A survey of highpoints (highest elevation points) by state for the United States. Includes some geological and topographic highlights, as other videos do a good job with human/historical aspects. At the end, there is a plot of highpoints by an effort scale after vanman798 on summitpost.org (see sources).

Keywords: Geography Viz, US Geography, Highpoints, Highpointing, Highest Elevation by State, Difficulty Scale

Sources:
Elevations - pubs.usgs.gov/gip/Elevations-Distances/elvadist.html
Coordinates - highpointers.org/us-highpoint-guide/
Population by elevation class - doi.org/10.7927/rht8-jv78
Effort Scale - www.summitpost.org/the-effort-scale-of-highpointing-the-fifty-us-states/1046476
FL commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Britton_Hill,_Florida.JPG S Marthaler
DE www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/15609325026/in/photostream/ J Emerson
LA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Driskill_Mountain_Summit.JPG Fredlyfish4
MS commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodall_Mountain_Summit.JPG Fredlyfish4
RI commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jerimoth_Hill_Summit.JPG Fredlyfish4
IL commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sign_at_the_top_of_Charles_Mound.jpg TheCatalyst31
IN commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoosier_Hill.JPG Fredlyfish4
OH commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campbell_Hill,_Ohio.JPG S Marthaler
IA www.goodfreephotos.com/albums/united-states/iowa/hawkeye-point/iowa-hawkeye-point-landscape-around-the-point.jpg
MO commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taum_Sauk_Mountain_Summit.JPG Fredlyfish4
NJ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:High_Point_Monument._High_Point_State_Park,_NJ.jpg R Daley
WI commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timms_Hill,_Wisconsin.JPG
MI commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gfp-michigan-mount-arvon-scene-at-the-top-of-arvon.jpg
MN commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagle_Mountain,_Minnesota.jpg S Marthaler
CT en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Frissell#/media/File:Highest_Point_here.JPG
AL commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheaha_Mountain,_Alabama.jpg S Marthaler
AR en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Magazine_State_Park#/media/File:'130526_1312_Mount_Magazine.png J Ronza
PA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Davis_Region_-_panoramio_%2819%29.jpg R Shawley
MD www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/4'65174830 J Dawson
MA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Greylock.jpg D Case
ND commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Butte,_North_Dakota.jpg
SC commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sassafras_Mountain,_Elevation_Marker_'160701_1.jpg
KS www.flickr.com/photos/cheezepix/4175997938 C Hartman
KY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Mountain_%28Kentucky%29.jpg J654567
VT commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Mansfield_'060727_2.JPG N Arminius
GA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brasstown_Bald_Visitor_Center_%2814733501222%29.jpg ChattOconee
WV commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JudyRocks.JPG V Tygart
OK commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Mesa,_Oklahoma_high_point.jpg Chris M
ME commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'17-07-26_10_33_12_View_west_along_Mount_Katahdin%27s_Knife_Edge_Trail_towards_South_Peak_and_Baxter_Peak_from_Pamola_Peak_in_Baxter_State_Park,_Piscataquis_County,_Maine.jpg Famartin
NY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_of_Mt._Marcy_from_Newcomb,_NY_-_panoramio.jpg R Lovrin
NE commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panorama_Point,_Nebraska_face_NW.JPG Ammodramus
VA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'17-05-16_09_55_19_View_west_towards_Mount_Rogers_from_the_summit_of_Pine_Mountain_within_the_Mount_Rogers_National_Recreation_Area_in_Grayson_County,_Virginia.jpg Famartin
NH commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._Washington_from_Bretton_Woods.JPG wwoods
TN commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viewpoint_along_Alum_Cave_Trail_ascending_towards_Mount_LeConte,_GSMNP,_TN.jpg AppalachianCentrist
NC commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount-mitchell-south-nc1.jpg B Stansberry
SD commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Elk_Peak,_the_highest_point_in_South_Dakota.jpg S Marthaler
TX www.flickr.com/photos/44534236@N00/21587387643 faungg
OR commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Famous_View_of_Lost_Lake_Mount_hood_in_the_distance.jpg Nwcamera1
AZ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Peaks,_winter.jpg B Blasi
ID commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borah_Peak_ID_2-22-15.JPG Diogeninja
MT commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granite_Peak_Montana_2.jpg jfisher2167
NV commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'15-04-29_17_45_47_View_of_Boundary_Peak,_Nevada_from_U.S._Route_6_just_east_of_the_California_state_line_in_Mineral_County,_Nevada.JPG Famartin
NM www.flickr.com/photos/56181704@N00/474802126 D Herrera
UT commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kings_Peak_Close_Up.jpg H Wright
HI commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mauna_Kea_Summit_Trail,_Mauna_Kea_%28503901%29_%2821770618626%29.jpg R Linsdell
WY commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gannett_Peak.jpg USFS
WA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Rainier_from_west.jpg S Shebs
CO www.flickr.com/photos/18606128@N00/181622538 R Kimpel
CA commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Whitney_'03-03-25.jpg Geographer
AK commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._McKinley,_Denali_National_Park.jpg N McPhee