Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet. It is in East–Central California, in the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, and 84.6 miles west-northwest of North America's lowest topographic point, Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, at …
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet. It is in East–Central California, in the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, and 84.6 miles west-northwest of North America's lowest topographic point, Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, at 282 ft below sea level. The mountain's west slope is in Sequoia National Park and the summit is the southern terminus of the John Muir Trail, which runs 211.9 mi from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley. The eastern slopes are in Inyo National Forest in Inyo County. Mount Whitney is ranked 18th by topographic isolation.
Elevation: 14,505 ft (4,421 m)
Location: Sequoia National Park · Inyo National Forest · Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness · John Muir Wilderness · Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S.
Prominence: 10,075.2 ft (3,070.9 m)
Parent peak: Pico de Orizaba
Isolation: 1,647.2 mi (2,650.9 km)
Listing: World's most prominent peaks 81st · World's most isolated peaks 18th · North America's highest peaks 24th · North America's prominent peaks 16th · North America's isolated peaks 4th · U.S. state high point 2nd · U.S. highest major peaks 11th · California's highest major peaks 1st · California fourteeners 1st · California county high points 1st · SPS Emblem peak · Western States Climbers Star peak · Ultra-prominent peak
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