mountains and ranges library
The mountain ranges in the United States are as varied as they are famous. Explore the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains and other mountain ranges.
Featured Article: The Bighorn Mountains
Bighorn Mountains, a range in north-central Wyoming and southern Montana. They are part of the Rocky Mountains. See more »
Alaska Range
Alaska Range, a crescent-shaped mountain range in southern Alaska. It stretches some 500 miles (800 km), first northwestward and then southwestward, from Canada's Coast Mountains to the Aleutian Range on the Alaska Peninsula.
See more »Black Hills
Black Hills, a mountain range, mainly in southwestern South Dakota and partly in Wyoming.
See more »Diamond Head
Diamond Head, a volcanic cone of solidified ash on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It rises above the ocean near the eastern end of Honolulu's Waikiki Beach, reaching 761 feet (232 m) above sea level.
See more »Front Range
Front Range, a range of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado. It extends for about 175 miles (280 km) from the Arkansas River to the Wyoming border and is the easternmost range of the Rockies, rising abruptly from the Great Plains just west of Denver.
See more »Lassen Peak
Lassen Peak, a volcanic mountain in the Cascade Range in northern California. The peak rises 10,466 feet (3,190 m) above sea level.
See more »Longs Peak
Longs Peak, a mountain in Boulder County, Colorado, about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Denver.
See more »Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea, a dormant (inactive) volcano on the island of Hawaii. Mauna Kea is the highest peak in Hawaii, rising 13,796 feet (4,205 m) above sea level and some 32,000 feet (9,754 m) from its base at the ocean's bottom.
See more »Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa, an active volcano on the island of Hawaii, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
See more »Mount Evans
Evans, Mount, a 14,264-foot (4,348-m) peak in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, about 35 miles (56 km) west-southwest of Denver, Colorado.
See more »Mount Hood
Hood, Mount, a snow-capped peak of the Cascade Range in Oregon. It is in Mount Hood National Forest, 45 miles (72 km) east-southeast of Portland.
See more »Mount Katahdin
Katahdin, Mount, a mountain in Piscataquis County, central Maine. Rising to 5,267 feet (1,605 m) above sea level, it is the highest point in the state.
See more »Mount Mckinley
McKinley, Mount, the highest mountain in North America. It is twin-peaked and rises 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level.
See more »Mount Mitchell
Mitchell, Mount, a peak rising 6,684 feet (2,037 m) in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina.
See more »Mount Rainier
Rainier, Mount, a dormant volcano in the Cascade Range of southwestern Washington.
See more »Mount Shasta
Shasta, Mount,a snowcapped dormant volcano in the Cascade Range in northern California.
See more »Mount St. Helens
St. Helens, Mount, an active volcano in the southwestern part of Washington state.
See more »Mount Washington
Washington, Mount, the highest peak in the northeastern United States. It rises to 6,288 feet (1,917 m) in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
See more »Mount Whitney
Whitney, Mount, the highest mountain peak in California. It is in the Sierra Nevada, and rises 14,494 feet (4,418 m) above sea level.
See more »Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak, a mountain in central Colorado, rising 14,110 feet (4,301 m) above sea level.
See more »Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada,a mountain range in the United States. It lies almost entirely in California; a small section near Lake Tahoe juts into Nevada.
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