Illinois: Charles Mound (1,235 feet)
Date: June 6, 2015 Distance: 2.5 miles round trip Elevation: 1,235 feet Bathrooms: High Point Park a few minutes away Since Jill and I started this crazy hobby we fondly refer to as highpointing,...
Date: June 6, 2015 Distance: 2.5 miles round trip Elevation: 1,235 feet Bathrooms: High Point Park a few minutes away Since Jill and I started this crazy hobby we fondly refer to as highpointing,...
Distance: 1 mile, RT Elevation gain: 400 feet Bathrooms: Only port-a-potties in the parking lot and at the top when we were there, but it seems as if actual bathrooms will be opening when the weather is...
Distance: 1 mile, RT on a paved path Elevation gain: 330 feet Bathrooms: Located at the visitor’s center Jill: March 2012 I procrastinated for weeks on this summit report because there are just so many other...
Highest Point East of the Mississippi River! Distance: 0.1 mile, RT (though my fitbit logged close to 1 mile RT – some of that was wandering around at the top) Elevation gain: 100 feet...
Date of hike: September 27, 2014 Distance: 8.4 miles Elevation gain: 775 feet Time on Trail: Just under 3 hours Pre-Black Mesa Jitters Nearly every source I read about hiking Black Mesa cautions...
Louisiana’s high point is deceptive in the effort required to get there. Maybe it was all of the time in the car, or the five drive up/little-effort summits that preceded it on the deep...
We visited Arkansas’ high point during a sleet storm with 40 mph winds. Our entire way up, we fought off sleet pelting our faces. Luckily, it’s only about 1 mile RT. The HP rewarded...
Leaving Mississippi, we headed north to Missouri. Several grueling hours later we arrived at Missouri’s HP. Along the way, we passed a farm with what appeared to be kangaroos on it. Seriously. Kangaroos. We...
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