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Britton Hill is the lowest high point in any state. The highest incorporated town is nearby Paxton, at 318 feet (97 m). 3297 feet (1005 m) Sky Valley Georgia [13] The elevation of the valley floor is approximately 3,100 feet, while areas within the city limits on the slopes of Rabun Bald exceed 4,200 feet. [14] 1332 feet (406 m) Agat Guam [15]
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [b] [c] The first table below ranks the 40 highest major summits of Wyoming by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
To be included on the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or higher. In the United States, settlements above 3,000 feet are found primarily on the High Plains , in the Rocky Mountains , and in Western North Carolina .
Sherman Summit or Sherman Hill Summit, elevation 8,640 ft (2,630 m), [9] is a mountain pass about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north-northwest of the ghost town of Sherman at While not a particularly rugged mountain crossing, it is the highest point of the transcontinental Interstate 80 . [ 10 ]
This is a list of the highest settlements by country. Many of these are too small to be regarded as towns or cities. Only permanent settlements occupied year-round are included. When possible, the highest point in the contiguous year-round settlement is listed, though average heights or the elevations of a central point may also be found.
A map of the counties and capital city of Wyoming. The U.S. state of Wyoming lies in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States and has a varied geography. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south.
Wyoming is the 10th most extensive, but the least populous and the 2nd least densely populated of the 50 United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High ...
Laramie Peak Is the highest and most prominent peak in the Laramie Range of Wyoming. With a peak elevation of 10,275 feet (3,132 m), [2] it is the only peak in the Laramie Range to exceed an elevation of 10,000 feet (3,000 m).