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Midway Atoll, Sand Island high point – 50 feet (15 m) [92] – The highest point of the U.S. minor outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean. Navassa Island high point – 280 feet (85 m) [91] – The highest point of all the U.S. minor outlying islands. Palmyra Atoll high point – 10 feet (3 m) [92] Wake Island high point – 26 feet (8 m) [93]
The day before its 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens was the fifth highest major summit of Washington. Today, Mount St. Helens is the 35th highest major summit of the state. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Washington. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ...
Arikaree River, Yuma County, Colorado at Kansas state line – highest U.S. state low point at 3,317 feet Beech Mountain, North Carolina 36°12′23″N 81°52′59″W / 36.20639°N 81.88306°W / 36.20639; -81.88306 – highest incorporated community east of the Mississippi River at an elevation of 5,506 feet (1,678
The lowest point in the county is the Spokane River behind Long Lake Dam (boundary of Stevens County) at 1,538 feet (469 m) above sea level. (Virtually no change in elevation occurs between the dam and the mouth of the Little Spokane River inside Riverside State Park .)
Below is a list of the lowest points in each U.S. state. Pages in category "Lowest points of U.S. states" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Pacific coast of Westport. Washington is the northwesternmost state of the contiguous United States.It borders Idaho to the east, bounded mostly by the meridian running north from the confluence of the Snake River and Clearwater River (about 117°02'23" west), except for the southernmost section where the border follows the Snake River.
The U.S. state of Washington, located in the Pacific Northwest, has several major mountain ranges that are traversed various passes. The state is divided by the Cascade Range, which have the highest passes, and is also home to the Olympic Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, and Blue Mountains.
I-90 is the primary commercial artery between Seattle and points east, carrying an average of 29,000 vehicles through the pass per day. [3] I-90 is the only divided highway crossing east–west through the state. [a] The pass lends its name to a census-designated place (CDP) located at the summit (Snoqualmie Pass, Washington).