Highest Points
- Mount McKinley (Denali), Alaska, United States 63°4′9″N 151°0′23″W / 63.06917°N 151.00639°W / 63.06917; -151.00639 (Mount McKinley) — highest summit of North America at 6194 m (20,320 feet)
- Pico de Orizaba (Volcán Citlaltépetl), Puebla and Veracruz, Mexico 19°1′50″N 97°16′11″W / 19.03056°N 97.26972°W / 19.03056; -97.26972 (Pico de Orizaba) — highest volcano summit at 5636 m (18,491 feet)
- Grays Peak, Colorado, United States 39°38′2″N 105°49′3″W / 39.63389°N 105.8175°W / 39.63389; -105.8175 (Grays Peak) — highest point on the Continental Divide of North America at 4352 m (14,278 feet)
- Volcán Tajumulco, San Marcos, Guatemala 15°2′40″N 91°54′13″W / 15.04444°N 91.90361°W / 15.04444; -91.90361 (Volcán Tajumulco) — highest summit of Central America at 4220 m (13,845 feet)
- Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Sermersooq, Island of Greenland, Greenland 68°55′7″N 29°53′55″W / 68.91861°N 29.89861°W / 68.91861; -29.89861 (Gunnbjørn Fjeld) — highest island summit and highest summit of all the Arctic at 3694 m (12,118 feet)
- Pico Duarte, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola 19°1′23″N 70°59′53″W / 19.02306°N 70.99806°W / 19.02306; -70.99806 (Pico Duarte) — highest summit of the Caribbean at 3098 m (10,164 feet)
- Alma, Colorado, United States 39°17′2″N 106°3′46″W / 39.28389°N 106.06278°W / 39.28389; -106.06278 (Alma, Colorado) — highest town at 3156 m (10,355 feet)
- Leadville, Colorado, United States 39°14′50″N 106°17′30″W / 39.24722°N 106.29167°W / 39.24722; -106.29167 (Leadville, Colorado) — highest city at 3094 m (10,152 feet)
- Lake County Airport, Colorado, United States 39°13′13″N 106°19′00″W / 39.22028°N 106.3166667°W / 39.22028; -106.3166667 (Lake County Airport) — highest airfield at 3026 m (9,927 feet)
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