Tallest American peaks named for Indigenous peoples

The following list identifies the tallest mountain peaks in the Unites States that are named for indigenous peoples, nations, and individuals. The fourteen that are named for specific individuals are shown in italics. The list includes, mountains, hills, peaks, towers, buttes, domes, mesas, etc. However, the list does not include entire mount ranges named for indigenous peoples, etc. It also does not include peaks with non-specific terms such as “chief” or “Indian.”

Huron Peak, CO – Source: 14ers.com

As always, please feel free to forward any suggestions, additions, or corrections to this list. The minimum elevation for inclusion on the list is 1,000 feet above sea level.

Mount Sacagawea, MT – Source: en.wikipedia.org

1. Huron Peak (CO) = 14,012 feet
2. Mount Ouray (CO) = 13,961 feet
3. Iowa Peak (CO) = 13,831 feet
4. Mount Kaweah (CA) = 13,807 feet
5. Mount Sacagawea (MT) = 13,575 feet
6. North Arapaho Peak (CO) = 13,508 feet
7. Apache Peak (CO) = 13,441 feet
8. Navajo Peak (CO) = 13,409 feet
9. South Arapaho Peak (CO) = 13,400 feet
10. Kiowa Peak (CO) = 13,276 feet
11. Ogalalla Peak (CO) = 13,138 feet
12. Paiute Peak (CO) – 13,088 feet
13. Shoshoni Peak (CO) = 12,967 feet
14. Pawnee Peak (CO) = 12,943 feet
15. Hopi Peak (CO) = 12,777 feet
16. Comanche Peak (CO) = 12,702 feet
17. Blackhawk Peak (CO) = 12,681 feet
18. Mount Tlinglit (AK)= 12,606 feet
19. Piute Mountain (CA) = 12,560 feet
20. Jicarilla Peak (NM) = 12,494 feet
21. Kachina Peak (NM) = 12,481 feet
22. Little Pawnee Peak (CO) = 12,466 feet
23. Mount Belknap (UT) = 12,137 feet
24. Cherokee Peak (CO) = 12,130 feet
25. Blackfoot Peak (CO) = 12,113 feet
26. Tesuque Peak (NM) = 12,047 feet
27. Nez Perce Peak (WY) = 11,901 feet
28. Mount Timpanogos (UT) = 11,753 feet
29. Taos Peak (NM) = 11,257 feet
30. Mount Rosebud (MT) = 11,163 feet
31. Wichita Mountain (CO) = 10,855 feet
32. Tuolomne Peak (CA) = 10,845 feet
33. Picuris Peak (NM) = 10,801 feet
34. Sandia Crest (NM) = 10,678 feet
35. Mount Acoma (CO) = 10,513 feet
36. North Sandia Peak (NM) = 10,446 feet
37. Navajo Mountain (AZ/UT) and Black Hawk Mountain (CA) = 10.348 feet
38. North Shoshone Mountain (NV) = 10,312 feet
39. Sandia Needle (NM = 10,236 feet
40. Chico Peak (MT) = 10,195 feet
41. Karluk Peak (AK) = 10,167 feet
42. Ute Mountain (NM) = 10,097 feet
43. South Shoshone Mountain (NV) = 10,052 feet
44. Apache Kid Peak (NM) = 10,048 feet
45. Mount Siyeh (MT) = 10.019 feet
46. Mount Iliamna (AK) = 10,016 feet
47. Ute Peak (CO) = 9,984 feet
48. Sacajawea Peak (OR) = 9,843 feet
49. Mount Gakona (AK) = 9,800 feet
50. North Sandia Peak (NM) = 9,782 feet
51. Kiowa Mountain (NM) = 9,735 feet
52. Sacagawea Peak (MT) = 9,654 feet
53. Chief Joseph Mountain (OR) = 9,617 feet
54. Goshutes Peak (NV) = 9,614 feet
55. Blackfoot Mountain (MT) = 9,579 feet
56. Cheyenne Mountain (CO) = 9,570 feet
57. Fox Mountain (NM) = 9,387 feet
58. Chinook Mountain (ID) = 9,112 feet
59. Tule Peak (NV) = 8,723 feet
60. Kaibab Plateau (AZ) = 8,701 feet
61. Bearhat Mountain (MT) = 8,689 feet
62. Kootenai Peak (MT) = 8,542 feet
63. Rincon Peak (AZ) = 8,482 feet
64. Mount Chitina (AK) = 8,434 feet
65. Hualapai Peak (AZ) = 8,417 feet
66. Tazlina Tower (AK) = 8,350 feet
67. Nooksack Tower (AK) = 8,268 feet
68. Rosebud Mountain (NV) = 8,167 feet
69. Isleta Lookout (NM) = 8,160 feet
70. Cochise Head (AZ) = 8,113 feet
71. Sioux Peak (UT) = 8,107 feet
72. Mescalero Mountain (TX) = 8,060 feet
73. Cherokee Peak (WY) = 7,837 feet
74. Cerro Pomo (NM) = 7,827 feet
75. Bannock Mountain (WA) = 7,760 feet
76. Sitting Bull Mountain (WA) = 7,759 feet
77. Apache Peak – Whetstone Mtns. (AZ) = 7,714 feet
78. Flandreau Mountain (AK) = 7,644 feet
79. Cowlitz Chimney (WA) = 7,609 feet
80. Ione Summit (NV) = 7,569 feet
81. Elko Mountain (NV ) = 7,505 feet
82. Apache Peak (CA) = 7,553 feet
83. Cowlitz Chimney Central Peak (WA) = 7,421 feet
84. Lipan Peak (AZ) = 7,418 feet
85. Ojibway Peak (MT) = 7,303 feet
86. Yavapai Point (AZ) = 7,062 feet
87. Cowlitz Chimney North (WA) = 7,015 feet
88. Cochiti Mesa (NM) = 6,966 feet
89. Chinook Mountain (WA) = 6,904 feet
90. Modoc Peak (CA) = 6,900 feet
91. Shoshone Mountain (NV) = 6,834 feet
92. Skagit Peak (WA) = 6,824 feet
93. Cochise Peak (AZ) = 6,797 feet
94. Winnemucca Mountain (NV) = 6,742 feet
95. Gila Peak (AZ) = 6,629 feet
96. Crazy Horse Memorial Mountain (SD) = 6,532 feet
97. Rosebud Peak (NV) = 6,496 feet
98. Moapa Peak (NV) = 6,471 feet
99. Acoma Pueblo Mesa (NM) = 6,460 feet
100. Mount Skokomish (WA) = 6,434 feet
101. Snoqualmie Mountain (WA) = 6,278 feet
102. Yakima Peak (WA) = 6,226 feet
103. San Felipe Mesa (NM) = 6,037 feet
104. Delaware Benchmark (TX/NM) = 5,888 feet
105. Mount Spokane (WA) = 5,883 feet
106. Chilkat Peak (AK) = 5,777 feet
107. Stillaguamish Peak (WA) = 5,720 feet
108. Salish Peak (WA) = 5,684 feet
109. Inupiat Mountain (AK) = 5,666 feet
110. Cahuilla Mountain (CA) = 5,635 feet
111. Hoh Peak (WA) = 5,570 feet
112. Pawnee Buttes (CO) = 5,230 feet
113. Washoe Hill (NV) = 5,197 feet
114. Minto Mountain (OR) – 5,143 feet
115. Atka Mountain (AK) = 5,030 feet
116. Knik Mountain (AK) = 4,930 feet
117. Ugashik-Peulik Mountain (AK) = 4,836 feet
118. Cheyenne Buttes (NE) = 4,400 feet
119. Mount Akutan (AK) = 4,271 feet
120. Osage Mountain (NC) = 4,180 feet
121. Nome Peak (OR) = 4,120 feet
122. Mount Eklutna (AK) = 4,065 feet
123. Akiak Mountain (AK) = 4,035 feet
124. Mount Tecumseh (NH) = 3,997 feet
125. Mountain Ekluntna (AK) = 3,934 feet
126. Tule Mountain (TX) = 3,838 feet
127. Cheyenne Peak (NV) = 3,833 feet
128. Geronimo Head (AZ) = 3,509 feet
129. Colville Mountain (WA) = 3,379 feet
130. Red Shirt Table (SD) = 3,340 feet
131. Chignik Mountain (AK) = 3,196 feet
132. Apache Peak (AZ) = 3,183 feet
133. Chignik Mountain (AK) = 3,012 feet
134. Mount Kaguyak (AK) = 2,956 feet
135. Takotna Mountain (AK) = 2,900 feet
136. Pocahontas Peak (WA) = 2,862 feet
137. Pee Dee Ridge (TN) = 2,802 feet
138. Sycaun Peak (CA) = 2,801 feet
139. Manzanita Peak (AK) = 2,667 feet
140. Kasaan Mountain (AK) = 2,562 feet
141. Maricopa Peak (AZ) = 2,557 feet
142. Tuscarora Mountain (PA) = 2,458 feet
143. Kickapoo Mountain (TX) = 2,444 feet
144. Coos Mountain (OR) – 2,440 feet
145. Chehalis Peak (BC) = 2,392 feet
146. Afognak Mountain (AK) = 2,256 feet
147. Brule Mountain MN) = 2,226 feet
148. Catawba Mountain (VA) = 2,225 feet
149. Mount Onondaga (NY) = 2,205 feet
150. Pala Mountain (CA) = 2,140 feet
151. Ramona Peak (CA) = 2,128 feet
152. Cow Creek Mountain (AR) = 2,087 feet
153. Mount Cayuga (NY) = 2,070 feet
154. Turtle Mountain (NC) = 1,969 feet
155. Ninilchik Dome (AK) = 1,955 feet
156. Table Mountain (CA) = 1,919 feet
157. Seneca Rocks (WV) = 1,877 feet
158. Telida Mountain (AK) = 1,750 feet
159. Lummi Peak (WA) = 1,686 feet
160. Shungnat Mountain (AK) = 1,631 feet
161. Mohawk Mountain (CT) = 1,600 feet
162. Laguna Peak (CA) = 1,421 feet
163. Shawnee Mountain (PA) = 1,350 feet
164. Schaghticoke Mountain (NY) = 1,325 feet
165. Mount Eyak (AK) = 1,261 feet
166. Bannock Mountain (ME) = 1,227 feet
167. Penobscot Mountain (ME) = 1,196 feet
168. Mount Ojibway (MI) = 1,152 feet
169. Siletz Hill (OR) = 1,068 feet
170. Wachita Mountain (MO) = 1,027 feet

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