Elevation: 6,194 meters (20,320 feet)
Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska sits at an elevation of 610 metres and has a vertical rise of 5,500 metres. This is actually greater than Mount Everest’s rise of 5,300 metres. Temperatures reach as low as -60 degrees Celsius and given the effects of wind chill, they can feel as low as -83 degrees Celsius. Lower barometric pressures at high latitudes means altitude sickness is a greater risk. The risk of avalanches and the difficulty in finding an adequate route prevented the first successful summit from occurring until 1963. The mountain’s Athabaskan name means “The Great One,” while it was officially named after presidential candidate William McKinley.