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Originally Posted by Tuckerman
All of these cities are West of the Mississippi; Atlanta's mean elevation is 1030' (which is why it is considered highest East of Mississippi) with area variation as high as @1700' at Stone Mountain. In general most ATL is piedmont and undulating topography and heavily forested. Try running the Peachtree Rd. Race!
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Nobody is contesting Atlanta’s crown. We’re contesting the bolded contention:
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Originally Posted by jbermingham123
This is one of my favorite fun facts.
Atlanta is the highest elevation major city east of the mississippi. And other than Oklahoma city, its the only major city east of Denver with an elevation over 1000 ft.
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This is a highly incorrect claim.
Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Omaha, etc. are all east of Denver and all contain points above 1000’.
And fwiw, Minneapolis is not west of the Mississippi, either… it is ON the Mississippi.
Atlanta’s municipal high point (just outside of downtown) is 1,068’ which is actually lower than Pittsburgh’s (1,365’) and barely higher than Cleveland’s (1,050’).
Here’s two more to add to the list, and two that certainly compete with Atlanta’s topography and elevation, and compare the data to Atlanta’s:
Just outside of San Antonio city limits sits a minor summit with a peak elevation of 1,896’ (Mount Smith) and the highest point in the metro area is, I believe, Turkey Knob at 2,044’. Downtown San Antonio sits at roughly 670’. Kerr County’s high point (in the CSA) is 2,420’. There’s also Enchanted Rock in the CSA at 1,825’ (425’ prominence).
The highest point within Austin City Limits is Comanche Peak (1,070’), for Travis County it is Shingle Hills Peak (1,430’), and for the metropolitan area is an unnamed hill outside of San Marcos (1,640’). Downtown Austin sits at roughly 500’. The most prominent peak in the metro area is Shovel Mountain at 344’ (Shovel Mountain is the parent peak of both Comanche Peak and the Shingle Hills).
Downtown Atlanta and the municipal high point is 1,068’. The highest point in Fulton County is an unnamed point in Milton at 1,280’ and in Gwinnett also an unnamed point (1,290’). The highest point in the metro area is Bear Mountain in Cherokee County, with an elevation of 2,307’ and a prominence of 1,287’.
They’re all roughly comparable and each wins on a different metric (Atlanta on a prominent peak, San Antonio with highest elevation, and Austin with greatest range of elevations).
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Edited to add: DFW metroplex high point is Slipdown Mountain (1,368’).