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Southern California
Most of Southern California has a Mediterranean-like climate, with warm and dry summers, mild and wet winters, where cool weather and freezing temperatures are rare. Southern California contains other types of climates, including semi-arid, desert and mountain, with infrequent rain and many sunny days. Summers…
Average elevation: 1,900 ft
Baltimore
United States > Maryland > Baltimore
Baltimore is in north-central Maryland on the Patapsco River close to where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay. The city is also located on the fall line between the Piedmont Plateau and the Atlantic coastal plain, which divides Baltimore into "lower city" and "upper city". The city's elevation ranges from sea…
Average elevation: 213 ft
Adirondack Park
Adirondack Park, covering over six million acres, features a diverse topography characterized by rugged mountains, extensive forests, and numerous waterways. The park is dominated by the Adirondack Mountains, which contain 46 peaks exceeding 4,000 feet, with Mount Marcy standing at 5,343 feet as the highest…
Average elevation: 1,217 ft
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Puerto Rico
The island is mostly mountainous with large coastal areas in the north and south. The main mountain range is called "La Cordillera Central" (The Central Range). The highest elevation in Puerto Rico, Cerro de Punta 4,390 feet (1,340 m), is located in this range.
Average elevation: 213 ft
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Mandeville
United States > Louisiana > St. Tammany Parish
Mandeville is located at 30°22′9″N 90°4′41″W / 30.36917°N 90.07806°W / 30.36917; -90.07806 (30.369282, -90.078006), and has an elevation of 7 feet (2.1 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.7 km2), of which 0.12 square miles…
Average elevation: 20 ft
Virginia Beach
United States > Virginia > Virginia Beach
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 497 square miles (1,290 km2), of which 249 square miles (640 km2) is land and 248 square miles (640 km2) (49.9%) is water. It is the largest city in Virginia by total area and third-largest city land area. The average elevation is 12…
Average elevation: 7 ft
Columbus
United States > Ohio > Franklin County > Columbus
The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers is just north-west of Downtown Columbus. Several smaller tributaries course through the Columbus metropolitan area, including Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek, and Darby Creek. Columbus is considered to have relatively flat topography thanks to a large glacier that…
Average elevation: 837 ft
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Pueblo
United States > Colorado > Pueblo County
Pueblo has a steppe climate (Köppen BSk), with four distinct seasons. Winter days are usually mild, but the high does not surpass freezing on an average 15.3 days per year, and lows fall to 0 °F (−18 °C) or below on 7.8 nights. Snowfall usually falls in light amounts, and due to the high altitude, and the…
Average elevation: 4,879 ft
Connecticut River
The Connecticut River rises from Fourth Connecticut Lake, a small pond 300 yards (270 m) south of the Canada–United States border in the town of Pittsburg, New Hampshire, at an elevation of 2,670 feet (810 m) above sea level. It flows through the remaining Connecticut Lakes and Lake Francis for 14 miles (23…
Average elevation: 866 ft
Indianapolis
United States > Indiana > Indianapolis
Indianapolis is within the Tipton Till Plain, a flat to gently sloping terrain underlain by glacial deposits known as till. The lowest point in the city is about 650 feet (198 m) above mean sea level, with the highest natural elevation at about 900 feet (274 m) above sea level. Few hills or short ridges, known…
Average elevation: 791 ft
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Ridgecrest
United States > California > Kern County
Walker Pass (elevation 5,250 ft (1.60 km)) is a mountain pass by Lake Isabella in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. It is located in northeastern Kern County, approximately 53 mi (85 km) ENE of Bakersfield and 10 mi (16 km) WSW of Ridgecrest. The pass provides a route between the San Joaquin Valley on the…
Average elevation: 2,425 ft
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Bear Valley Springs
United States > California > Kern County
Bear Valley Springs is a guarded-gate community in Kern County, California, United States. Bear Valley Springs is in the Tehachapi Mountains and is part of the greater Tehachapi area. The elevation ranges from 4,121 feet (1,256 m) to 6,934 feet (2,113 m) (Bear Mountain). The population fluctuates between a low…
Average elevation: 3,950 ft
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
The Shasta–Trinity National Forest is a federally designated forest in northern California, United States. It is the largest National Forest in California and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The 2,210,485 acre (894,552 Ha) forest encompasses five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and 6,278…
Average elevation: 3,698 ft
Zephyrhills
United States > Florida > Pasco County
Zephyrhills is characterized by its gently rolling topography, which contributes to its picturesque landscape. The area's elevation ranges between approximately 70 and 140 feet above sea level, giving it a distinct relief compared to the flat expanses typical of much of central Florida. This rolling terrain,…
Average elevation: 105 ft
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Mississippi River
The uppermost lock and dam on the Upper Mississippi River is the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam in Minneapolis. Above the dam, the river's elevation is 799 feet (244 m). Below the dam, the river's elevation is 750 feet (230 m). This 49-foot (15 m) drop is the largest of all the Mississippi River locks…
Average elevation: 1,129 ft
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Skagit River
The Skagit watershed is made up of high peaks and low valleys. The highest points in the basin are two volcanoes: Mount Baker, elevation 10,781 feet (3,286 m), and Glacier Peak, elevation 10,541 feet (3,213 m). Most of the basin lies above 2,000 feet (610 m). The river completes its course at sea level where…
Average elevation: 2,759 ft
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Mount Rainier National Park
United States > Washington > Pierce County
Mount Rainier National Park is an American national park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. The park was established on March 2, 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States, preserving 236,381 acres (369.3 sq mi; 956.6 km2) including all of Mount…
Average elevation: 4,633 ft
Hudson River
The source of the Hudson River is Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondack Park at an elevation of 4,322 feet (1,317 m). However, the river is not cartographically called the Hudson River until miles downstream. The river is named Feldspar Brook until its confluence with the Opalescent River, and then is…
Average elevation: 988 ft
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Wabash River
As the Erie Lobe of the glacier continued to retreat, its meltwater was temporarily trapped between the ice front to the east and the Fort Wayne Moraine to the west, and formed proglacial Lake Maumee, the ancestor of modern Lake Erie. Around 11,000 years ago the waters of Lake Maumee became deep enough that it…
Average elevation: 650 ft
Ridley Creek State Park
United States > Pennsylvania > Delaware County > Edgmont Township
Average elevation: 335 ft
Pecos River
The Pecos River (/ˈpeɪkəs/ PAY-kəs) (Spanish: Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet…
Average elevation: 4,170 ft
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Meyers
United States > California > El Dorado County
Meyers (also Yanks, Yank's Station, and Tahoe Paradise) is a small an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 50 in the northern Sierra Nevada. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of South Lake Tahoe in the Lake Tahoe area and lies at…
Average elevation: 6,545 ft
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Mount Rushmore
United States > South Dakota > Pennington County
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution…
Average elevation: 5,125 ft
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Mount Cleveland
United States > Montana > Glacier County
While not of great absolute elevation (the mountain is more than 2,300 ft (700 m) lower than Granite Peak, the highest peak in Montana), Mount Cleveland is notable for its large, steep rise above local terrain. For example, its west flank rises over 5,500 ft (1,700 m) in less than 2 mi (3.2 km); the northwest…
Average elevation: 7,674 ft
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Twain Harte
United States > California > Tuolumne County
Twain Harte is situated in Tuolumne County along Highway 108 at an elevation of 3,640 feet (1,110 m).
Average elevation: 3,684 ft
Blue Mountain
United States > Pennsylvania > Monroe County > Eldred Township
The ridge of Blue Mountain runs for 150 miles (240 km) through Pennsylvania, reaching an elevation of 2,270 feet (690 m) above sea level just north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, near the borough of Newburg. Most of the ridgecrest, however, only reaches between 1,400 and 1,700 feet (430 and 520 m) in elevation.…
Average elevation: 794 ft
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Braddock Heights
United States > Maryland > Frederick County > Braddock Heights
Braddock Heights is located at an elevation of 950 feet (290 m) atop Braddock Mountain (as Catoctin Mountain is locally known) near the pass at Braddock Springs, so named after British General Edward Braddock and Lt. Colonel George Washington's use of the mountain pass on their way to Fort Duquesne during the…
Average elevation: 587 ft
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Bonne Terre
United States > Missouri > Saint Francois County
Bonne Terre is part of the Southeast Missouri Lead District, an area of rolling hills of the Ozark Plateau with elevations up to 300 feet. The ground is mostly red clay over a base of limestone. The area contains the highest concentration of galena (lead(II) sulfide) in the world.
Average elevation: 830 ft
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Blue Ridge Parkway
United States > North Carolina > Watauga County
The parkway has been the most visited unit of the National Park System every year since 1946 except four (1949, 2013, 2016 and 2019). Land on either side of the road is owned and maintained by the National Park Service, and in many places parkway land is bordered by United States Forest Service property. There…
Average elevation: 1,654 ft
Saint James
United States > New York > Suffolk County > Town of Smithtown > Saint James
Average elevation: 128 ft
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Clearfield
United States > Utah > Davis County
Clearfield City has a total land area of 7.8 square miles (20 km2), and a population of 31,909 as of the 2020 Census, making it the fifth largest city in Davis County, behind Layton, Bountiful, Kaysville, and Syracuse. This creates a population density of 1498.1 people per square kilometer or 3860.5 people per…
Average elevation: 4,455 ft
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