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With an average elevation of 6,800 feet, Colorado is the highest state in the United States. A mountain lake outside of the skiers dreamland of Aspen, Colorado. The US is bordered to the north by Canada and Mexico to the South. With 50 states of varied sizes, US is considered the largest nation in America.
Surveyor's mark embedded in the observation tower notes the elevation of 6684 feet above sea level. The peak is the highest mountain in the United States east of the Mississippi River, and the highest in all of eastern North America south of the Arctic Cordillera. The nearest higher peaks are in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the highland foothills of Colorado.