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)
Read more about this topic: Extreme Points Of North America
Famous quotes containing the words highest and/or points:
“On the 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine,... I proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second highest mountain in New England, about thirty miles distant, and to some of the lakes of the Penobscot, either alone or with such company as I might pick up there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Sometimes apparent resemblances of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)