Mountains and Volcanoes of the U.S.A Quiz

Answer: Utah

At 13,530 feet high (4,123 m) King's Peak is located in Duchesne County, Utah, in the Uinta Mountains, which stretch over north-eastern Utah, and slightly into the state of Wyoming.

King's Peak is named after American mountaineer, geologist and writer, Clarence King (1842 - 1901). He was the first ever director of the United States Geological Survey (from 1879 - 1881) and is remembered for his exploration of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, which stretches between Nevada and California.

Answer: Arizona

Camelback Mountain overlooks the capital city of Arizona, Phoenix.

Cambelback Mountain is around 1,705 feet high (825 m) and the climb can be difficult in summer considering the temperatures the city of Phoenix endures then. It is best to climb the mountain in autumn or winter.

However, the title of being Arizona's highest natural peak belongs to Humphreys Peak. At around 12,640 feet high (3,852 m) Humphreys Peak is located around 11 miles (17.7 km) north of the city of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Answer: Mount Rainier

Part of the Cascade Range, Mount Rainer is an active stratovolcano, located around 60 miles (95 km) south-east of the city of Seattle, Washington. According to the United States Geological Survey, around 80,000 people and their houses are at risk from the probability of Mount Rainier erupting in the future.

In 1979, Willi Unsoeld was killed during an avalanche whilst on expedition to Mount Rainier. He was 52 years old.

Answer: Mount Mitchell

Situated close to the town of Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina, Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains, and the highest mountain of the mainland east of the U.S.A. It is surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest of North Carolina, located in the west of the state.

At about 6,650 feet (2,025 m) high, the second highest mountain in the east of the U.S.A, North Carolina's Mount Craig, is a mile to the north of Mount Mitchell.

Mount Mitchell is named after Elisha Mitchell, an American teacher, Presbyterian minister and geologist. In 1828, he completed a geographical survey of North Carolina. In 1857, Elisha Mitchell fell to his death from Mitchell Falls, a 25-foot (7.6 m) high waterfall situated on the slope of Mount Mitchell. While taking measurements of the mountain, he slipped.

Answer: Cloud Peak

Cloud Peak is approximately 13,170 feet high (4,015 m) and has a cirque (a valley formed by glacial erosion) which holds Cloud Peak Glacier, the largest glacier of the Bighorn Mountains.

Cloud Peak is located between the borders of Johnson County and Big Horn County of Wyoming. It is the highest point in both of those counties. However, the highest mountain of Wyoming is Gannett Peak.

Answer: Mount Shasta

At approximately 14,180 feet (4321 m) high, Mount Shasta is a volcano located in the southern end of the Cascade Range, and is potentially active. It is the fifth highest peak in California, and the second highest peak in the Cascade Range.

Siskiyou County also has a city named "Mount Shasta City."

Salmon Mountain is the highest point of one of California's counties, but it is the highest point of Humboldt County.

Answer: Mount Greylock

At approximately 3,500 feet high (1,065 m) Mount Greylock lies in the north-west corner of Massachusetts. The summit is located within the town of Adams, Berkshire County Massachusetts. There are five states visible from Mount Greylock: Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire.

At the summit is Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower, as well as some ski lodges and a radio tower.

Answer: Bend

Paulina Peak is the highest peak of Newbury Volcano. The volcano reaches approximately 7,990 feet high (2,435 km) and last erupted around 690 AD. It is however possible that it may erupt in the future. The United States Geological Survey classes it as a volcano with a threat level as "very high."

Answer: New Hampshire

The White Mountains are the roughest mountains in New England (the six states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont). This mountain range is mainly in New Hampshire, but it also covers a little of Maine.

The White Mountains feature Mount Washington Cog Railway, the first ever mountain-climbing cog railway on Earth.

Answer: Huron Mountains

Mount Arvon is around 1,980 feet (600 m) high and is situated around 8 miles (13 km) south of Lake Superior.

The Huron Mountains are located in the north of Michigan, mostly in the counties of Marquette and Baraga. This range features the Huron Mountain Club, a private hunting and fishing club, for those wishing to take part in these activities in very remote areas. It is so exclusive that even Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, was once put on its waiting list.

Answer: Eagle Mountain

At approximately 2,300 feet (700 m) high, Eagle Mountain is located in the east of Minnesota, in the north of Cook County. Eagle Mountain is situated around 15 miles (24 km) from Lake Superior, the northernmost and largest of America's Great Lakes.

Answer: Oklahoma

The Ouachita Mountains are situated in the west of Arkansas, and the south-east of Oklahoma. Mount Magazine is its highest peak at 2,750 feet (840 m) high. The Ouachita Mountains are known to produce some of the finest samples of quartz in the world, particularly around the city of Mount Ida, Arkansas.

The Native American Ouachita tribe are who these mountains are named for.

Answer: Spruce Mountain

Spruce Mountain is situated in the east of West Virginia. It is the highest of the Allegheny Mountains, at 4,860 feet (1480 m) high.

Answer: Mount Blackburn

The Wrangell Mountains are almost completely volcanic in their origin, and possess the the second-highest volcano in the United States: Mount Blackburn.

Mount Blackburn is an old shield volcano (which is a low volcano, named so for resembling a warrior's shield when laid on the ground) and is covered in ice and glaciers, providing the main resource for ice for Alaska's Kennicott Glacier. Mount Blackburn was named in 1885 after Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, a U.S senator hailing from Kentucky.

Answer: Knoxville and Asheville

The Great Smoky Mountains are situated on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina. Knoxville is located in east Tennessee, whereas Asheville is in the west of North Carolina.

Clingmans Dome is the highest mountain of the Great Smoky Mountains. It is around 6,650 feet (2,025 m) high and is the highest peak in the state of Tennessee. The Great Smoky Mountains are home to the densest population of black bears east of the Mississippi River. The black bears in these mountains can grow to over 500 pounds, and have come to be a symbol of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Answer: Mount Bona

Prince Luigi Amedeo was part of the Italian royal House of Savoy. He was a keen explorer and mountaineer and named Mount Bona after his racing yacht in 1897, whilst in the process of making his first climb on neighbouring Mount Saint Elias. Mount Bona is around 80 miles (128 km) away from Mount Saint Elias.

Mount Bona is approximately 16,550 feet (26,554 km) high, and is located in the Saint Elias Mountains range in the east of the state of Alaska. It is a stratovolcano which is covered in ice. It is the main source of ice for the 40 mile (64 km) long Klutlan Glacier, which flows from Alaska to the state's border with Canada.

Answer: Longs Peak

There are 96 fourteeners in the U.S.A, all of which lie west of the Mississippi River.

Longs Peak is approximately 14,260 feet high (4346 km) and is named after Stephen Harriman Long, an American explorer and inventor who contributed to the invention and development of steam locomotives. Longs Peak is situated in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Statistics from the park state that about 150,000 people try to climb Longs Peak every year, and the percentage of those reaching the summit is just under 50%.

Over 60 people have been recorded to have died at Long Peaks. All of which have been on what has been nicknamed the "keyhole route" of the mountain.

Answer: Georgia

Brasstown Bald is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lying between Town County and Union County of Georgia. At around 4,780 feet (1,460 m) high, the mountain is referred to as "Enotah" by the Native American tribe, Cherokee, who have a long history there, commemorated in two historical markers on the mountain.

From Brasstown Bald, several other mountains are highly visible. This includes the second highest peak of Georgia, Rabun Bald, as well as Blood Mountain, the highest summit on Appalachian Trail in Georgia, and Black Rock Mountain, which is Georgia's highest-elevation state park.

Answer: Mount Foresta

Mount Foresta is named after Foresta Hodgson Wood, who was born in 1904, and is remembered for work in logistics for the Arctic Institute of North America, particularly in Project Snow Cornice, which established the the Seward Glacial Research Station.

Foresta and her daughter, Valerie F. Wood, were killed near this mountain in 1951, on what was supposed to be a scientific expedition. The Valerie Glacier on Mount Foresta is named for Foresta Hodgson Wood's daughter.

Answer: Coos

Coos County is the northernmost county of New Hampshire.

Located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Presidential Range has its summits named after memorable American presidents, and also some other notable people from American history.

Mount Washington is the highest mountain of the Presidential Range at around 6,290 feet (1,915 m) high. The second highest mountain of the range, Mount Adams, is named after the second U.S president, John Adams, and is about 5,790 feet (1,765 m) high.

The Presidential Range is notorious for receiving some of the worst weather on Earth. Most of the fatalities that occur on this range happen on Mount Washington. On average, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department performs about 200 rescues annually, for hikers and explorers stranded in this range.