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The proximity between the lowest and highest points in the US that you mentioned (Badwater Basin and Mount Whitney) means there are actually a handful of people who attempt a "lowest to highest" trek every year, walking from death valley up over the white mountains, up to the highest point in the Sierra.
How about the Badwater Ultramarathon? 135 miles of running from Badwater to Whitney Portal. It's run in mid-July, when temps can exceed 120 degrees (50C) almost every day.
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Badwater Basin is usually pretty dry but last year we actually had rain in California and Badwater was a pretty big lake. That same rain caused Tulare Lake, a huge lake that had been drained in the late 1800's, to reappear.
I want to see a video on the centermost points of each state! Some of them may just be random points like a neighborhood or someone's house, but it would really be interesting to see what areas of each state are the centermost point.
Timetable of the Video: +Elevation levels as a Bonus ------------------------------------------------ 50. Colorado 1:29 (3,312 ft or 1,010m) 49. Wyoming 1:59 (3,101 ft or 945m) 48. New Mexico 2:20 (2,842 ft or 866m) 47. Utah 2:42 (2,000 ft or 610m) 46. Montana 3:04 (1,800 ft or 549m) 45. South Dakota 3:24 (966 ft or 294m) 44. Nebraska 3:52 (840 ft or 256m) 43. North Dakota 4:13 (750 ft or 229m) 42. Idaho 4:34 (710 ft or 216m) 41. Kansas 5:00 (679 ft or 207m) 40. Minnesota 5:30 (601 ft or 183m) 39. Wisconsin 5:43 (579 ft or 176m) 38. Michigan (state) 6:01 (571 ft or 174m) 37. Iowa 6:23 (480 ft or 146.3m) 36. Nevada 6:46 (479 ft or 146m) 35. Ohio (state) 7:08 (455 ft or 139m) 34. Indiana 7:31 (320 ft or 98m) 33. Oklahoma 7:53 (289 ft or 88m) 32. Illinois 8:15 (279 ft or 85m) 31. Kentucky 8:39 (257 ft or 78m) 30. West Virginia 9:05 (240 ft or 73m) 29. Missouri (state) 9:32 (230 ft or 70m) 28. Tennessee 9:54 (178 ft or 54m) 27. Vermont 10:17 (95 ft or 29m) 26. Arizona 10:34 (70 ft or 21m) 25. Arkansas 10:58 (55 ft or 17m) 24. Pennsylvania 11:27 (0 ft or 0 m) -------------BELOW SEA LEVEL----- 2. Lousiana 11:54 (-8 ft or -2.44m) 1. California 12:33 (-282 ft or -86m) P.S. this comment took 37 minutes to make😁.
Living in Utah, I actually have been to the Utah low point, which is more than most can say. It is indeed a long hike and a bit of a challenge. The nearest road is pretty far, but some off roading can get you a bit closer. But at some point, we just decided it would be easier to just start walking. It isn’t exactly the prettiest place I’ve ever been to. But the fact that it’s basically just a riverbed you can stand in, is pretty cool!
That’s so cool to know, that’s the exact reason I clicked on this video! living in St. George and exploring Bloomington caves a few times, I’ve always wanted to go out there! I think I just might one day.
Great video! Have you thought about doing one where you go by the low point when taking the bottom of lakes and rivers within the state into account? I don't think I've ever seen a ranking for that.
As someone who grow up in North Western Virginia and used to spend his summers jumping off the rocks where the Shenandoah meets the Potomac 9:25 gave me a massive flush of Nostalgia.
Ohh have to add that Nevada casino to my map if it has coverage! Great video as always!! I have also been to the MD NC VA WV and many other east coast lowest points!
This will need an awesome keep it up man this was a banger, Keep up the good work man this was so neat love your videos dude this was fascinating to see.
Nepal would similarly be surprisingly low when countries are concerned - it's lowest point is only some 60 meters above sea level. It is the country with the 10th lowest (!) point of all countries that have no sea level or lower elevation, and beats out countries like Hungary, Luxembourg or Botswana, 30 in total.
Another interesting point is that the Salton Sea in California is also below sea level (-236 ft), and it's slowly evaporating. If/when it fully evaporates, it's lowest point will be -279 ft, just 3 ft above Badwater Basin in Death Valley (-282ft).
I know someone who actually made a self-powered trip all the way from Death Valley to Mount Whitney. They started in Badwater Basin on their road bike, rode across Death Valley into Lone Pine and then up Whiney Portal road to the campground. They camped overnight and then hiked to the summit of Whitney over the next two days. Awesome trip idea but it sounds like hell as well given that you kinda have to do it in the summer when temperatures are terrible in Death Valley
Not going to say i had the most accurate measuring instrument, but when i drove to Baltimore in 2011, my Garmin GPS said I was -8 or -10 feet at a couple of points on the highway. Wouldn't surprise me if there are sheltered basins near hilly coasts a good bit below sea level.
Thanks for this video. Well presented. I was at Death Vally NP and Badwater Basin. Interesting fact here is the sign high up on the mountain there that shows the 282 feet sea level line.
Badwater, CA is also a starting point for a 135-mile ultra marathon, finishing at Whitney Portal at 8360 ft. From lowest to (almost) highest point. To make it even more extreme, this race takes place in the heat of July.
Lewiston ID and Clarkston WA are in a river valley that is referred to by locals as the LC Valley. Winters here are relatively mild with spring blooms and foliage coming in about a month earlier than surrounding areas.
I freaking loved this. I travel allot and use google maps satellite terrain for everything. The zooming in on Earth is my favorite. First time i ever subscribed to someone in 2 minutes lol
I understand the ocean is obviously deeper, but lake chelan of Washington is a pretty honorable mention. Surface level is 1,100 feet , with its deepest parts of the lake nearly 500 feet below sea level
Correct, Washington States's Lake Chelan sits at an elevation of roughly 1,100 ft (340 m) above sea level, while the max depth of the lake is estimated at 1,486 ft (453 m), meaning the bottom of the lake is roughly 386 ft (118 m) below sea level.
Not only that, Lake Superior’s net elevation at its maximum depth of 1,333’ is -731 feet below sea level. It’s located well within US and Michigan waters off the northern shore of the Upper Peninsula, so by that line of reasoning, Michigan and not Washington or California is the state with the lowest net elevation, albeit underwater. There may or may not be a labor union or political joke involved here, but I’m staying out of that business. And as for Canada, the Great Slave Lake (elevation 512’/max depth 2015’/net elevation -1503’) dips everything else out in North America by a considerable margin.
Hey man never seen ANY of your videos but I’m going to watch the high points soon! Good quality content man keep it up the 100k subs should come soon you earned one just now 👍
I've got an interesting idea. What about each states deepest lakes? (Not the great lakes because I want it to be kept interesting for all states bit if it's necessary I won't stop you.)
The fade in/out of you narrating over the skyline just gave me the biggest WTTW/public access show vibes in the best possible way just now. Just need a ficus plant or something next to you. Google Earth animations looked great btw!
I liked the "spicing things up" part about my state. We have much higher altitude than states east of us, which is why when we go skiing, about 2/3 of the license plates in the parking lot are Texas plates
i was gonna be funny and comment about how i live lower than all of these but i'm glad i waited to the end of the video lol really enjoyed the animations to show the landscapes!
12:48, That's a beautiful landscape photo. Second only to the 100 year bloom (flowers bloom in large numbers once in a very long while). I've been to Death Valley, don't go during the summer, unless you like heat stroke (can reach 130°F). I suggest going in the autumn or spring, winter nights get VERY cold. There's also the Racetracks, rocks that "mysteriously" move along the lake bed and leave a trail behind the rocks. Borax (the stuff they use in laundry detergent) also used to be mined in Death Valley called "40 Mule Team" if I'm not mistaken. They used 40 mules to haul loads of borax out of the valley (technically 40 mules plus 2 horses, the mules could be trained to jump over the harness beam to make it through the switch backs).
Those racetrack rocks are so cool! Thin ice forms, the wind blows that mass of ice and that force is strong enough to push the rocks..... Then it all evaporates and ya can't tell what moved em 😉
My dad and I checked out Cairo, IL and camped at Fort Defiant. Quite a trip. About the most "urban explore-y" we've gone, and we did it when most of the rivers were flooded. Even the Cahokia mounds made us feel like we were on the edge of Louisiana on a different wet, March trip.
My grandmother grew up in the Kentucky Bend in the 1920s-30s. She attended, and then taught the students in, a one-room schoolhouse there. Her family's farmhouse, that school, and even some of the cemeteries (!) are all gone now. Plowed under for more farmland acreage.
This was a pretty cool video. I don't think I have ever seen this information aggregated anywhere before. I knew Badwater Basin was the lowest, and knew that it was minus 282, but only knew a few others not counting the obvious Sea Level states. I have lived in 3 US States at various times and guessed one of the three correctly.
So if you make the deepest hole on the beach in any state where sea level is the lowest point, you have created the new lowest point in that state. Also, it’s probably wrong, but there is a point in Washington that’s listed as -16 feet on google maps. It’s on the trail between oil city trailhead and third beach trailhead. Would be interesting to go there to see if it’s an error or not
I didn't go to Badwater Basin, but I have been in Death Valley. You can feel the extra air pressure on your chest. Before going in there were several signs saying "Make sure you have food and fuel!" It was a bit surreal
The lowest point in PA is actually slightly above sea level. The mean elevation of the water surface is slightly above sea level, because the river still needs a slight gradient to continue to move water to the ocean. The mean elevation is below high tide but above mean sea level. So really PA is #24 and the rest of the coastal states are tied for 25th.
Fellow Chicagoland'er here. Cairo at the Southern Illinois border is a real sketchy place now a days, but it is chalk full of history. Definitely a quick stop on the roadtrip, but worth the stop.
In my hometown of Mamaroneck. New York. I was told much of Hampshire country golf club is below sea level. (& and a also a couple of other areas near the Mamaroneck River & “the Flats”)
One interested note about south Dakotas low point is that big stone lake is the start of the Minnesota river which conjoins with the Mississippi flowing into the gulf. There is a 3 mile strip of land between big stone lake and lake traverse which is the start of the Red River North Dakota's eventual low point which ends up in Hudson bay/Atlantic Ocean.
@@TornnnadoYes, especially for the eastern states where rivers dominate border decisions. Utah is an exception where the border has nothing to do with the dried up river that is the low point.
The New Mexico Lowpointbis on a public access road. It's about a three mile drive from US 285 on the TX-NM border. The only thing I would recommend is going in a 4x4 capable vehicle because of the rough terrain and the cattleguards along the road.
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Very well made video!
WA, TX, LA, MS, FL, NJ, NY, MA, and RI (downtown providence is basically sea level lol) for me. Great video as always!
WA, OR, SC, NC, GA, FL, AL, LA, NY, NJ, PA, NH, MA, ME, VT, HI, does DC count?
Fun fact- the lowest point in California is actually the day that Democrats took over. And to This day they still haven’t found the bottom
The lowest point of New Jersey is actually MeLlife Stadium whenever the Giants play
Nah it's only the lowest point when the Jets play there
That’s so freaking true😂
as a new jerseyan i can verify this as TRUE and FACTUAL
@@jayvertiI think we can safely say it's both 😂
How about when both the Giants and Jets play there, along with the Navy Midshipmen.
I used to live in Lewiston, ID. Not only is it the lowest point in Idaho, it also happens to be the lowest point in my life lmao
my second cousin lives there
funnily enough I'm moving to Idaho and thought Lewiston was neat on my couple visits. Sorry to hear, friend
@@verde7595we don’t want you here
@@verde7595 I don't think I have ever heard neat and Lewiston in the same sentence.
Dat paper mill
The proximity between the lowest and highest points in the US that you mentioned (Badwater Basin and Mount Whitney) means there are actually a handful of people who attempt a "lowest to highest" trek every year, walking from death valley up over the white mountains, up to the highest point in the Sierra.
How about the Badwater Ultramarathon? 135 miles of running from Badwater to Whitney Portal. It's run in mid-July, when temps can exceed 120 degrees (50C) almost every day.
@@petuniasevan Wow, I've never heard of that. Sounds like a pretty insane undertaking.
colorado's low point almost being in kansas is very on brand
But Colorado Cheats when talking about HIGHS.... 😉🙃🤣
Considering I'm from Yuma County where this is, it's not a shock. Living here is a low considering there's no dispensaries anywhere near by!😂😂😂
Watching this video about low points was ironically the high point of my day!
You’re honestly the best TH-camr man. Super chill, close community, and quality content. I really hope the channel grows for you, but having a smaller channel has its perks!!
Thanks so much I'm really thankful for this community! Even as this channel has grown into being my job, I have all of you to thank for keeping things chill and tight-knit. Much love!
Badwater Basin is usually pretty dry but last year we actually had rain in California and Badwater was a pretty big lake. That same rain caused Tulare Lake, a huge lake that had been drained in the late 1800's, to reappear.
This video is probably one of my favorites from you so far! The blend of chill, humor, and a spice of sarcasm was perfect.
I want to see a video on the centermost points of each state! Some of them may just be random points like a neighborhood or someone's house, but it would really be interesting to see what areas of each state are the centermost point.
The country with the highest low point is Lesotho, only country on earth with no point below 1000m. Its a fun topic, looking forward to the next one!
Huh. I would've guessed Nepal or Bhutan.
@@jonadabtheunsightlyboth Nepal and Bhutan include the lower plains that are only 100-300 feet above sea level.
I don't usually enjoy these kind of videos but this was very well made and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done!
"New Mexico _spices_ things up a bit" I see what you did there! 🧐🤣🌶🌶🌶
FNM
Awesome to see videos like this!
Thanks for creating this!
This scratched my brain in just the right way. Thanks!
Timetable of the Video: +Elevation levels as a Bonus
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50. Colorado 1:29 (3,312 ft or 1,010m)
49. Wyoming 1:59 (3,101 ft or 945m)
48. New Mexico 2:20 (2,842 ft or 866m)
47. Utah 2:42 (2,000 ft or 610m)
46. Montana 3:04 (1,800 ft or 549m)
45. South Dakota 3:24 (966 ft or 294m)
44. Nebraska 3:52 (840 ft or 256m)
43. North Dakota 4:13 (750 ft or 229m)
42. Idaho 4:34 (710 ft or 216m)
41. Kansas 5:00 (679 ft or 207m)
40. Minnesota 5:30 (601 ft or 183m)
39. Wisconsin 5:43 (579 ft or 176m)
38. Michigan (state) 6:01 (571 ft or 174m)
37. Iowa 6:23 (480 ft or 146.3m)
36. Nevada 6:46 (479 ft or 146m)
35. Ohio (state) 7:08 (455 ft or 139m)
34. Indiana 7:31 (320 ft or 98m)
33. Oklahoma 7:53 (289 ft or 88m)
32. Illinois 8:15 (279 ft or 85m)
31. Kentucky 8:39 (257 ft or 78m)
30. West Virginia 9:05 (240 ft or 73m)
29. Missouri (state) 9:32 (230 ft or 70m)
28. Tennessee 9:54 (178 ft or 54m)
27. Vermont 10:17 (95 ft or 29m)
26. Arizona 10:34 (70 ft or 21m)
25. Arkansas 10:58 (55 ft or 17m)
24. Pennsylvania 11:27 (0 ft or 0 m)
-------------BELOW SEA LEVEL-----
2. Lousiana 11:54 (-8 ft or -2.44m)
1. California 12:33 (-282 ft or -86m)
P.S. this comment took 37 minutes to make😁.
Ur amazing
thank you for amazing videos!
Living in Utah, I actually have been to the Utah low point, which is more than most can say. It is indeed a long hike and a bit of a challenge. The nearest road is pretty far, but some off roading can get you a bit closer. But at some point, we just decided it would be easier to just start walking. It isn’t exactly the prettiest place I’ve ever been to. But the fact that it’s basically just a riverbed you can stand in, is pretty cool!
That's amazing! I wasn't sure if anyone had actually visited - thanks for sharing your story!
That’s so cool to know, that’s the exact reason I clicked on this video! living in St. George and exploring Bloomington caves a few times, I’ve always wanted to go out there! I think I just might one day.
Crushed the editing on this!!! Cool vid :)
WOW.. That was AMAZING..LOVED it.. I just visited Harper's ferry WV this past summer ❤
Great video! Have you thought about doing one where you go by the low point when taking the bottom of lakes and rivers within the state into account? I don't think I've ever seen a ranking for that.
Keep'em coming! Great video.
This concept reminds me of my life.
As someone who grow up in North Western Virginia and used to spend his summers jumping off the rocks where the Shenandoah meets the Potomac 9:25 gave me a massive flush of Nostalgia.
This will NOT be a low point in this mans career! Love ya gavin ❤
I just went to Harper’s Ferry a few months ago, and I’m hoping to make it to Death Valley this winter!
Congratulations on pronouncing Belle Fourche correctly. One of the few. Great video. Really enjoyed.
A famous Indian battle is on the Arikaree River in CO, called Beecher Island Battlefield. Also, it has a scenic landscape that extends into KS.
Death Valley really is a freak of nature I would definitely recommend it as a winter vacation. Definitely be safe tho
Yes DO NOT go in summer.
@@Hummerbird99oops went on the summer solstice
Went early Fall to Death Valley's Badwater Basin. Still quite warm and worth every second.
Ohh have to add that Nevada casino to my map if it has coverage! Great video as always!!
I have also been to the MD NC VA WV and many other east coast lowest points!
Dude you need to talk to the blind surfer guy and see how you could get into radio voiceovers and things like that. You have an awesome voice.
Years ago I drove a truck and tractor for sugar beet harvest in that rightmost field shown for the North Dakota bit in the video. 😎
This will need an awesome keep it up man this was a banger, Keep up the good work man this was so neat love your videos dude this was fascinating to see.
Thanks so much for the Timestamps!!
During the COVID lockdown, I high-pointed and low-pointed Wisconsin on the same day.
Could you do one of these for Canadian provinces and territories
I would have never expected WV to be so far down the list, it's just so mountainous!
Nepal would similarly be surprisingly low when countries are concerned - it's lowest point is only some 60 meters above sea level. It is the country with the 10th lowest (!) point of all countries that have no sea level or lower elevation, and beats out countries like Hungary, Luxembourg or Botswana, 30 in total.
@Leyrann oh wow that is super interesting, makes sense with the river valleys but yeah the sheer elevation variety you can find in nepal is crazy
Actually that was both interesting and informative. Thanks for posting it...
Well, there goes my productivity for the next 13:56
Great job! I really enjoyed your video.
The only thing lower than Death Valley is this dudes voice!! Hahah
great video man!!
The lowest point in Mississippi is your mentality when you step foot in the state
You forgot the punctuation at the end of your sentence.
100%. I have relatives from there.
@@carolyn4959you been on the internet before?
Another interesting point is that the Salton Sea in California is also below sea level (-236 ft), and it's slowly evaporating. If/when it fully evaporates, it's lowest point will be -279 ft, just 3 ft above Badwater Basin in Death Valley (-282ft).
I know someone who actually made a self-powered trip all the way from Death Valley to Mount Whitney. They started in Badwater Basin on their road bike, rode across Death Valley into Lone Pine and then up Whiney Portal road to the campground. They camped overnight and then hiked to the summit of Whitney over the next two days. Awesome trip idea but it sounds like hell as well given that you kinda have to do it in the summer when temperatures are terrible in Death Valley
Was it a whiney experience for you? [I'll delete if you upgrade the misspell.]
Your pronunciations are really on point. Good job!
Not going to say i had the most accurate measuring instrument, but when i drove to Baltimore in 2011, my Garmin GPS said I was -8 or -10 feet at a couple of points on the highway. Wouldn't surprise me if there are sheltered basins near hilly coasts a good bit below sea level.
Your voice is the lowest point of any state you’re in.
😂
For sure
As a "proud" Indiana resident I can confidently say the lowest point is what the locals stoop to when talking to others
you described wisconsin beautifully, thank you
Very very informative thank you.
Thanks for this video. Well presented. I was at Death Vally NP and Badwater Basin. Interesting fact here is the sign high up on the mountain there that shows the 282 feet sea level line.
In Michigan it was definitely the Lions 0-16 defeated season.
Badwater, CA is also a starting point for a 135-mile ultra marathon, finishing at Whitney Portal at 8360 ft. From lowest to (almost) highest point. To make it even more extreme, this race takes place in the heat of July.
Awesome video, well done as always CG!
Lewiston ID and Clarkston WA are in a river valley that is referred to by locals as the LC Valley. Winters here are relatively mild with spring blooms and foliage coming in about a month earlier than surrounding areas.
I freaking loved this. I travel allot and use google maps satellite terrain for everything. The zooming in on Earth is my favorite. First time i ever subscribed to someone in 2 minutes lol
I understand the ocean is obviously deeper, but lake chelan of Washington is a pretty honorable mention. Surface level is 1,100 feet , with its deepest parts of the lake nearly 500 feet below sea level
Correct, Washington States's Lake Chelan sits at an elevation of roughly 1,100 ft (340 m) above sea level, while the max depth of the lake is estimated at 1,486 ft (453 m), meaning the bottom of the lake is roughly 386 ft (118 m) below sea level.
Canadian here, would crater lake qualify for Oregon or is it maybe too high to begin with.
@@garyholt8315 I believe the bottom of Crater Lake is still around 4,000 ft. above sea level.
Not only that, Lake Superior’s net elevation at its maximum depth of 1,333’ is -731 feet below sea level. It’s located well within US and Michigan waters off the northern shore of the Upper Peninsula, so by that line of reasoning, Michigan and not Washington or California is the state with the lowest net elevation, albeit underwater. There may or may not be a labor union or political joke involved here, but I’m staying out of that business.
And as for Canada, the Great Slave Lake (elevation 512’/max depth 2015’/net elevation -1503’) dips everything else out in North America by a considerable margin.
Hey man never seen ANY of your videos but I’m going to watch the high points soon! Good quality content man keep it up the 100k subs should come soon you earned one just now 👍
California also has the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley which is 235 feet below sea level and almost 200 miles south of Death Valley.
Fun video, thanks!
Going out to Death Valley for an off road camping weekend next weekend. Can't wait!
Love your videos dude! Keep up the great content!
Hey Chicago geographic can you pls do the largest oxbow lake in every state pls or also largest retail store in every state
Please do Canada next🙏
Lake Superior
I've got an interesting idea. What about each states deepest lakes? (Not the great lakes because I want it to be kept interesting for all states bit if it's necessary I won't stop you.)
The fade in/out of you narrating over the skyline just gave me the biggest WTTW/public access show vibes in the best possible way just now. Just need a ficus plant or something next to you. Google Earth animations looked great btw!
0:28 IOWA MENTIONED
Why is every high and low point near a border?
For me the lowest point is right after the holidays.
I liked the "spicing things up" part about my state. We have much higher altitude than states east of us, which is why when we go skiing, about 2/3 of the license plates in the parking lot are Texas plates
i was gonna be funny and comment about how i live lower than all of these but i'm glad i waited to the end of the video lol
really enjoyed the animations to show the landscapes!
12:48, That's a beautiful landscape photo. Second only to the 100 year bloom (flowers bloom in large numbers once in a very long while). I've been to Death Valley, don't go during the summer, unless you like heat stroke (can reach 130°F). I suggest going in the autumn or spring, winter nights get VERY cold. There's also the Racetracks, rocks that "mysteriously" move along the lake bed and leave a trail behind the rocks. Borax (the stuff they use in laundry detergent) also used to be mined in Death Valley called "40 Mule Team" if I'm not mistaken. They used 40 mules to haul loads of borax out of the valley (technically 40 mules plus 2 horses, the mules could be trained to jump over the harness beam to make it through the switch backs).
Those racetrack rocks are so cool! Thin ice forms, the wind blows that mass of ice and that force is strong enough to push the rocks..... Then it all evaporates and ya can't tell what moved em 😉
My dad and I checked out Cairo, IL and camped at Fort Defiant. Quite a trip. About the most "urban explore-y" we've gone, and we did it when most of the rivers were flooded. Even the Cahokia mounds made us feel like we were on the edge of Louisiana on a different wet, March trip.
Fantastic pronunciation of Misquah Hills!
I agree! It seems like he really did his research and checked with locals!
Interesting. Thanks!
I used to live 5 mins from the West VA tri point in lovettsville! Wave of nostalgia hit me
What about caves, mines, and tunnels?
Can you make a video on tallest waterfall in every us state?
That would be cool. I'm guessing Gooseberry in Minnesota, but not sure.
very informative
Love your voice . . Dude!
My grandmother grew up in the Kentucky Bend in the 1920s-30s. She attended, and then taught the students in, a one-room schoolhouse there. Her family's farmhouse, that school, and even some of the cemeteries (!) are all gone now. Plowed under for more farmland acreage.
You should do one on the lowest points, but below all the water of the lakes and offshore oceans. I am sure there are some great surprises!
Great video, 1 side note, Calipatria, California, is the lowest elevation town in the US, at Minus 180 feet in elevation, it's down by the Salton Sea.
This was a pretty cool video. I don't think I have ever seen this information aggregated anywhere before. I knew Badwater Basin was the lowest, and knew that it was minus 282, but only knew a few others not counting the obvious Sea Level states. I have lived in 3 US States at various times and guessed one of the three correctly.
great video
So if you make the deepest hole on the beach in any state where sea level is the lowest point, you have created the new lowest point in that state. Also, it’s probably wrong, but there is a point in Washington that’s listed as -16 feet on google maps. It’s on the trail between oil city trailhead and third beach trailhead. Would be interesting to go there to see if it’s an error or not
I didn't go to Badwater Basin, but I have been in Death Valley. You can feel the extra air pressure on your chest.
Before going in there were several signs saying "Make sure you have food and fuel!" It was a bit surreal
Nice video, just for info at 5:21 you say highpoints not low points.
ahhh that's very stupid... good catch. I literally wrote high points in my script as well. Muscle memory I guess haha
The lowest point in PA is actually slightly above sea level. The mean elevation of the water surface is slightly above sea level, because the river still needs a slight gradient to continue to move water to the ocean. The mean elevation is below high tide but above mean sea level. So really PA is #24 and the rest of the coastal states are tied for 25th.
I’m living in the low point in my mental state
Fellow Chicagoland'er here. Cairo at the Southern Illinois border is a real sketchy place now a days, but it is chalk full of history. Definitely a quick stop on the roadtrip, but worth the stop.
In my hometown of Mamaroneck. New York. I was told much of Hampshire country golf club is below sea level. (& and a also a couple of other areas near the Mamaroneck River & “the Flats”)
Do high points of Indian States and Union Territories. Big Fan❤
One interested note about south Dakotas low point is that big stone lake is the start of the Minnesota river which conjoins with the Mississippi flowing into the gulf. There is a 3 mile strip of land between big stone lake and lake traverse which is the start of the Red River North Dakota's eventual low point which ends up in Hudson bay/Atlantic Ocean.
Yep, that 3 mile strip is a divide. The Red River goes north, the Minnesota goes south.
I live near the lowest point in Kansas. It makes sense seeing as Coffeyville and South Coffeyville is prone for flooding.
It is interesting how many low points are so near borders of other states/countries.
yeah, I would guess it's because rivers/other water features often form borders though
@@TornnnadoYes, especially for the eastern states where rivers dominate border decisions. Utah is an exception where the border has nothing to do with the dried up river that is the low point.
Watching from New Orleans currently 8 or 10 feet below sea level.
The New Mexico Lowpointbis on a public access road. It's about a three mile drive from US 285 on the TX-NM border.
The only thing I would recommend is going in a 4x4 capable vehicle because of the rough terrain and the cattleguards along the road.