What is the highest capital city in the US?

Answer 1

Here are a few that are both large and high: Santa Fe at 6989 feet, Flagstaff at 6900 feet, Gallup at 6508 feet, Cheyenne at 6067 feet and Colorado Springs at 6008 feet.

Colorado has arcane legal distinctions between a "town" and a "city" (more than 2,00o residents qualify as the latter). Leadville, therefore, at 10,152 feet (according to the signs a the town limits) is the highest-elevationed "city." Alma is the highest "town." Montezuma, Colo., at 10,400 feet, is the second-highest town. (Contrary to some reports, Alma and Montezuma are both incorporated.) This situation gets complicated because there is no set standard to exactly where in a town an elevation is measured. Leadville's elevation is measured from the steps of the old town hall. Alma's is measured from the cemetery above town, where there was already an established USGS marker. Since there is no set definition, Winter Park may very well claim itself as the highest town in the U.S.because, within its town limits lies the highest-elevationed point.

Answer 2

Leadville, Colorado.

Colorado has arcane legal distinctions between a "town" and a "city" (more than 2,00o residents qualify as the latter). Leadville, therefore, at 10,152 feet (according to the signs a the town limits) is the highest-elevationed "city." Alma is the highest "town." Montezuma, Colo., at 10,400 feet, is the second-highest town. (Contrary to some reports, Alma and Montezuma are both incorporated.) This situation gets complicated because there is no set standard to exactly where in a town an elevation is measured. Leadville's elevation is measured from the steps of the old town hall. Alma's is measured from the cemetery above town, where there was already an established USGS marker. Since there is no set definition, Winter Park may very well claim itself as the highest town in the U.S.because, within its town limits lies the highest-elevationed point.

Answer 3

ZionVier's Answer: Leadville, Colorado the highest incorporated city in the US. At 10,152 feet above sea level (1 mile = 5280ft) with a population of ~2800 people. Higher towns and unincorporated communities exist though (such as Montezuma, Colorado at 10,312ft)

Denver, Colorado is one mile high. This may be the highest in the US. Denver, Colorado is the highest city with a large population.

Answer 4

1st - Santa Fe, NM (6,348 ft.) 2nd - Cheyenne, WY (6,062 ft.) 3rd - Denver, CO (5,280 ft.)

Answer 5

Sante Fe, NM

Cheyenne, WY

Denver , CO is the third highest.

Answer 6

La Paz, the administrative and de facto capital of Bolivia, stands at an altitude of 11,913 feet above sea level, making it the highest capital city.

Answer 7

Answer: Sante Fe, NM Santa Fe, NM = 7000 ft Cheyenne, WY = 6062 ft Denver, CO = 5280 ft = 1 mile

Answer 8

The highest elevated capital city is the city of La Paz. La Paz is the capital of the South American country of Bolivia.

Answer 9

Santa Fe, New Mexico