Beach's promotional claim that the Mountain House sat amid the highest peaks in the Catskills suffered a major blow in the 1880s, when Princeton University geologist Arnold Henry Guyot undertook the first-ever comprehensive survey of the Catskills and found that the highest peak in the region was not Kaaterskill High Peak, which dominates the view south from higher mountains in the area, but Slide Mountain, many miles to the southwest in the Ulster County town of Shandaken.

The southern part of Cattaraugus County is the only area of western New York that was not covered by the last ice age glaciation and is noticeably more rugged than neighboring areas that had peaks rounded and valleys filled by the glacier.

* Thirteen of California's fifteen peaks which exceed 14, 000 feet ( a Fourteener ) in elevation ; the isolated Mount Shasta in northern California, and White Mountain Peak in neighboring Mono County, are the only California 14ers not ( at least partly ) in Inyo County

* 1930 Coleman County population peaks at 23, 669

Yadkin County marks the eastern end of the Brushy Mountains range ; none of the peaks rise more than 400-500 feet above the surrounding countryside.

Cabarrus County is situated in the gently rolling countryside of the Carolina Piedmont There are no significantly high peaks or points, although the eastern half of the county contains the westernmost foothills of the Uwharrie Mountains.

Taos County contains 17 of New Mexico's highest 25 peaks.

There are no high mountain peaks in Douglas County, just a range of ridges, hills and valleys.

The County is located in the heart of the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, with numerous peaks above 14, 000 feet in height.

Plainfield sits 1620 ' above sea level, and the peaks of West Mountain ( at 2125 ') are the highest elevation in Hampshire County.

It has a beautiful setting: Haywood County is known for the 18 peaks over 6, 000 feet ( 1, 829 m ), more than any other county east of the Mississippi River.

Local folklore states that Kanakadea means " where the earth meets the sky ," as Alfred's altitude is among the highest of the Allegany County peaks of the Allegheny Plateau and, coincidentally, water flows from Alfred into two watersheds.

The head of the North Platte River is essentially all of Jackson County ; its boundaries are the continental divide on the east and south and the mountain drainage peaks on the east — the north boundary is the state of Wyoming.

The rugged Rocky Mountains Continental Divide surrounding Jackson County have at least twelve peaks over 11, 000 feet ( 3, 400 m ) in height.

Other notable peaks include Mount Timpanogos, a massive peak which looms over much of southern Salt Lake County and northern Utah County and is especially prominent from Provo ; Lone Peak, the Twin Peaks, and Mount Olympus, which overlook the Salt Lake Valley ; Francis Peak overlooking both Morgan and Davis counties ; and Ben Lomond and Mount Ogden, both near Ogden, Utah.

Mountains soon become imminent as one travels further inland, displaying the rocky peaks of North County Inland.

The highest peaks are Mount Eddy ( 9025 ft / 2750 m ) in Siskiyou County, California, Thompson Peak ( 9002 ft / 2744 m ) in Trinity County, California, and Mount Ashland ( 7, 533 ft / 2296 m ) in Jackson County, Oregon.

The head of the river is essentially all of Jackson County, Colorado whose boundaries are the continental divide on the east and south and the mountain drainage peaks on the east — the north boundary is the state of Wyoming boundary.

The rugged Rocky Mountains surrounding Jackson County have at least twelve peaks over in height.

The headwaters of the river is essentially all of Jackson County, Colorado whose boundaries are the continental divide on the east and south and the mountain drainage peaks on the east — the north boundary is the state of Wyoming boundary.

The rugged Rocky Mountains Continental Divide surrounding Jackson County have at least twelve peaks over in height.

Players can climb the half-mile ( 800 m ) tall Mount Chiliad ( based on Mount Diablo ), parachute from various peaks and skyscrapers, and visit 12 rural towns and villages located in three counties: Red County, Flint County, and Bone County.

It also receives the waters from the-long Lake George, so its basin collects waters from the northwestern slopes of the Green Mountains of Vermont, the north and west slopes of the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, and the northern most eastern peaks of the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.

The New Mexican landscape ranges from wide, rose-colored deserts to broken mesas to high, snow-capped peaks.

Papua New Guinea's cities, main towns, selected smaller centres, rivers and high peaks

New routes on the peaks were explored as safety equipment and skills improved and eventually climbs rated at above 5. 9 on the Yosemite Decimal System difficulty scale were established on Grand Teton.

To the west, along the New York border, stands the western escarpment of the Taconic Mountains including Misery Mountain and Rounds Mountain, while the northeastern town line is bordered by the eastern Taconic escarpment peaks of Brodie Mountain, Sheeps Heaven Mountain, and Jiminy Peak ( home to a ski area of the same name ).

New Marlborough is located in the lower Berkshires, dotted by several peaks.

It is regularly traversed by hikers scaling nearby Mount Waumbek, one of the " four-thousand footers " -- the 48 peaks above in New Hampshire.

Mount Monadnock is often called Grand Monadnock, to differentiate it from other Vermont and New Hampshire peaks with " Monadnock " in their names.

* Pack Monadnock and North Pack Monadnock are two peaks in the Wapack Range, to the east across the Contoocook River valley from Mount Monadnock, in Greenfield and Peterborough, New Hampshire.

The distant peaks at the same elevation represent the remnants of a peneplain that was uplifted to form the Allegheny Plateau, which is a dissected plateau in southwestern New York.

Tourist activity peaks in three seasons: Holy Week, summer ( especially during Guelaguetza ) and New Year.

< center > Asgaard Farm, Mountain Road, Jay, New York " And there, westward and heavenward, to the high ridge of Whiteface, northward to the northern limit of the mountains, southward to their highest peaks, was spread the full half-circle panorama of the Adirondacks.

Of New Zealand's 20 peaks over 3, 000 metres, all except Mount Aspiring / Tititea lie in the park.

It breaks out in New York City on June 26, peaks at 100 deaths per day during July, and finally abates in December.

Female timber rattlesnakes in high peaks in the Appalachian Mountains of New England reproduce every three years on average ; the lance-headed rattlesnake ( C. polystictus ), native to the warm climate of Mexico, reproduces annually.

There are 39 peaks in North Carolina and Tennessee higher than ; by comparison, only New Hampshire's Mt.

* The Sleepers ( New Hampshire ), a pair of mountain peaks in the United States

In 2009 to mark the International Year of Astronomy, William Hayward Pickering was selected along with cosmologist Beatrice Tinsley to have their names bestowed on peaks in the Kepler Mountains of New Zealand's Fiordland National Park.

The Adirondack High Peaks is the name given to 46 mountain peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, USA that were originally believed to comprise all of the Adirondack peaks higher than.

“ Lindstrom hit peaks of third basing never before attained during the final month of last season ,” added Ken Smith in the New York Evening Graphic.