Everest NOT highest peak on earth!

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Re: Everest NOT highest peak on earth!

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Anyone want to venture a guess as to what mountain is the furthest from the center of the earth in the contiguous 48 states? Hint: it's a rather nice hike, and not somewhere most people think of as "mountainous"...

Mauna Kea in Hawaii \:D/ \:D/
That would be the point in the entire United States, but the question was only about the Contiguous 48 States.
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That garbage mound near Miami? Key West is southern most point in contiguous 48, and that garbage mound seems to be the most significant highpoint.
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ChrisinAZ wrote:Anyone want to venture a guess as to what mountain is the furthest from the center of the earth in the contiguous 48 states? Hint: it's a rather nice hike, and not somewhere most people think of as "mountainous"...
Emory Peak in TX?
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Re: Everest NOT highest peak on earth!

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Nierman wrote:
ChrisinAZ wrote:Anyone want to venture a guess as to what mountain is the furthest from the center of the earth in the contiguous 48 states? Hint: it's a rather nice hike, and not somewhere most people think of as "mountainous"...
Emory Peak in TX?
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