …
Nov 09 2023
Sand Mountain Stretching across much of northeastern Alabama as a long, elevated tableland above the Tennessee River and neighboring valleys, Sand Mountain is one of the defining landscapes of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Despite its name, Sand Mountain is not a single conventional mountain with one obvious summit. It is an extensive sandstone plateau district …
Nov 09 2023
Oak Mountain Rising immediately south of the Birmingham metropolitan area, Oak Mountain is one of the best-known mountain landscapes in central Alabama and the centerpiece of Oak Mountain State Park, the largest state park in Alabama. Its forested sandstone ridges, lakes, rocky overlooks, waterfalls, streams, rare plants, mountain-bike trails, and extensive hiking network create an …
Nov 09 2023
Bald Rock Mountain Rising above the valleys between Birmingham and Pell City, Bald Rock Mountain is one of the most topographically significant summits in central Alabama. At 1,586.6 feet (483.6 meters), it is not among the very highest mountains in the state, yet its approximately 856 feet of prominence makes it a substantial independent landform …
Nov 09 2023
Lookout Mountain Stretching for more than 80 miles across Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, Lookout Mountain is one of the most distinctive long ridges of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Its sandstone-capped plateau rises abruptly above Chattanooga at its northern end, continues through northwestern Georgia, and extends deep into northeastern Alabama before finally descending toward Gadsden. Lookout …
Nov 08 2023
Cheaha Mountain | Mount Cheaha Rising above the forested ridges of east-central Alabama, Cheaha Mountain is the highest natural point in the state and the dominant summit of the Talladega Mountains. Modern LiDAR places its summit at 2,407.8 feet (733.9 meters), making Cheaha modest by the standards of the Rockies or higher Appalachians but remarkably …
