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50 State Elevations (low points)

The elevations listed below are relative to sea level.

  • The highest point in a particular state is usually a mountain, or at least hill.
  • The lowest point of a state that borders an ocean is almost always sea level. Two states have interior places that are actually lower than, or below, sea level.
  • The mean elevation can be considered the average elevation of a state.
Low points listed from highest to lowest. (List by state, highest, lowest, or mean elevations)
Rank State High point Low pointList by low points Mean elevation
1. California 14,494 feet -282 feet 2,900 feet
2. Louisiana 535 feet -8 feet 100 feet
3. Delaware 450 feet Sea level 60 feet
3. Florida 345 feet Sea level 100 feet
3. Rhode Island 812 feet Sea level 200 feet
3. New Jersey 1,803 feet Sea level 250 feet
3. Mississippi 806 feet Sea level 300 feet
3. South Carolina 3,560 feet Sea level 350 feet
3. Maryland 3,360 feet Sea level 350 feet
3. Connecticut 2,380 feet Sea level 500 feet
3. Alabama 2,407 feet Sea level 500 feet
3. Massachusetts 3,487 feet Sea level 500 feet
3. Georgia 4,784 feet Sea level 600 feet
3. Maine 5,276 feet Sea level 600 feet
3. North Carolina 6,684 feet Sea level 700 feet
3. Virginia 5,729 feet Sea level 950 feet
3. New York 5,344 feet Sea level 1,000 feet
3. New Hampshire 6,288 feet Sea level 1,000 feet
3. Pennsylvania 3,213 feet Sea level 1,100 feet
3. Texas 8,749 feet Sea level 1,700 feet
3. Washington 14,410 feet Sea level 1,700 feet
3. Alaska 20,320 feet Sea level 1,900 feet
3. Hawaii 13,796 feet Sea level 3,030 feet
3. Oregon 11,239 feet Sea level 3,300 feet
25. Arkansas 2,753 feet 55 feet 650 feet
26. Arizona 12,633 feet 70 feet 4,100 feet
27. Vermont 4,393 feet 95 feet 1,000 feet
28. Tennessee 6,643 feet 178 feet 900 feet
29. Missouri 1,772 feet 230 feet 800 feet
30. West Virginia 4,863 feet 240 feet 1,500 feet
31. Kentucky 4,139 feet 257 feet 750 feet
32. Illinois 1,235 feet 279 feet 600 feet
33. Oklahoma 4,973 feet 289 feet 1,300 feet
34. Indiana 1,257 feet 320 feet 700 feet
35. Ohio 1,549 feet 455 feet 850 feet
36. Nevada 13,140 feet 479 feet 5,500 feet
37. Iowa 1,670 feet 480 feet 1,100 feet
38. Michigan 1,979 feet 572 feet 900 feet
39. Wisconsin 1,951 feet 581 feet 1,050 feet
40. Minnesota 2,301 feet 602 feet 1,200 feet
41. Kansas 4,039 feet 679 feet 2,000 feet
42. Idaho 12,662 feet 710 feet 5,000 feet
43. North Dakota 3,506 feet 750 feet 1,900 feet
44. Nebraska 5,424 feet 840 feet 2,600 feet
45. South Dakota 7,242 feet 966 feet 2,200 feet
46. Montana 12,799 feet 1,800 feet 3,400 feet
47. Utah 13,528 feet 2,000 feet 6,100 feet
48. New Mexico 13,161 feet 2,842 feet 5,700 feet
49. Wyoming 13,804 feet 3,099 feet 6,700 feet
50. Colorado 14,440 feet 3,315 feet 6,800 feet

Information source: Carpenter, Alan, and Carl Provorse. The World Almanac of the U.S.A.. Mahwah: World Almanac Books, 1996. Print.