Britton Hill Stats

As I mentioned in my post last week, Florida is the lowest of all 50 state highpoints. With an elevation of only 345 feet above sea level, Florida is one of those states where the highpoint is not on a hill of any sort, but just along the road in some random spot. If I hadn’t of been looking for Britton Hill, I would have drove right past.



On the other side of the spectrum, we have Denali which is by far the tallest state highpoint. Since it is the tallest, we hear about it, we name vehicles after it, and come up with all sorts of stats comparing it to other peaks, such as, “When one climbs Denali, they gain more elevation than when one climbs Everest.” Britton Hill, however, is not exciting, so we never get to hear how it stacks up against the other peaks. This is where I come in.



For starters, pick almost any state in the US that does not border an ocean, and the lowest point there is higher than 345 feet. Kansas, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada, all of them do not get this low. Unless you are reading this post from a surfboard waiting for the next big wave, you are more than likely higher than Britton Hill. The next fun comparison –yes, I said fun, you are having fun right? –is that if you continue south to Miami, there are over 50 building that stand higher than Britton Hill in the city alone. Now, I am not sure how you are going to get to the top of these buildings, but it is worth knowing nonetheless. Finally, and this really makes Britton Hill sound lame, is that you would have to stack 84 Florida highpoints on one another in order to start getting close to the height of Everest.



It is worth the trip, but feel free to leave the bottled oxygen at home for this one.