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Montana is home to 56 counties, with 54 different county highpoints. Showshoe Peak, highpoints of both Lincoln County and Sanders County, and Mount Edith, highpoints of both Meagher County and Broadwater County, are the reason there are fewer highpoints than counties.
The Treasure State, being the fourth-largest state, is quite geographically diverse. There is a stark contrast between the mountainous western part of the state and the vast (and largely flat) farming and ranching country in the eastern part of the state. In fact, there is a little over 10,000 feet of altitude difference between the highest point and the lowest highpoint.
Getting to the top of all 54 highpoints is a huge endeavor. There are peaks in several different wilderness areas (some quite remote), peaks in Glacier National Park, and a few highpoints where access to private property is required. Montana is definitely one of the more difficult states to reach all the county highpoints.
Another reason it can be tricky (especially in Eastern Montana) is in several counties there are multiple unnamed points within a short distance of one another that are VERY close in elevation. The only way to know for sure is to make your way to each point to ensure that you've hit the true highpoint.
HIGHPOINT COUNTY ELEVATION
Tweedy Mountain Beaverhead 11,154
Unnamed Point Big Horn 9,257
Unnamed Point Blaine 5,960
Mount Edith Broadwater 9,480
Castle Mountain Carbon 12,612
West Butte Carter 4,450
Long Mountain Cascade 8,621
Highwood Baldy Chouteau 7,670
Unnamed Point Custer 3,785 +/-
Unnamed Point Daniels 3,132
Unnamed Point Dawson 3,474
West Goat Peak Deer Lodge 10,793
Unnamed Point Fallon 3,620 +/-
Greathouse Peak or Old Baldy Fergus 8,681 +/-
Mount Stimson Flathead 10,142
Wilson Peak Gallatin 10,705
Unnamed Point Garfield 3,662 +/-
Mount Cleveland Glacier 10,466
Unnamed Point Golden Valley 8,640 +/-
Warren Peak Granite 10,463
Baldy Hill 6,916
Crow Peak Jefferson 9,415
Big Baldy Mountain Judith Basin 9,175
McDonald Peak Lake 9,820
Red Mountain Lewis and Clark 9,411
Mount Brown Liberty 6,958
Snowshoe Peak Lincoln 8,738
Unnamed Point McCone 3,440 +/-
Hilgard Peak Madison 11,316
Mount Edith Meagher 9,480
Quartz Benchmark Mineral 7,770
Lowary Peak a.k.a. Peak "X" Missoula 9,369
Unnamed Point Musselshell 4,908 +/-
Granite Peak Park 12,799
Unnamed Point Petroleum 4,032 +/-
Unnamed Point Phillips 5,720 +/-
Unnamed Point Pondera 8,840 +/-
Unnamed Point Powder River 4,420 +/-
Mount Powell Powell 10,168
Unnamed Point Prairie 3,600 +/-
Trapper Peak Ravalli 10,157
Unnamed Point Richland 2,940 +/-
Unnamed Point Roosevelt 2,900 +/-
Unnamed Point Rosebud 4,807
Snowshoe Peak Sanders 8,738
Unnamed Point Sheridan 2,771
Table Mountain Silver Bow 10,223
Mount Wood Stillwater 12,649
Mount Douglas Sweetgrass 11,282
Rocky Mountain Teton 9,392
West Butte Toole 6,983
Unnamed Point Treasure 4,260 +/-
Unnamed Point Valley 3,305 +/-
Unnamed Point Wheatland 8,772
Unnamed Point Wibaux 3,360 +/-
Stratford Hill Yellowstone 4,971