Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Galveston: 1  Indiana University-Kokomo (about 9 miles; Kokomo, IN; Full-time enrollment: 2,500). 2  Indiana Wesleyan University (about 29 miles; Marion, IN; FT enrollment: 13,681). 3  Taylor University (about 38 miles; Upland, IN; FT enrollment: 2,272).
As you can see, most of Hawaii resides at over 2,000 feet above sea level. In fact the mean elevation of Hawai&#096i is 3,030 feet above sea level. It ranks tenth among the 50 states. Of course, the lowest points in Hawai`i are sea level at the Pacific Ocean. The highest point in the state is located in Hawai`i County on the island of Hawai`i, the big island. Mauna Kea rises 13,796 feet above sea level in the northeastern part of the island, about 99 miles west of Hilo. It's surrounded by Mauna Kea Forest Reserve. [ Topographic map ].
List of mountain peaks of Hawaii. Mauna Kea on the Island of HawaiÊ»i is the highest peak in the U.S. State of HawaiÊ»i and the entire Pacific Ocean. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base to summit. This article comprises three sortable tables of the 13 major mountain peaks of the Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. State of HawaiÊ»i. Each of these 13 major summits has at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: