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US State Low Point Adventures

Past adventures are archived to another page. It is my hope that you will find these pages helpful and amusing. See also Wikipedia State Low Points and Wikipedia Country Low Points.
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This is only an idea right now. I am thinking about another road trip to all 50 state low points. This is not as easy as it sounds. It would require 2 flights, 13,000 miles and 250 hours of driving, plus some hiking time. A traveling companion would be good to help with the driving.

Alabama
Alaska 2004
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida 1999
Georgia
Hawaii 2001
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota 1999
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana - Grizzlies
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina 2007
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia 2007
Washington DC 2007
Washington State 1966
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

8 State low points, so far

Alaska, Denali, 20,320 ft.

Click either the state name at left or the state image in the map below to for high point pictures and trip information. Roll over the same points for state low point information. Source of the elevation data is the US Statistical Abstract. The red points or lines are the low points. I have been to the lowest point of the green states.

Alabama, Gulf of Mexico, 0 ft Arkansas, Quachita River at the Louisiana border, near Felsenthal, 55 ft. Arizona, Colorado River at the Mexican border, 70 ft. California, Death Valley at Badwater, -282 ft. Colorado, Arikaree River at the Kansas border, near the Nebraska border, 3315 ft. Connecticut, Long Island Sound, 0 ft. Delaware, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. Florida, Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. Georgia, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. Hawaii 2001, Pacific Ocean, 0 ft. Idaho, Snake River at the Washington border, near Lewiston, 710 ft. Illinois, Confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, near Cairo, 279 ft. Indiana, Confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers, near Mount Vernon, 320 ft. Iowa, Confluence of the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers near Keokuk, 480 ft. Kansas, Verdigris River at the Oklahoma border, 679 ft. Kentucky, Mississippi River at the Tennessee border, 257 ft. Louisiana 2008, Ponchartrain Park, New Orleans, -8 ft. Maine, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. Maryland, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. Massachusetts, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. Michigan, Lake Erie, 571 ft. Michigan, Lake Erie, 571 ft. Minnesota, Lake Superior, 601 ft. Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico, 0 ft. Missouri, St. Francis River at the Arkansas River near Kennett, 230 ft. Montana, Kootenai River at the Idaho River, near Troy, 1800 ft. Nebraska, Missouri River at the Kansas border, 840 ft. Nevada, Colorado River at the California border, 479 ft. North Carolina, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. North Dakota, Red River at the Canadian border, 750 ft. New Hampshire, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. New Jersey, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. New Mexico, Pecos River at the Texas border, 2842 ft. New York, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. Long Island, New York, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. Ohio, Confluence of the Great Miami and Ohio Rivers, 455 ft. Oklahoma, Little River at the Arkansas border, 289 ft. Oregon, Pacific Ocean, 0 ft. Pennsylvania, Delaware River near the Delaware border, 0 ft. Rhode Island, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. South Carolina, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. South Dakota, Minnesota River at Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota border, 966 ft. Tennessee, Mississippi River at the Mississippi border, 178 ft. Texas, Gulf of Mexico or lake near where Rio Grande enters the Gulf of Mexico 0 or -2 ft. Utah, Beaver Dam Wash at the Arizona border, 2178 ft., maybe Vermont, Lake Champlain, 95 ft. Virginia, Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft. Washington DC, Potomac River, 1 ft. Washington State, Pacific Ocean, 0 ft. Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, 579 ft. West Virginia, Potomac River at the Virginia border near Harpers Ferry, 240 ft. Wyoming, Belle Fourche River at the South Dakota border, 3099 ft.

Visited 7 states (1 through 7) before 2007.
See my 43 state HIGH points.

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