Sugarloaf Mountain is highest point in US newest national park. Her’s jokes and a deep dive.
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A private, peer-reviewed survey says the high point of Michigan is Mount Curwood rather than Mount Arvon. The debate over Michigan’s peaks has been going on for decades, with the very first Highpointers convention held to mark the change to Mount Arvon. Here’s some jokes about the debate and followed by a deep dive on the issue.
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A parody post by Casper Planet about a man dressed as a buffalo in Yellowstone National Park chasing tourists has gone viral, with many posts thinking it was real, with Outside Magazine doing a fact check. That doesn’t stop of us from doing jokes.
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Whether saying you visited a highpoint requires touching the exact highest peak depends entirely on your personal goals and the specific community you are engaging with. Within the peakbagging and highpointing communities, opinions vary between strict traditionalists and more casual hikers.
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John Wilson’s viral comedic “rockumentary” The History of Concrete (2026) includes a visit to Campbell Hill while visiting the area around Bellefontaine’s first concrete street in the United States. Wilson’s deadpan humor involves going off on tangents, initially based on a search for the history of something. I will go into a deeper dive after the jokes.
