{"id":33623,"date":"2020-06-12T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seeker.io\/?p=33623"},"modified":"2020-06-12T21:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T21:03:00","slug":"what-is-the-tallest-mountain-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seeker.io\/article\/what-is-the-tallest-mountain-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the tallest mountain in the US?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/denali-national-park\/\">Danali National Park<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/j4hSMRQ3U\/denali-alaska-us\">Mount McKinley (aka Denali)<\/a> in Alaska takes the prize for the highest peak in the United States at 6,190 meters (20,310 feet). In fact, Alaska has the top 10 tallest mountains in United States! Coming in 2nd through 10th place we have: <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/1B4GUQfTD\/mount-saint-elias\">Mount Saint Elias<\/a> on the Yukon, Canada and Alaska border, <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/O-ROImobC\/mount-foraker-foraker-alaska-us\">Mount Foraker<\/a> in Central Alaska, <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/SiV1b8AhF\/mount-bona-bona-alaska-us\">Mount Bona<\/a> in Eastern Alaska, <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/n5iyUmqv-\/mount-blackburn-blackburn-alaska-us\">Mount Blackburn in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/xIG52OHWA\/mount-sanford-mt-sanford-alaska-us\">Mount Sanford<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/KIVcciTRJ\/mount-fairweather\">Mount Fairweather<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/IejRciPsu\/mount-hubbard\">Mount Hubbard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/KdwkWNClR\/mount-bear-bear-alaska-us\">Mount Bear<\/a> and rounding out the list, <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/CAECFg-9c\/mount-hunter-mt-hunter-alaska-us\">Mount Hunter<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might be surprised to learn the 11th tallest mountain is <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/ePNjYQy1s\/mount-whitney-whitney-california-us\">Mount Whitney<\/a>, in California &#8211; making it the tallest peak in the contiguous United States &#8211; at 4,421 meters (14,505 feet). Located on the border of <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/sequoia-national-park\/\">Sequoia National Park<\/a> and accessible from the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/GUxcQAsm5\/john-muir-trail-california-us\">John Muir Trail<\/a>, Mountain Whitney is a popular summit amongst adventure seekers. From the otherworldly <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/H_8km1ydh\/alabama-hills-lone-pine-california-us\">Alabama Hills<\/a> of Eastern California, Mount Whitney&#8217;s peak is viewable at sunset through the insta-worthy <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/j9D5STCQG\/the-mobius-arch-loop-trailhead-lone-pine-california-us\">Mobius Arch arch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danali National Park&#8216;s Mount McKinley (aka Denali) in Alaska takes the prize for the highest peak in the United States [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":43101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_scheduled":false},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-california"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is the tallest mountain in the US? 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