The “Top of Texas” is the 8,751-foot Guadalupe Peak in the western part of the state. The peak is capped with a silver pyramid that was placed there in 1958 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Butterfield Overland Mail Trail, a stagecoach service that once carried passengers and mail just south of the peak before it was disbanded during the Civil War.

New Jersey’s highest elevation point won’t win any points for creativity, but 1,803-foot-tall High Point offers visitors picturesque views of the Delaware River and rolling hills of Pennsylvania. The park surrounding the peak, named High Point State Park, features landscaping designed by the Olmsted brothers, sons of Frederick Law Olmsted, who famously designed Central Park.

New Hampshire’s highest point, 6,288-foot Mount Washington, boasts the slogan "Home of the World's Worst Weather" — and with good reason. On April 12, 1934, a new world record was set when winds of 231 mph swept across Mount Washington's summit. This record stayed in place for nearly 62 years, until Tropical Cyclone Olivia hit Barrow Island, Australia, in 1996.

As the highest point of elevation in North Carolina, Mount Mitchell is also the tallest peak east of the Mississippi. The 6,684-foot peak is located in Mount Mitchell State Park, which contains a vast network of trails, a museum, and a campground for visitors. The summit features an observation deck that can be accessed via a 0.25-mile paved trail.

The highest point in Indiana is aptly named Hoosier Hill. The property is located on private land, but the owners allow visitors onto the property. Marked with a large, carved stone announcing the 1,257-foot elevation, the short yet scenic journey to the highest point in Indiana is just under half a mile.

At 13,796 feet above sea level, Mauna Kea is not only the highest point of elevation in Hawaii, but also the tallest mountain in the world. While Mount Everest is the tallest peak above sea level, the dormant volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has nearly a mile on Everest, with 19,700 feet of mountain submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean, for a total height of 33,500 feet.

The highest point in Tennessee is Clingmans Dome, located within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. At 6,643 feet above sea level, Clingman’s Dome is the third-tallest peak east of the Mississippi, with North Carolina’s Mount Mitchell and Mount Craig preceding it. The highest point in Tennessee features an observation tower that produces vistas as far as 100 miles on a clear day. The Mississippi River on the state's western boundary is the lowest elevation point in the state at 178 feet above sea level.

Located in the Cascade Range, Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano 50 miles from Portland, Oregon. The last eruption was in 1781 and today it is closely monitored for any volcanic activity, so it is generally considered safe to ski or hike the mountain without fear of an eruption. At 11,249 feet tall, Mount Hood is covered in snow year-round and is home to six different ski areas.

Alaska’s Denali peak may reign supreme as the highest high point in the United States at 20,310 feet, but Florida’s Britton Hill takes the title for the lowest high point. At just 345 feet above sea level, Britton Hill doesn’t even reach the height of some skyscrapers in other states. In fact, New York’s Empire State Building is three times as high.

Soaring to 14,494 feet above sea level, California’s Mount Whitney, located in the eastern Sierra Nevadas, is the tallest peak in the contiguous U.S. The staggering height of Mount Whitney’s elevation is in stark contrast to California's lowest point in Death Valley. At 282 feet below sea level, Death Valley’s Badwater Basin is the lowest point of elevation in North America.