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 Panamint Range
Panamint Range, a mountain range in eastern California that forms the western wall of Death Valley. See more »
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain, a large mound of solid granite 16 miles (26 km) east of Atlanta, Georgia.
See more »The Adirondack Mountains
Adirondack Mountains, mountains in northeastern New York. They lie just south of the Canadian border, between the St.
See more »The Appalachians
Appalachians, or Appalachian Highlands, an upland area of eastern North America, chiefly in the United States, extending from eastern Canada to central Alabama.
See more »The Bighorn Mountains
Bighorn Mountains, a range in north-central Wyoming and southern Montana. They are part of the Rocky Mountains.
See more »The Bitterroot Range
Bitterroot Range, a northern range of the Rocky Mountains, on the Idaho-Montana border.
See more »The Black Mountains
Black Mountains, the highest range of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in western North Carolina.
See more »The Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains, an eastern range of the Appalachian Mountains. It extends southwestward from southern Pennsylvania to northeastern Georgia, some 550 miles (885 km).
See more »The Brooks Range
Brooks Range, a mountain range in northern Alaska. It extends east-west in a gentle curve, separating Alaska's North Slope from the Yukon River lowlands.
See more »The Cascade Range
Cascade Range, a mountain range of the western United States and Canada. The Cascades run parallel to the Pacific coast and extend about 700 miles (1,100 km) from northern California through Oregon and Washington into British Columbia in Canada.
See more »The Catskill Mountains
Catskill Mountains, or Catskills, low, rounded mountains in southeastern New York, just west of the Hudson River.
See more »The Coast Ranges
Coast Ranges, mountains in the western United States. They extend along the Pacific coast for more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km), running through Washington, Oregon, and California.
See more »The Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains, a range of the Appalachian Mountains. The Great Smokies lie along the Tennessee-North Carolina border, between the Pigeon and Little Tennessee rivers, and are about equally distant from Knoxville (Tennessee) and Asheville (North Carolina).
See more »The Medicine Bow Mountains
Medicine Bow Mountains, a range of the Southern Rockies. It stretches 100 miles (160 km) northwestward from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
See more »The Olympic Mountains
Olympic Mountains, a group of mountains in the Coast Ranges on the Olympic Peninsula in northwestern Washington.
See more »The Ozarks
Ozarks, Ozark Plateau, or Ozark Mountains, a rolling to hilly upland in the south-central United States.
See more »The Panamint Range
Panamint Range, a mountain range in eastern California that forms the western wall of Death Valley.
See more »The Pocono Mountains
Pocono Mountains, a mountainous area in northeastern Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Appalachians.
See more »The Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains, a major mountain system in the western United States and Canada.
See more »The Salmon River Mountains
Salmon River Mountains, a mountain range in central Idaho. The range is bounded on the north and east by the Salmon River and on the west by the South Fork of the Salmon River.
See more »The San Juan Mountains
San Juan Mountains, a range of the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
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