List of the most prominent summits of the United States



The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States of America.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
 * 1) The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.
 * 2) The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
 * 3) The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.

Denali is one of only three summits on Earth with more than 6,000 m of topographic prominence. Three summits of the United States possess a prominence greater than 4,000 m, six exceed 3,500 m, ten exceed 3,000 m, 19 exceed 2,500 m, 45 exceed 2,000 m, 128 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1,500 m, and 264 major summits exceed 1,000 m of topographic prominence.

Most prominent summits
Of the 200 most prominent summits of the United States, 84 are located in Alaska, 17 in California, 17 in Nevada, 14 in Washington, 12 in Montana, 11 in Utah, nine in Arizona, seven in Hawaii, six in Colorado, six in Oregon, four in Wyoming, four in Idaho, four in New Mexico, two in North Carolina, and one each in New Hampshire, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Maine. Four of these peaks lie on the international border between Alaska and British Columbia, four lie on the international border between Alaska and Yukon, and one lies on the state border between Tennessee and North Carolina.