Utah has the highest average county highpoint elevation in the United States. The highpoint of a county is usually the top of a mountain, but not always. Sometimes the highpoint is a spot on a ridge or on the side of a mountain where a county line crosses it. That’s why some counties have both a highpoint and a high peak. This is the case in two of Utah’s counties. Depending on whether you use the county highpoint or the county high peak for these two counties, Utah’s average county highpoint elevation is either 435′ or 430′ higher than the second highest average county highpoint elevation in the United States, which is Colorado’s.

Often, a county line is defined as the ridgeline of a mountain. This means the mountain’s peak can be in two or more counties. This happens three times in Utah resulting in three peaks representing six counties.

Here’s a list of Utah’s county highpoints and high peaks sorted from lowest to highest. I have visited those with a check mark next to them. Click on the links in the list for more information about the point and for a report of my visit there. Below the list is a chart of Utah’s county highpoint elevations.