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Mountains and Mountain Ranges in the USA and Canada

In a few cases there is some dispute as to which major range a particular sub-range belongs, or regarding the exact height of a peak. On this page I have attempted to provide the most authoritative information I have available.

The "approximate length" figures on this page are in many cases very approximate and are only intended to provide a general indication of the size of each range.

This page also includes some significant plateaux and other upland areas.

In order to find a specific sub-range or peak on this page you may wish to use your browser's FIND facility, often found in the EDIT menu.

Range Sub-Range Location Approximate Length Significant Peaks, Features and Other Comments

Alaska Range Southern Alaska 500 miles Denali (Mount McKinley) 20320 ft - the highest mountain in North America

Appalachian Mountains Northern Alabama to the Province of Québec 1500 miles See individual sub-ranges

Appalachian Mountains Allegheny Mountains Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia - west of the Blue Ridge 130 miles

Appalachian Mountains Berkshire Hills Western Massachusetts 40 miles (?) Pronounced burke-sheer
The Berkshire Hills are a southern extension of the Green Mountains
Mount Greylock 3491 ft

Appalachian Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Northern Georgia, western North Carolina, western Virginia, West Virginia (some sources also include Maryland and Pennsylvania) - easternmost of the Appalachian Mountains More than 450 miles Most peaks lie between 2000 feet and 4000 feet

Appalachian Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains - Black Mountains Western North Carolina 20 miles Mount Mitchell 6684 ft - the highest point in the USA east of the Mississippi River
The name derives from the dark evergreen trees covering the mountains

Appalachian Mountains Catskill Mountains Southeastern New York State - near the Hudson River 70 miles Slide Mountain 4180 ft

Appalachian Mountains Cumberland Mountains The area near where Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee meet 50 miles Lookout Mountain 2000 ft
Missionary Ridge

Appalachian Mountains Cumberland Plateau Northeastern Alabama, northern Georgia, southeastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia 340 miles

Appalachian Mountains Great Smoky Mountains Western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee 50 miles Clingman's Dome 6642 ft

Appalachian Mountains Green Mountains Central Vermont, northern Massachusetts, southern Québec Province 220 miles Mount Mansfield 4393 ft
Killington Peak 4241 ft
Mount Ellen 4135 ft
Camels Hump 4083 ft

Appalachian Mountains Kittatinny Mountains Eastern Pennsylvania, extending in a southwest to northeast line, northwest of the Delaware Water Gap 105 miles

Appalachian Mountains Pocono Mountains Eastern Pennsylvania, extending in a southwest to northeast line, northwest of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre 85 miles

Appalachian Mountains Taconic Mountains Eastern New York State, western Massachusetts, southwestern Vermont 65 miles Mount Equinox 3816 ft

Appalachian Mountains White Mountains New Hampshire, southwestern Maine 50 miles See Franconia Mountains and Presidential Range

Appalachian Mountains White Mountains - Franconia Mountains Southern New Hampshire Less than five miles Mount Lafayette 5249 ft
Cannon Mountain (also called Profile Mountain) 4040 ft
"The Old Man of the Mountains" natural rock formation (which collapsed due to erosion in May-03)
Franconia Notch

Appalachian Mountains White Mountains - Presidential Range Northern New Hampshire Less than 20 miles Mount Washington 6288 ft - the highest peak in the northeastern USA (can be ascended by road, funicular railway or footpath)
Mount Adams 5798 ft
Mount Jefferson 5715 ft
Mount Monroe 5385 ft
Mount Madison 5363 ft
Mount Eisenhower 4775 ft

Black Hills Western South Dakota, northeastern Wyoming 50 miles Harney Peak 7242 ft
Mount Rushmore 5725 ft

Brooks Range Northern Alaska 650 miles Mount Chamberlin 9020 ft

Canadian Shield (also called the Precambrian Shield or Laurentian Plateau) The area around Hudson Bay: Labrador, most of Manitoba, northern Michigan, northern Minnesota, northern New York State, most of the Northwest Territories, part of Nunavut, northern Ontario, most of Québec Province and northern Wisconsin. Covers about 1.9 million square miles - roughly half the area of Canada

Canadian Shield Adirondack Mountains Northeastern New York State 90 miles Mount Marcy 5344 ft - highest point in New York State
Algonquin Peak 5144 ft

Canadian Shield Laurentian Mountains (also called the Laurentides) Southern Québec Province 700 miles Highest point is in Laurentides Provincial Park 3905 ft

Cariboo Mountains Eastern British Columbia - west of the Rocky Mountains 180 miles Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier 11299 ft
Wells Gray Provincial Park

Cascade Mountains Northern California, Oregon, Washington State, southern British Columbia 700 miles Mount Rainier 14411 ft
Mount Shasta 14162 ft
Mount Adams 12307 ft
Mount Hood 11233 ft (extinct volcano; last erupted 1865)
Mount Baker 10778 ft
Mount Jefferson 10495 ft
Lassen Peak 10457 ft
Mount St Helens 8364 ft (9677 ft prior to the 1980 eruption)
Crater Lake National Park
North Cascades National Park

Cascade Mountains Picket Range Northern Washington State Mount Shuksan 9127 ft

Cascade Mountains Wenatchee Range Northern Washington State 50 miles

Chisos Mountains Big Bend National Park, Texas Less than 20 miles The only mountain range to lie entirely within a US National Park

Chocolate Mountains Southern California - east of the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley 40 miles

Coast Ranges Western North America from Baja California to southern Alaska 2300 miles See individual sub-ranges

Coast Ranges Chugach Mountains Southern Alaska

Coast Ranges Coast Mountains Western British Columbia including Vancouver Island, southeastern Alaska (the panhandle which extends down the coast) - Vancouver to Juneau 745 miles Mount Waddington 13104 ft
Strathcona Provincial Park

Coast Ranges Diablo Range Western California - extending in a southeasterly direction from east of San Francisco 150 miles Mount Diablo

Coast Ranges Kenai Mountains Southern Alaska 120 miles

Coast Ranges Klamath Mountains Southwestern Oregon, northwestern California 130 miles

Coast Ranges Olympic Mountains Olympic Peninsula, Washington State 50 miles Mount Olympus 7954 ft

Coast Ranges San Bernardino Mountains Near Los Angeles, California 90 miles Mount San Gorginio 11502 ft

Coast Ranges San Gabriel Mountains Near Los Angeles, California 60 miles

Coast Ranges San Jacinto Mountains Near Los Angeles

Coast Ranges San Rafael Mountains Western California

Coast Ranges Santa Ana Mountains Southwestern California - southeast of Los Angeles 35 miles

Coast Ranges Santa Cruz Mountains California - extending northwest from inland of Santa Cruz, up the southern San Francisco Bay peninsula towards the city of San Francisco 55 miles

Coast Ranges Santa Lucia Range Western California - southeast of Monterey 75 miles

Coast Ranges Santa Monica Mountains Near Los Angeles 40 miles

Coast Ranges Santa Ynez Mountains Southern California - near Santa Barbara 45 miles

Coast Ranges St Elias Mountains Southeastern Alaska, southwestern Yukon Territory Mount Logan 19850 ft - the second highest peak in North America
Mount St Elias 18008 ft - the fourth highest peak in North America

Coast Ranges Vancouver Island Ranges Extending along the "backbone" of central Vancouver Island for almost its entire length 220 miles Golden Hinde 7219 ft in Strathcona Provincial Park

Coast Ranges Wrangell Mountains Southeastern Alaska 70 miles Mount Blackburn 16390 ft
Mount Sanford 16237 ft
Mount Wrangell 14006 ft

Colorado's "Fourteeners" Colorado has fifty-four mountains over 14,000 ft.

Colorado Plateau Southern Utah, northern Arizona, southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico 450 miles

Colorado Plateau Chuska Mountains Eastern Arizona, western New Mexico 65 miles

Colorado Plateau Coconino Plateau Northern Arizona (South Rim of the Grand Canyon) 60 miles

Colorado Plateau Henry Mountains Southern Utah (east of Capitol Reef National Park) and west of Utah State Road 95 (the Bicentennial Highway) 25 miles

Colorado Plateau Kaibab Plateau Northern Arizona (North Rim of the Grand Canyon)

Colorado Plateau Kanab Plateau Northwest Arizona 15 miles

Colorado Plateau La Sal Mountains Eastern Utah (east of Moab) 30 miles

Colorado Plateau Mogollon Plateau Eastern Arizona 115 miles

Colorado Plateau Mogollon Rim Eastern Arizona 60 miles Highest elevation around 8200 ft

Colorado Plateau Pine Valley Mountains Southwestern Utah (north of St George) 20 miles

Colorado Plateau Uinkaret Plateau Northwest Arizona 40 miles

Colorado Plateau Waterpocket Fold South-central Utah 50 miles Capitol Reef National Park

Columbia Plateau Between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades: western Idaho, eastern Oregon, southern Washington State 200 miles

Continental Divide The line which separates streams which flow into the Pacific Ocean from those which flow into the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico - mainly along the crest of the Rocky Mountains

Davis Mountains Western Texas 35 miles

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Hualapai Mountains Western Arizona

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Humboldt Range Central Nevada 50 miles

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Independence Mountains Northern Nevada 60 miles

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Inyo Mountains Eastern California 100 miles

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Panamint Range Eastern California - west of Death Valley 100 miles Telescope Peak 11045 ft

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Pine Forest Range Northwestern Nevada 45 miles

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Ruby Mountains North eastern Nevada 100 miles

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region San Francisco Mountains Arizona - north of Flagstaff Humphreys Peak 12633 ft - the highest point in Arizona

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Santa Rosa Range Northern Nevada 60 miles

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Spring Mountains Southwestern Nevada, southeastern California - west of Las Vegas 80 miles Mount Charleston, Nevada
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region Wassuk Range Western Nevada 45 miles

Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region White Mountains Eastern California 40 miles

Laurentian Plateau - see Canadian Shield

Mesabi Range (hills rather than mountains?) Northeastern Minnesota 45 miles

Ouachita Mountains Central Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma 200 miles Rich Mountain 2950 ft

Ozark Mountains (also called the Ozark Plateau) Southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, eastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma 160 miles Highest point around 2000 ft in the Boston Mountains

Piedmont Plateau Southeastern USA, between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, in an arc from New Jersey to Alabama. The fall line separates the Piedmont Plateau from the coastal plain. Over 700 miles

Precambrian Shield - see Canadian Shield

Rocky Mountains Central New Mexico to northeastern British Columbia 2000 miles See individual sub-ranges

Rocky Mountains Absaroka Range Southwestern Montana, northwestern Wyoming - east of Yellowstone National Park 100 miles

Rocky Mountains Absaroka Range - Beartooth Mountains Southwestern Montana, northwestern Wyoming Granite Peak 12799 ft

Rocky Mountains Bear River Range Northeastern Utah, southeastern Idaho 100 miles

Rocky Mountains Beaverhead Mountains Eastern Idaho, southwestern Montana 110 miles

Rocky Mountains Big Belt Mountains Central Montana 110 miles

Rocky Mountains Bighorn Mountains Southern Montana, northern Wyoming 150 miles Cloud Peak 13165 ft

Rocky Mountains Bitterroot Range Idaho-Montana border 435 miles

Rocky Mountains Blue Mountains Northeastern Oregon Elevations reach 9000 ft

Rocky Mountains Cabinet Range Northwestern Montana 30 miles

Rocky Mountains Canadian Rockies Southwestern Alberta, southeastern British Columbia 550 miles Mount Robson 12972 ft
Mount Columbia 12294 ft
The Twins 12251 ft

Rocky Mountains Clearwater Mountains Central Idaho 85 miles

Rocky Mountains Columbia Mountains - Selkirk Mountains Southeastern British Columbia, northern Idaho 200 miles Mount Sir Sandford 11555 ft

Rocky Mountains Front Range Colorado, southeastern Wyoming - including Rocky Mountain National Park 240 miles Longs Peak 14256 ft
Pikes Peak 14110 ft
Arapahoe Peak 13506 ft

Rocky Mountains Front Range - Never Summer Mountains Colorado - western side of Rocky Mountain National Park 4 miles

Rocky Mountains Guadalupe Mountains Southern New Mexico, western Texas 20 miles Guadalupe Peak (also called El Capitan) 8751 ft - the highest peak in Texas

Rocky Mountains Laramie Mountains Southeastern Wyoming, northern Colorado 125 miles Laramie Peak 10272 ft

Rocky Mountains Lemhi Range Eastern Idaho 95 miles

Rocky Mountains Lewis Range Northwestern Montana (including Glacier National Park), southwestern Alberta (including Waterton Lakes National Park), southeastern British Columbia 200 miles

Rocky Mountains Little Belt Mountains Central Montana 60 miles

Rocky Mountains Lost River Range Eastern Idaho 75 miles Borah Peak 12662 ft - the highest point in Idaho

Rocky Mountains Medicine Bow Mountains Southeast Wyoming, northern Colorado (west of the Laramie Mountains) 80 miles Medicine Bow Peak 12013 ft

Rocky Mountains Monashee Mountains Southern British Columbia 185 miles

Rocky Mountains Owyhee Mountains Southwestern Idaho, eastern Oregon 145 miles

Rocky Mountains Park Range Colorado, southern Wyoming 125 miles

Rocky Mountains Pioneer Mountains Two separate ranges with the same name, one in central Idaho and the other in western Montana Idaho: 40 miles. Montana: 60 miles.

Rocky Mountains Pryor Mountains Southern Montana 30 miles

Rocky Mountains Purcell Mountains Southeastern British Columbia 125 miles

Rocky Mountains Sacramento Mountains Central New Mexico, east of Alamogordo 95 miles Lincoln National Forest

Rocky Mountains Salmon River Mountains Central Idaho 60 miles

Rocky Mountains San Andres Mountains New Mexico 110 miles

Rocky Mountains San Juan Mountains Southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico 140 miles Uncompahgre Peak 14309 ft
Mount Sneffels 14150 ft
Wetterhorn Peak 14017 ft

Rocky Mountains Sangre de Cristo Mountains Southern Colorado, northern New Mexico - from Salida to Santa Fe 220 miles Blanca Peak 14345 ft

Rocky Mountains Sawatch Range Central Colorado 110 miles Mount Elbert 14433 ft - the highest point in the Rockies

Rocky Mountains Sawtooth Range Central Idaho 20 miles

Rocky Mountains Shoshone Mountains Central Nevada 95 miles

Rocky Mountains Steens Mountains Southeastern Oregon 85 miles

Rocky Mountains Stillwater Range Central Nevada 100 miles

Rocky Mountains Swan Range Western Montana - extending south from between Flathead Lake and Glacier National Park 100 miles

Rocky Mountains Teton Range Northwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho - Grand Teton National Park - south of Yellowstone National Park 40 miles Grand Teton 13770 ft

Rocky Mountains Uinta Mountains Northeastern Utah, southwestern Wyoming 150 miles Kings Peak 13528 ft - the highest point in Utah

Rocky Mountains Wallowa Mountains Eastern Oregon 55 miles

Rocky Mountains Wasatch Range Southeastern Idaho, central and southwestern Utah 150 miles Several peaks exceed 12000 ft

Rocky Mountains Wind River Range Western Wyoming 85 miles Gannett Peak 13804 - the highest point in Wyoming
Fremont Peak 13730 ft

Rocky Mountains Wyoming Range Western Wyoming - east of Star Valley 75 miles

Rocky Mountains Zuni Mountains Western New Mexico 50 miles

Santiago Mountains Western Texas 55 miles

Sierra Nevada Mountains California, plus a small part of western Nevada 400 miles Mount Whitney 14491 ft - the highest peak in the 48 contiguous states of the USA
Mount Williamson 14375 ft
North Palisade 14242 ft
Mount Russell 14086 ft
Middle Palisade 14040 ft
Mount Langley 14028 ft
Mount Tyndall 14018 ft
Kings Canyon National Park
Sequoia National Park
Yosemite National Park

Tehachapi Mountains Southern California (south of the Sierra Nevadas) 15 miles Double Mountain 7982 ft

Hawaii Mauna Kea 13796 ft - extends about 32000 ft from its base on the ocean floor, making it the world's highest mountain from base to summit

Hawaii Mauna Loa 13677 ft

Range	Sub-Range	Location	Approximate Length	Significant Peaks, Features and Other Comments
Alaska Range		Southern Alaska	500 miles	Denali (Mount McKinley) 20320 ft - the highest mountain in North America
Appalachian Mountains		Northern Alabama to the Province of Québec	1500 miles	See individual sub-ranges
Appalachian Mountains	Allegheny Mountains	Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia - west of the Blue Ridge	130 miles
Appalachian Mountains	Berkshire Hills	Western Massachusetts	40 miles (?)	Pronounced burke-sheer The Berkshire Hills are a southern extension of the Green Mountains Mount Greylock 3491 ft
Appalachian Mountains	Blue Ridge Mountains	Northern Georgia, western North Carolina, western Virginia, West Virginia (some sources also include Maryland and Pennsylvania) - easternmost of the Appalachian Mountains	More than 450 miles	Most peaks lie between 2000 feet and 4000 feet
Appalachian Mountains	Blue Ridge Mountains - Black Mountains	Western North Carolina	20 miles	Mount Mitchell 6684 ft - the highest point in the USA east of the Mississippi River The name derives from the dark evergreen trees covering the mountains
Appalachian Mountains	Catskill Mountains	Southeastern New York State - near the Hudson River	70 miles	Slide Mountain 4180 ft
Appalachian Mountains	Cumberland Mountains	The area near where Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee meet	50 miles	Lookout Mountain 2000 ft Missionary Ridge
Appalachian Mountains	Cumberland Plateau	Northeastern Alabama, northern Georgia, southeastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia	340 miles
Appalachian Mountains	Great Smoky Mountains	Western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee	50 miles	Clingman's Dome 6642 ft
Appalachian Mountains	Green Mountains	Central Vermont, northern Massachusetts, southern Québec Province	220 miles	Mount Mansfield 4393 ft Killington Peak 4241 ft Mount Ellen 4135 ft Camels Hump 4083 ft
Appalachian Mountains	Kittatinny Mountains	Eastern Pennsylvania, extending in a southwest to northeast line, northwest of the Delaware Water Gap	105 miles
Appalachian Mountains	Pocono Mountains	Eastern Pennsylvania, extending in a southwest to northeast line, northwest of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre	85 miles
Appalachian Mountains	Taconic Mountains	Eastern New York State, western Massachusetts, southwestern Vermont	65 miles	Mount Equinox 3816 ft
Appalachian Mountains	White Mountains	New Hampshire, southwestern Maine	50 miles	See Franconia Mountains and Presidential Range
Appalachian Mountains	White Mountains - Franconia Mountains	Southern New Hampshire	Less than five miles	Mount Lafayette 5249 ft Cannon Mountain (also called Profile Mountain) 4040 ft "The Old Man of the Mountains" natural rock formation (which collapsed due to erosion in May-03) Franconia Notch
Appalachian Mountains	White Mountains - Presidential Range	Northern New Hampshire	Less than 20 miles	Mount Washington 6288 ft - the highest peak in the northeastern USA (can be ascended by road, funicular railway or footpath) Mount Adams 5798 ft Mount Jefferson 5715 ft Mount Monroe 5385 ft Mount Madison 5363 ft Mount Eisenhower 4775 ft
Black Hills		Western South Dakota, northeastern Wyoming	50 miles	Harney Peak 7242 ft Mount Rushmore 5725 ft
Brooks Range		Northern Alaska	650 miles	Mount Chamberlin 9020 ft
Canadian Shield (also called the Precambrian Shield or Laurentian Plateau)		The area around Hudson Bay: Labrador, most of Manitoba, northern Michigan, northern Minnesota, northern New York State, most of the Northwest Territories, part of Nunavut, northern Ontario, most of Québec Province and northern Wisconsin.	Covers about 1.9 million square miles - roughly half the area of Canada
Canadian Shield	Adirondack Mountains	Northeastern New York State	90 miles	Mount Marcy 5344 ft - highest point in New York State Algonquin Peak 5144 ft
Canadian Shield	Laurentian Mountains (also called the Laurentides)	Southern Québec Province	700 miles	Highest point is in Laurentides Provincial Park 3905 ft
Cariboo Mountains		Eastern British Columbia - west of the Rocky Mountains	180 miles	Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier 11299 ft Wells Gray Provincial Park
Cascade Mountains		Northern California, Oregon, Washington State, southern British Columbia	700 miles	Mount Rainier 14411 ft Mount Shasta 14162 ft Mount Adams 12307 ft Mount Hood 11233 ft (extinct volcano; last erupted 1865) Mount Baker 10778 ft Mount Jefferson 10495 ft Lassen Peak 10457 ft Mount St Helens 8364 ft (9677 ft prior to the 1980 eruption) Crater Lake National Park North Cascades National Park
Cascade Mountains	Picket Range	Northern Washington State		Mount Shuksan 9127 ft
Cascade Mountains	Wenatchee Range	Northern Washington State	50 miles
Chisos Mountains		Big Bend National Park, Texas	Less than 20 miles	The only mountain range to lie entirely within a US National Park
Chocolate Mountains		Southern California - east of the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley	40 miles
Coast Ranges		Western North America from Baja California to southern Alaska	2300 miles	See individual sub-ranges
Coast Ranges	Chugach Mountains	Southern Alaska
Coast Ranges	Coast Mountains	Western British Columbia including Vancouver Island, southeastern Alaska (the panhandle which extends down the coast) - Vancouver to Juneau	745 miles	Mount Waddington 13104 ft Strathcona Provincial Park
Coast Ranges	Diablo Range	Western California - extending in a southeasterly direction from east of San Francisco	150 miles	Mount Diablo
Coast Ranges	Kenai Mountains	Southern Alaska	120 miles
Coast Ranges	Klamath Mountains	Southwestern Oregon, northwestern California	130 miles
Coast Ranges	Olympic Mountains	Olympic Peninsula, Washington State	50 miles	Mount Olympus 7954 ft
Coast Ranges	San Bernardino Mountains	Near Los Angeles, California	90 miles	Mount San Gorginio 11502 ft
Coast Ranges	San Gabriel Mountains	Near Los Angeles, California	60 miles
Coast Ranges	San Jacinto Mountains	Near Los Angeles
Coast Ranges	San Rafael Mountains	Western California
Coast Ranges	Santa Ana Mountains	Southwestern California - southeast of Los Angeles	35 miles
Coast Ranges	Santa Cruz Mountains	California - extending northwest from inland of Santa Cruz, up the southern San Francisco Bay peninsula towards the city of San Francisco	55 miles
Coast Ranges	Santa Lucia Range	Western California - southeast of Monterey	75 miles
Coast Ranges	Santa Monica Mountains	Near Los Angeles	40 miles
Coast Ranges	Santa Ynez Mountains	Southern California - near Santa Barbara	45 miles
Coast Ranges	St Elias Mountains	Southeastern Alaska, southwestern Yukon Territory		Mount Logan 19850 ft - the second highest peak in North America Mount St Elias 18008 ft - the fourth highest peak in North America
Coast Ranges	Vancouver Island Ranges	Extending along the "backbone" of central Vancouver Island for almost its entire length	220 miles	Golden Hinde 7219 ft in Strathcona Provincial Park
Coast Ranges	Wrangell Mountains	Southeastern Alaska	70 miles	Mount Blackburn 16390 ft Mount Sanford 16237 ft Mount Wrangell 14006 ft
Colorado's "Fourteeners"				Colorado has fifty-four mountains over 14,000 ft.
Colorado Plateau		Southern Utah, northern Arizona, southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico	450 miles
Colorado Plateau	Chuska Mountains	Eastern Arizona, western New Mexico	65 miles
Colorado Plateau	Coconino Plateau	Northern Arizona (South Rim of the Grand Canyon)	60 miles
Colorado Plateau	Henry Mountains	Southern Utah (east of Capitol Reef National Park) and west of Utah State Road 95 (the Bicentennial Highway)	25 miles
Colorado Plateau	Kaibab Plateau	Northern Arizona (North Rim of the Grand Canyon)
Colorado Plateau	Kanab Plateau	Northwest Arizona	15 miles
Colorado Plateau	La Sal Mountains	Eastern Utah (east of Moab)	30 miles
Colorado Plateau	Mogollon Plateau	Eastern Arizona	115 miles
Colorado Plateau	Mogollon Rim	Eastern Arizona	60 miles	Highest elevation around 8200 ft
Colorado Plateau	Pine Valley Mountains	Southwestern Utah (north of St George)	20 miles
Colorado Plateau	Uinkaret Plateau	Northwest Arizona	40 miles
Colorado Plateau	Waterpocket Fold	South-central Utah	50 miles	Capitol Reef National Park
Columbia Plateau		Between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades: western Idaho, eastern Oregon, southern Washington State	200 miles
Continental Divide		The line which separates streams which flow into the Pacific Ocean from those which flow into the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico - mainly along the crest of the Rocky Mountains
Davis Mountains		Western Texas	35 miles
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Hualapai Mountains	Western Arizona
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Humboldt Range	Central Nevada	50 miles
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Independence Mountains	Northern Nevada	60 miles
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Inyo Mountains	Eastern California	100 miles
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Panamint Range	Eastern California - west of Death Valley	100 miles	Telescope Peak 11045 ft
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Pine Forest Range	Northwestern Nevada	45 miles
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Ruby Mountains	North eastern Nevada	100 miles
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	San Francisco Mountains	Arizona - north of Flagstaff		Humphreys Peak 12633 ft - the highest point in Arizona
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Santa Rosa Range	Northern Nevada	60 miles
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Spring Mountains	Southwestern Nevada, southeastern California - west of Las Vegas	80 miles	Mount Charleston, Nevada Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	Wassuk Range	Western Nevada	45 miles
Intermountain/Basin and Range/Great Basin Region	White Mountains	Eastern California	40 miles
Laurentian Plateau - see Canadian Shield
Mesabi Range (hills rather than mountains?)		Northeastern Minnesota	45 miles
Ouachita Mountains		Central Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma	200 miles	Rich Mountain 2950 ft
Ozark Mountains (also called the Ozark Plateau)		Southern Missouri, northern Arkansas, eastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma	160 miles	Highest point around 2000 ft in the Boston Mountains
Piedmont Plateau		Southeastern USA, between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, in an arc from New Jersey to Alabama. The fall line separates the Piedmont Plateau from the coastal plain.	Over 700 miles
Precambrian Shield - see Canadian Shield
Rocky Mountains		Central New Mexico to northeastern British Columbia	2000 miles	See individual sub-ranges
Rocky Mountains	Absaroka Range	Southwestern Montana, northwestern Wyoming - east of Yellowstone National Park	100 miles
Rocky Mountains	Absaroka Range - Beartooth Mountains	Southwestern Montana, northwestern Wyoming		Granite Peak 12799 ft
Rocky Mountains	Bear River Range	Northeastern Utah, southeastern Idaho	100 miles
Rocky Mountains	Beaverhead Mountains	Eastern Idaho, southwestern Montana	110 miles
Rocky Mountains	Big Belt Mountains	Central Montana	110 miles
Rocky Mountains	Bighorn Mountains	Southern Montana, northern Wyoming	150 miles	Cloud Peak 13165 ft
Rocky Mountains	Bitterroot Range	Idaho-Montana border	435 miles
Rocky Mountains	Blue Mountains	Northeastern Oregon		Elevations reach 9000 ft
Rocky Mountains	Cabinet Range	Northwestern Montana	30 miles
Rocky Mountains	Canadian Rockies	Southwestern Alberta, southeastern British Columbia	550 miles	Mount Robson 12972 ft Mount Columbia 12294 ft The Twins 12251 ft
Rocky Mountains	Clearwater Mountains	Central Idaho	85 miles
Rocky Mountains	Columbia Mountains - Selkirk Mountains	Southeastern British Columbia, northern Idaho	200 miles	Mount Sir Sandford 11555 ft
Rocky Mountains	Front Range	Colorado, southeastern Wyoming - including Rocky Mountain National Park	240 miles	Longs Peak 14256 ft Pikes Peak 14110 ft Arapahoe Peak 13506 ft
Rocky Mountains	Front Range - Never Summer Mountains	Colorado - western side of Rocky Mountain National Park	4 miles
Rocky Mountains	Guadalupe Mountains	Southern New Mexico, western Texas	20 miles	Guadalupe Peak (also called El Capitan) 8751 ft - the highest peak in Texas
Rocky Mountains	Laramie Mountains	Southeastern Wyoming, northern Colorado	125 miles	Laramie Peak 10272 ft
Rocky Mountains	Lemhi Range	Eastern Idaho	95 miles
Rocky Mountains	Lewis Range	Northwestern Montana (including Glacier National Park), southwestern Alberta (including Waterton Lakes National Park), southeastern British Columbia	200 miles
Rocky Mountains	Little Belt Mountains	Central Montana	60 miles
Rocky Mountains	Lost River Range	Eastern Idaho	75 miles	Borah Peak 12662 ft - the highest point in Idaho
Rocky Mountains	Medicine Bow Mountains	Southeast Wyoming, northern Colorado (west of the Laramie Mountains)	80 miles	Medicine Bow Peak 12013 ft
Rocky Mountains	Monashee Mountains	Southern British Columbia	185 miles
Rocky Mountains	Owyhee Mountains	Southwestern Idaho, eastern Oregon	145 miles
Rocky Mountains	Park Range	Colorado, southern Wyoming	125 miles
Rocky Mountains	Pioneer Mountains	Two separate ranges with the same name, one in central Idaho and the other in western Montana	Idaho: 40 miles. Montana: 60 miles.
Rocky Mountains	Pryor Mountains	Southern Montana	30 miles
Rocky Mountains	Purcell Mountains	Southeastern British Columbia	125 miles
Rocky Mountains	Sacramento Mountains	Central New Mexico, east of Alamogordo	95 miles	Lincoln National Forest
Rocky Mountains	Salmon River Mountains	Central Idaho	60 miles
Rocky Mountains	San Andres Mountains	New Mexico	110 miles
Rocky Mountains	San Juan Mountains	Southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico	140 miles	Uncompahgre Peak 14309 ft Mount Sneffels 14150 ft Wetterhorn Peak 14017 ft
Rocky Mountains	Sangre de Cristo Mountains	Southern Colorado, northern New Mexico - from Salida to Santa Fe	220 miles	Blanca Peak 14345 ft
Rocky Mountains	Sawatch Range	Central Colorado	110 miles	Mount Elbert 14433 ft - the highest point in the Rockies
Rocky Mountains	Sawtooth Range	Central Idaho	20 miles
Rocky Mountains	Shoshone Mountains	Central Nevada	95 miles
Rocky Mountains	Steens Mountains	Southeastern Oregon	85 miles
Rocky Mountains	Stillwater Range	Central Nevada	100 miles
Rocky Mountains	Swan Range	Western Montana - extending south from between Flathead Lake and Glacier National Park	100 miles
Rocky Mountains	Teton Range	Northwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho - Grand Teton National Park - south of Yellowstone National Park	40 miles	Grand Teton 13770 ft
Rocky Mountains	Uinta Mountains	Northeastern Utah, southwestern Wyoming	150 miles	Kings Peak 13528 ft - the highest point in Utah
Rocky Mountains	Wallowa Mountains	Eastern Oregon	55 miles
Rocky Mountains	Wasatch Range	Southeastern Idaho, central and southwestern Utah	150 miles	Several peaks exceed 12000 ft
Rocky Mountains	Wind River Range	Western Wyoming	85 miles	Gannett Peak 13804 - the highest point in Wyoming Fremont Peak 13730 ft
Rocky Mountains	Wyoming Range	Western Wyoming - east of Star Valley	75 miles
Rocky Mountains	Zuni Mountains	Western New Mexico	50 miles
Santiago Mountains		Western Texas	55 miles
Sierra Nevada Mountains		California, plus a small part of western Nevada	400 miles	Mount Whitney 14491 ft - the highest peak in the 48 contiguous states of the USA Mount Williamson 14375 ft North Palisade 14242 ft Mount Russell 14086 ft Middle Palisade 14040 ft Mount Langley 14028 ft Mount Tyndall 14018 ft Kings Canyon National Park Sequoia National Park Yosemite National Park
Tehachapi Mountains		Southern California (south of the Sierra Nevadas)	15 miles	Double Mountain 7982 ft
		Hawaii		Mauna Kea 13796 ft - extends about 32000 ft from its base on the ocean floor, making it the world's highest mountain from base to summit
		Hawaii		Mauna Loa 13677 ft

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