J. Penry, post: 404883, member: 321 wrote: I would be okay with that.
Done. Now we'll see how mad the change makes anyone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Elk_Peak
Just finising my SD state test. if successful, I have been pondering a fun trip with my wife as a sidekick. I'd like to hike each of the 3 high points in the states I'm registered in (nd ne, sd) in 1 day. I think it's possible. I have never been a peak bagger or even been on the highest peak of ANY state. hiked a lot in my younger lighter days.
Try one that requires no hiking whatsoever, Mt. Sunflower on the western edge of Kansas about a half mile or so from Colorado.
Holy Cow, post: 405120, member: 50 wrote: Try one that requires no hiking whatsoever, Mt. Sunflower on the western edge of Kansas about a half mile or so from Colorado.
Wow, y'all have lot's of fun stuff to do up there. 😉
I did a double take when I saw this. I guess I can think of reasons to do it but it just struck my funnybone.
FL/GA PLS., post: 405126, member: 379 wrote: Wow, y'all have lot's of fun stuff to do up there. 😉
Nebraska's is a drive to point along the Colorado boundary as well.
Holy Cow, post: 405120, member: 50 wrote: Try one that requires no hiking whatsoever, Mt. Sunflower on the western edge of Kansas about a half mile or so from Colorado.
"As such, "Mount" Sunflower, while the highest point in the state in terms of elevation, is virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding terrain."
That about says it all right there.
eddycreek, post: 405141, member: 501 wrote: "As such, "Mount" Sunflower, while the highest point in the state in terms of elevation, is virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding terrain."
That about says it all right there.
Indistinguishable except for the picnic table that Ed 'n Cindy were so nice to put out there for folks. After all, it is Kansas.
Ok. Time to see the high point in Florida at something like 300 feet. I asked a guy I know who returns to Florida about once each year as that was his boyhood home where he thought the highest point in all of Florida was located. He made reference to a huge sanitary landfill mound somewhere near Cocoa Beach, I believe.
Here you are.........................
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Delaware for those who get nosebleeds at high elevations.
Holy Cow, post: 405162, member: 50 wrote: Delaware for those who get nosebleeds at high elevations.
Let's not forget nuestros amigos y vecinos down Texas way. Guadalupe Peak's summit at 8,751 ft. And I have no idea what that is in varas.
Holy Cow, post: 405160, member: 50 wrote: Ok. Time to see the high point in Florida at something like 300 feet. I asked a guy I know who returns to Florida about once each year as that was his boyhood home where he thought the highest point in all of Florida was located. He made reference to a huge sanitary landfill mound somewhere near Cocoa Beach, I believe.
Wouldn't it be one of those fancy condo towers in Miami?
Once again J Penry has made an excellent report! Very interesting as always.
I was born in the middle of Kansas (Wichita). I was told that if you put a marble at the CO-KS border, it would slowly roll to the MS state line. An exaggeration of course, but it is true that you cannot really tell that KS slopes gradually from one end to the other with no big peaks (679 to 4039). Driving across it seems like it is flat (and it is a boring drive).
Holy Cow, post: 405120, member: 50 wrote: requires no hiking whatsoever, Mt. Sunflower
Iowa's high point is similarly unimpressive. According to the plaque 1670 ft and by my handheld approximately N43 27 36.6 W95 42 32.3
It is behind someone's farmstead taking an acre out of a crop field, and set up with a parking area and a monument. At one time a mound of glacial origin 10 miles ESE was thought to be the high point but it lost out to later measurements. It's a more interesting spot.
Article published today in the Rapid City Journal.
