Archive for February, 2005
Friday, February 18th, 2005
One of the great urban legends of highpointing is that Harney Peak is the “highest point between Europe and Colorado.” The question is sometimes refined to “highest point between the Alps and the Rockies” and also refined to the “highest point between the Applachians and the Rockies.” Here’s a list of significant peaks in North America and the Caribbean going from east to west and indicating their west longitude.
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Friday, February 18th, 2005
Mountainclimb.com has great collection of pewter benchmarks of highpoints.
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Posted in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming | Comments Off
Friday, February 18th, 2005
Here’s a 3D rotating movie of the Borah summit. You will see it in 3D if you have red-blue glasses. This was generated with 3DEM.WARNING: 1.4 meg mpg file. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2005
County Highpoints is the defacto website and forum for highpointers. Once you visit the 50 states, you’ve caught the bug and next logical spot are the 3,500+ county highpoints.
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Posted in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming | Comments Off
Wednesday, February 16th, 2005
50states.com has great information summarizing each state.
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Posted in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming | Comments Off