For instance, Alaska could be regarded as the highest state because Denali, at 20,310 feet (6,190.5 m), is the highest point in the United States. However, Colorado, with the highest mean elevation of any state as well as the highest low point, could also be considered a candidate for “highest state”.

Colorado

Leadville

Rocky Mountain region

6,684 feet

Baku is the world’s lowest lying capital city (In fact, it is one of only two capital cities with an elevation officially below sea level, the other being Amsterdam.) It is also the largest city in the world with an elevation below sea level.

La Paz

The world’s lowest place on earth is the Dead Sea located in Jordan and Israel, with an elevation amounting to approximately 414 meters below sea level.

North America

#	Name	Country
1	Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California	United States
2	Bombay Beach, California	United States
3	Salton Sea Beach, California	United States
4	Desert Shores, California	United States

The lowest city in the United States in terms of elevation is Calipatria, formerly known as Date City, in California. Calipatria is found in Imperial County in the southern part of California and covers an area of just 3.72 square miles.

Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan and is the lowest national capital in the world, sitting at 92 feet below sea level. Not only is it the lowest national capital by elevation, but it’s also the biggest city found at levels this low with a total population of just over 2 million people as of 2016.

Texas lies low along the Gulf of Mexico where it’s lowest points are at sea level. It’s higher elevations rise in the west, in the Guadalupe Mountain Range of the southern Rocky Mountains. Guadalupe Peak, at 8,749 above sea level, is located in Culberson County just ten miles from the New Mexico border.

The Geography of Texas

Longitude / Latitude	Longitude: 93° 31′ W to 106° 38′ W Latitude: 25° 50′ N to 36° 30′ N
Highest Point	The highest point in Texas is Guadalupe Peak at 8,749 feet above sea level.
Lowest Point	The lowest point in Texas is sea level where Texas meets the Gulf of Mexico.

Guadalupe Peak

Caddo Lake

Texas is bordered by New Mexico in the northwest; Oklahoma in the north and northeast; Arkansas, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico in the east; and Mexico in the southwest.

Fort Davis has the highest elevation above sea level of any county seat in Texas; the elevation is 4,900 feet (1,500 m).

2460 ft

China and Nepal share the highest elevation point worldwide, which ascends to an amount of 8848 meters above sea level.

The lowest area in Texas is the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which lies at sea level.

Florida

Mount Everest’s peak is the highest altitude above mean sea level at 29,029 feet [8,848 meters]. Mount Chimborazo’s peak is the furthest point on Earth from Earth’s center.

Mount Whitney is the California Highpoint at 14,494 feet (4,418 meters) above sea level. It crowns the mighty Sierra Nevada range and it’s still growing. The lowest point in the United States is the Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park just to the east.

Read on for more information about the highest 11 mountains in the United States.

• Denali- Alaska – The Highest Mountain in the United States.
• Mount Saint Elias – Alaska Yukon.
• Mount Foraker – Alaska.
• Mount Bona – Alaska.
• Mount Blackburn – Alaska.
• Mount Sanford – Alaska.
• Mount Fairweather – Alaska, British Columbia.

As far as no mountains go in the United States you’re mostly looking at very coastal states like Florida but also a sizeable amount of the inland would be without mountains however there are a lot of hilly areas in the Midwestern/Ohio Valley of the United States. Florida,Miss,Okla.,Kan.,Minn.,Ill.

States

Rank	State	Highest elevation
1	Colorado	14,440 ft 4401 m
2	Wyoming	13,809 ft 4209 m
3	Utah	13,518 ft 4120 m
4	New Mexico	13,167 ft 4013 m

1. California Because it’s insanely diverse, charmingly creative, and it has it all – from sun-kissed surf beaches and fascinating cities to picturesque vineyards, rugged mountains, soaring redwood forests, and dramatic deserts – California stands atop of my list as the most beautiful state in the US.

West Virginia