Iowa contains 24 named mountain peaks recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — making it 49th in the United States by peak count. The highest is Hawkeye Point in Osceola County at 1,670 ft — the 42nd-tallest summit of any state.
This interactive map plots every named summit in Iowa. Filter by minimum elevation, search by peak name, or click any marker to see its precise USGS 3DEP elevation, county, and coordinates.
Iowa mountain peaks at a glance
- 24 named peaks in Iowa (rank #49 in the US)
- Hawkeye Point — the highest at 1,670 ft, in Osceola County
- 1,192 ft — average elevation of named Iowa peaks (rank #33 nationally)
- 1,220 ft — median peak elevation
- 20 peaks above 1,000 ft
- 0.4 peaks per 1,000 sq mi of land area (density rank #51)
The 25 highest named peaks in Iowa
Iowa is not a mountain state, but it has plenty of named summits, hills, and high points. The list below is sorted by USGS 3DEP elevation.
| # | Peak | County | Elevation (ft) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawkeye Point | Osceola | 1,670 |
| 2 | Ocheyedan Mound | Osceola | 1,612 |
| 3 | Pilot Knob | Hancock | 1,451 |
| 4 | Mount Lucia | Woodbury | 1,392 |
| 5 | Granger Hill | Monona | 1,379 |
| 6 | Mount Moses | Carroll | 1,370 |
| 7 | Durr Hill | Monona | 1,324 |
| 8 | Pilot Rock | Cherokee | 1,317 |
| 9 | Dakota Point | Woodbury | 1,295 |
| 10 | Battle Hill | Ida | 1,281 |
| 11 | Gun Shot Hill | Sac | 1,255 |
| 12 | Sherrill Mound | Dubuque | 1,220 |
| 13 | Corn Hill | Fayette | 1,203 |
| 14 | Bear Hill | Fayette | 1,182 |
| 15 | Chicken Ridge | Clayton | 1,171 |
| 16 | Steamboat Rock | Howard | 1,131 |
| 17 | Wolf Hill | Delaware | 1,121 |
| 18 | Pilot Knob | Clayton | 1,090 |
| 19 | Sugar Loaf | Clayton | 1,057 |
| 20 | Fort Sumter Rock | Butler | 1,031 |
| 21 | Chimney Rock | Jones | 832 |
| 22 | Sand Hill | Johnson | 800 |
| 23 | Goose Rock | Jackson | 752 |
| 24 | Bryan Hill | Lee | 663 |
How Iowa compares nationwide
Across all 50 states and DC, the USGS lists 68,708 named summits. Iowa accounts for 0.0% of them. The state’s tallest summit ranks #42 nationally.
Mountain peaks in states bordering Iowa
Explore named summits in the states next to Iowa:
- Mountain peaks in Illinois
- Mountain peaks in Minnesota
- Mountain peaks in Missouri
- Mountain peaks in Nebraska
- Mountain peaks in South Dakota
- Mountain peaks in Wisconsin
How this map was built
Peak locations: the U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Domestic Names file, filtered to Summit-class features in Iowa. Elevations: reverse-elevated against the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) point query service. A small number of summits lack 3DEP coverage and show “Not available” in their popups.
See the main US Mountain Peaks Map for the full nationwide dataset, rankings of all 51 states, and the 100 highest peaks in the country.
