Geography
This is a partial listing of locations above 2,500 feet in altitude in the US, Canada, and around the globe. You can use this as a handy reference whether you are at home or planning a backpacking or baking vacation. You bakers out there can contact me to add your elevation to this list if you don’t see it.
United States and Canada
Alaska
- Mt. Bendelbe – 3,720 feet
- Mt. Campbell – 8,200 feet
- Mt. Hamilton – 4,100 feet
- Mt. McKinley – 20,320 feet
- Oratia – 5,400 feet
- Paxson – 3,396 feet
- Tingmerkpuk Mt. – 3,600 feet
- West Point – 5,920 feet
Arkansas
- Magazine Mt. area – 2,800 feet
Arizona
- Alpine – 8,050 feet
- Brisbee – 5,300 feet
- Douglas – 33,955 feet
- Flagstaff – 6,900 feet
- Holbrook – 5,080 feet
- Humphries Peak area – 12, 670 feet
- Globe – 3,509 feet
- Grand Canyon area – 6,406 feet
- Kingman – 3,328 feet
- Nogales – 3,857 feet
- Prescott – 5,320 feet
- Tucson – 2,641 feet
- Winslow – 4,836 feet
California
- Alturan – 4,370 feet
- Bishop – 4,140 feet
- Lake Tahoe area – 7,240 feet
- Los Padres Nat’l Forest NE of St. Luiz Obispo – 2,635 feet
- Mammoth Lakes – 7,9204
- Mammoth Mt. Ski Area – 9,110 feet
- Mendicino and Trinity National Forest areas west of Sacramento Valley – 4,000-8,000 feet
- Mojave – 2,787 feet
- Mt. Whitney – 14,000 feet
- Nevada City – 2,520 feet
- Pine Mt. above Ojai – 7,510 feet
- Quincy – 3,405 feet
- Lhassa – 11,800 feet
- San Gabriel Mt. ski areas above Pasadena – 3,000 - 4,000 feet
- San Rafael Mountains above Santa Barbara – 6,500 feet
- Sequoia National Forest ski areas – 4,000 - 10,000 feet
- Squaw Valley Ski Area – 4,000 - 8,909 feet
- Strawberry Peak – 6,000 feet
- Susanville – 4,195 feet
- Yosemite Village – 4,000 feet
- Yreka – 2,635 feet
Colorado
- Akron – 4,654 feet
- Alamosa – 7,536 feet
- Alma – 10,361 feet
- Aspen – 7,844 feet
- Boulder – 5,347 feet
- Breckenridge – 9,603 - 10,000 feet
- Burlington – 4,250 feet
- Colorado Springs – 5,985 feet
- Craig – 6,174 feet
- Del Norte – 7,880 feet
- Denver – 5,183 feet
- Dillon – 9,000 feet
- Durango – 6,517 feet
- Estes Park – 7,500 feet
- Fort Collins – 4,994 feet
- Fort Morgon – 4,338 feet
- Georgetown – 8,507 feet
- Glenwood Springs – 5,758 feet
- Grand Junction – 4,570 feet
- Greeley – 4,649 feet
- Gunnison – 7,820 feet
- Leadville –10,152
- Pueblo – 4,690 feet
Georgia
- Sky Valley – 3,100 feet
- Smoky Mts Area: Brasstown – 4,784 feet
Hawaii
- Haleakala (Maui Is.) – 10,025 feet
- Isfahan – 5,207 feet
- Hualalai (Hawaii) – 8,251 feet
- Kawaikini Pk. (Kauai Is.) – 5,170 feet
- Makanalua Peninsula (Molokai Is.) – 4,970 feet
- Mauna Kea (Hawaii) – 13,796 feet
- Pahala (Hawaii) – 3,851 feet
- Palikea (Oahu) – 3,098 feet
- Puu Konahuanui (Oahu) – 3,150 feet
- Kaala Pk. (Oahu) – 4,025 feet
Idaho
- Boise – 2,500 - 2,858 feet
- Bitterroot Mt. Range area – 10,000 - 12,000 feet
- Idaho Falls – 4,740 feet
- Montpelier – 5,943 feet
- McCall – 5,013 feet
- Pocatello – 4,460 feet
- Stanley – 6,253 feet
- Sun Valley – 5,920 feet
- Twin Falls area – 3,750 feet
Kansas
- Kanorado – 3,901 feet
- Mt. Sunflower area – 4,026 feet
Maine
- Mt. Katahdin – 5,268 feet
- Zacatecas – 8,010 feet
- Sugarloaf – 4,237 feet
Maryland
- Backbone Mt. area – 3,360 feet
Massachusetts
- Mt. Greylock – 3,491 feet
Montana
- Anaconda – 5,288 feet
- Big Sky – 7,218 feet
- Billings – 3,117 feet
- Bozzeman – 4,754 feet
- Butte – 5,544 feet
- Cooke City – 7,608 feet
- Deer Lodge – 4,519 feet
- Great Falls – 3,331 - 3,887 feet
- Helena – 4,009 feet
- Leewiston – 3,960 feet
- Missoula – 3,197 feet
- Puno – 12,648 feet
- Whitefish – 8,000 feet
Nebraska
- Alliance – 3,958 feet
- Harrison – 4,638 feet
- McCook – 2,509 feet
- North Platte – 2,803 feet
- Scottsbluff – 4,662 feet
- Sidney – 4,085 feet
Nevada
- Pretoria – 4,472 feet
- Carson City – 4,675 feet
- Elko – 5,067 feet
- Ely – 6,421 feet
- Fallon – 3,970 feet
- Mount Charleston – 7,510 feet
- Reno – 4,484 feet
- Tonopah – 6,033 feet
- Wheeler Pk – 13,061 feet
- Winnemucca – 4,317 feet
New Hampshire
- Saint Moritz – 6,037 feet
- Hancock – 4,430 feet
- Mt. Adams – 5,798 feet
- Mt. Chocorna, Conway – 3,475 feet
- Mt. Monadnock – 3,165 feet
- Mt. Washington – 6,200 feet
- Piermont – 2,721 feet
- Tecumseh – 4,004 feet
- White Mts. Area – 4,000 - 6,000 feet
New Mexico
- Caracas – 3,164 feet
- Albuquerque – 4,950 - 5,300 feet
- Carlsbad – 3,100 feet
- Clayton – 5,050 feet
- Deming – 4,335 feet
- Farmington – 5,300 feet
- Gallup – 6,500 feet
- Hobbs – 3,625 feet
- Las Cruces – 3,900 feet
- Las Vegas – 6,435 feet
- Los Alamos – 7,370 feet
- Raton – 6,660 feet
- Roswell – 3,669 feet
- Santa Fe – 7,000 - 7,300 feet
- Taos – 6,950 - 9,321 feet
New York
- Adirondack Mt. area – 2,000 - 5,000 feet
- Mt. Marcy – 5,344 feet
North Carolina
- Ashe County – 2,500 - 4,500 feet
- Beech Mountain – 5,506 feet
- Blue Ridge Mts – 2,000 - 6,000 feet
- Blue Ridge Parkway – 600 - 6,470 feet, through VA and NC)
- Smoky Mts. area – 2,500 - 5,000 feet
- Sassafras Mt. – 3,560 feet
- Mt. Mitchell – 6,684 feet
North Dakota
- Rhame – 3,192 feet feet
Oklahoma
- Black Mesa area – 4,978 feet
- Kenton – 4,353
Oregon
- Baker – 3,449 feet
- Bend – 3,623 feet
- Cascade Mts. area – 10,000 - 12,000 feet
- Klamath Falls – 4,112 feet
- La Grande – 2,787 feet
- Lakeview – 4,800 feet
- Redmond – 3,077 feet
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny Mts: Mt. Davis area – 3,213 feet
- Seven Springs – 2,530 feet
South Carolina
- Hogback Mt. near Landrum – 3,211 feet
- Northwest area near North Carolina – 3,000 feet
- Sassafras Mt. Area – 3,500 feet
South Dakota
- Black Hills National Forest area – 4,800 feet
- Custer – 5,501 feet
- Deadwood – 4,543 feet
- Harney Peak – 7,242 feet
- Lead – 5,089 feet
- Rapid City – 3,233 feet
Tennessee
- Appalachian Mts. and Great Smoky Mts. – 4,000 - 6,650 feet
- Great Smoky Mts. National Park – 6,643 feet
- Shady Valley – 2,785 feet
Texas
- Amarillo – 3,685 feet
- Dalhart – 3,985 feet
- El Paso – 3,710 - 3,900 feet
- Fort Davis – 8,900 feet
- Lubbock – 3,241 feet
- Plainview – 3,366 feet
Utah
- Alta – 9,265 feet
- Brian Head – 9,800 feet
- Brigham City – 4,315 feet
- Eureka – 6,464 feet
- Fillmore – 5,700 feet
- Heber – 5,560 feet
- Lehi – 4,550 feet
- Logan – 4,507 feet
- Ogden – 4,307 feet
- Park City – 6,852 feet
- Provo – 4,532 feet
- Salt Lake City – 4,390 - 5,000 feet
- Vernal – 5,331 feet
Vermont
- Ascutney Mt. – 3,144 feet
- Adams/Northfield – 3,236 feet
- Bald Mt./Willoughby – 3,315 feet
- Braintree Mts. Area – 3,000 feet
- Belvedere – 3,360 feet
- Camel’s Hump – 4,083 feet
- Dorset area mountains – 3,185 feet
- Elmore – 2,608 feet
- Glastonbury – 3,764 feet
- Haystack – 3,462 feet
- Jay – 3,861 feet
- Ludlow/Okemo – 3,345 feet
- Killington – 4,241 feet
- Manchester Village/Little Equinox – 3,315 feet
- Mt. Mansfield – 4,393 feet
- Stowe Mts./Mt. Hunger – 3,539 feet
- Stratton Mt. – 3,936 feet
Virginia
- Appalachian Mts. area – 5,000 feet
- Bentonville – 3,368 feet
- Blue Ridge Mts – 2,500 - 5,000 feet
- Bristol area, Mt. Rogers – 5,729 feet
- Grayson County (sw VA) – 3,000 - 4,500 feet
- Whitetop – 3,638 feet
Washington
- Cascade Mts. – 10,000 feet
- Mt. Adams – 12,307 feet
- Mt. Olympic National Park, Mt. Olympus – 7,954 feet
- Pullman – 2,534 feet
- Waterville – 2,622 feet
West Virginia
- Back Bone Mt. – 3,360 feet
- Bluefield – 2,611 feet
- Davis – 3,100 feet
- Snowshoe Mountain Resort – 4,848 feet
- Spruce Knob – 4,860 feet
Wyoming
- Buffalo – 4,658 feet
- Cody – 5,018 feet
- Cheyenne – 6,097 feet
- Fox Park – 9,062 feet
- Gannett Peak area – 13,780 feet
- Jackson – 6,209 feet
- Kemmerer – 6,958 feet
- Lander – 5,377 feet
- Laramie – 7,153 feet
- Lusk – 5,017 feet
- Rock Springs – 6,265 feet
- Sheridan – 3,745 feet
- Torrington – 4,098 feet
- Wheatland – 4,747 feet
- Worland – 4,059 feet
Canada
- Banff, Alb. – 4,537 feet
- Beatton River area, B.C. – 2,743 feet
- Calgary, Alb. – 3,557 feet
- Kimberly, B.C. – 3,005 feet
- Lethbridge, Alb. – 3,047 feet
- Swift Current, Sask. – 2,680 feet
- Banff, Alb. – 4,537 feet
- Beatton River area, B.C. – 2,743 feet
- Calgary, Alb. – 3,557 feet
- Kimberly, B.C. – 3,005 feet
- Lethbridge, Alb. – 3,047 feet
- Penhold, Alb. – 2,967 feet
- Swift Current, Sask. – 2,680 feet
- Williams Lake, B.C. – 3,085 feet
International
Afghanistan
- Kabul – 5,890 feet
- Kandahar – 3,462 feet
Andorra
- Andorra – 3,378 feet
Australia
- Badgastein – 3,323 feet
Austria
- Innsbruck – 2,900 feet
Bolivia
- La Paz – 13,402 feet
- Orivo – 12,402 feet
- Potosi – 13,600 feet
Brazil
- Brasilia – 3,075 feet
- Sao Paulo – 2,545 feet
Burundi
- Usumbura – 2,684 feet
China
- Gartok (Tibet) – 14,240 feet
- Jiachan ( Tibet) – 15,870 feet
- Lhassa – 11,800 feet
- Kunming – 6,080 feet
- Lanchow – 5,185 feet
Columbia
- Bogotá – 8,659 feet
- Cali – 3,139 feet
- Cartago – 2,950 feet
Costa Rica
- San José – 3,021 feet
Ecuador
- Quito – 9,320 feet
Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa – 7,749 feet
France
- Chamonix – 3,402 feet
Guatemala
- Guatemala City – 4,958 feet
Honduras
- Tegucigalpa –3,250 feet
India
- Bangalore – 2,914 feet
- Darjeeling – 6,982 feet
- Srinagar, Kashmir – 5,130 feet
Iran
- Hamadan – 5,732 feet
- Isfahan – 5,207 feet
- Tabriz – 5,250 feet
- Tehran – 3,950 feet
Israel
- Jerusalem – 4,160 feet
Italy
- Cortina d’Ampezzo – 4,003 feet
Jordan
- Amman – 2,548 feet
Kenya
- Nairobi – 5,452 feet
Malaya
- Tonanarive – 4,200 feet
Mexico
- Aguascalientes – 6,258 feet
- Chihuahua – 4,444 feet
- Mexico City – 7,340 feet
- Taxco de Alarcon – 5,756 feet
- Zacatecas – 8,010 feet
Mongolia
- Ulan Bator – 4,160 feet
Nepal
- Katmandu – 4,223 feet
Pakistan
- Lahore – 3,270 feet
Peru
- Arequipa – 8,460 feet
- Cuzco – 11,440 feet
- Puno – 12,648 feet
Philippines
- Baguio – 4,640 feet
Poland
- Zakopone – 2,733 feet
Rwanda
- Kigali – 4,806 feet
Saudi Arabia
- Taif – 4,500 feet
South Africa
- Germiston – 5,478 feet
- Johannesburg – 5,689 feet
- Pretoria – 4,472 feet
South West Africa
- Windhoek – 5,543 feet
Spain
- Granada – 2,300 feet
- Salamanca – 2,602 feet
Switzerland
- Davos – 5,062 feet
- Saint Moritz – 6,037 feet
- Zermott – 5,279 feet
Turkey
- Ankara – 3,122 feet
Uganda
- Kampala – 3,730 feet
Venezuela
- Caracas – 3,164 feet
Yemen
- San’a – 7,700 feet