David Kerber wrote:
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I've ridden some of the highest paved roads in La.

For the last 3 years, I've organized a ride in RI to go from the lowest
point (sea level) to the highest point (812 ft) around the 4th of July.
It's a nice 70-mile ride with about 3800 ft of total climbing. Nice
ride if the weather's nice, but can get challenging in hot, humid
weather.

Sounds like the start of a new website for the highest road in each state of
the US. I once met somebody who had a long-time project of hiking to the top
of the highest elevation (generally not on a road) in each of the 50 states.

Need a new discussion group to argue about which is highest for some states.

Already been done: www.highpointers.org

Seems like a lot of good information for those who want to hike
high points, but not so much for those of us who want to ride
roads up them.

I've been trying to figure out what the highest road climb in Maryland
is, but with little success, until this evening. Backbone Mountain
(no, not Brokeback Mountain) is the highest point in the state, at
3360 feet, but nobody's bothered to build a road up it. Using the
DeLorme atlas and Google Earth, I think I have the highest road pinned
down to Route 50 in Garrett County, as it passes over Conneway Hill.
Google Earth is telling me the altitude there is 3087 feet.

Any of you live out in Garrett County and can confirm or deny?

Thanks!
~bob