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Introduction
Introduction to Park Pointing. Mention newsletter articles. Lists online.
Resources
There are several websites with a focus on park-pointing:
- The USGS publishes the “Elevations and Distances in the United States“.
- Wikipedia’s “List of U.S. states by elevation“.
- netstate.com has summarized the “World Almanac of the U.S.A.” data into table form.
- stenseth.org – Dale Stenseth’s website showing his 7 lowpoints.
There are several websites with random posts on park-pointing including but not limited to:
- Death Valley Adventures – Steve Hall documents the actual lowest point in California.
- CN Traveler – Ken Jennings article on California’s lowest and highest points being in Inyo County.
The Highpointers Club offers several resources as well:
- Parkpoint Discussions – The Highpointers Club has transferred over the old/archived “America’s Basement” forums to this website.
Through the “Apex to Zenith” newsletter, club members receive continuing coverage on lowpoints. Updates (access, monument status, etc) are found in the newsletter and posted online in this guide. A small sample of articles are:
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Finally, you can see who has completed the 59 parkpoints at our “Parkpoint Score Board” page.
About this Guide
This page, “US Parkpoint Guide”, is an aggregation of multiple sources. It is largely based on Jack’s guide book. It includes several updates/clarifications based on trip reports from various contributors. Please contact us at guides@highpointers.org if you have any suggestions or updates.
This page contains three major sections below. The first contains a map showing each state’s highpoint, lowpoint(s) and lines drawn between them. Below the map is a large table listing all the lowpoints and their associated data. The middle section is the collection of show/hide (open/close) information panels with details for each lowpoint. This includes trip reports and updates as well as data like elevation, location, etc. The last section is a series of appendices such as trivia answers, an interview with Jack Parsell on low-pointing, etc.
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This table provides summary information about all the lowpoints.
State – Those with an * indicate alternate but closer lowpoint to the highpoint
the link jumps you to the information panel
Location – Location of low point usually specified by USGS/Wikipedia
Low Elev – Elevation of lowpoint
the link takes you to our forum discussion group
High Elev – Elevation of the state’s highpoint
Hi-Low Span – Difference in elevation between highpoint and lowpoint
Hi-Low Distance – Distance in miles between the highpoint and lowpoint
[You may re-sort this table by clicking the small arrows found in the column headers.]
State | Location | Low Elev | High Elev | Hi-Low Span | Hi-Low Distance (miles) |
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This section contains information panels for each parkpoint. Click on the name of the parkpoint and a panel opens up presenting the details about the parkpoint. This includes Jack’s trip report and more recent trip reports or updates if available. You will also find additional information such as elevation, location, etc.
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Please contact us at guides@highpointers.org if you have any suggestions or trip reports/updates you would like to share.
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