( CNN ) From Denali to Mount Rainier to Mount Washington , the U.S. is full of majestic , towering peaks that have long challenged people to climb them . This story is not about those . This story is about humbler summits -- some of them are n't even hills -- that beckon hikers in largely flat , low-lying parts of the country . They have modest names like Charles Mound and Hoosier Hill , and you can climb some of them in your slippers without breaking a sweat . Why would you ? Well , these summits are all notable for one thing : They 're the highest points in their states . And a certain variety of mountaineer -- peak baggers , they 're called -- will seek them out just for that reason . `` If you 're a true peak bagger ... if that 's your mindset , then getting a state high point is a worthy goal , '' said Greg Slayden , who runs Peakbagger.com , a mountaineering site . `` Whether it 's Denali ( the Alaska peak known officially as Mount McKinley ) or the Florida high point , they all count equally the same . '' Well , maybe not exactly . Denali is 20,320 feet high and requires weeks of planning to summit . Britton Hill , in Florida 's Panhandle , is a short stroll from your car . But if you want to climb all 50 state high points , as Slayden has done , you need to bag the baby peaks along with the big ones . Consider Driskill Mountain -- a misnomer for sure -- a wooded bump in northern Louisiana that 's a short scramble from a church parking lot . Or Iowa 's Hawkeye Point , which sits on the flatlands of a former farm that is barely higher than the surrounding prairie . Mount Hood it ai n't . `` There are a lot of states where the actual high point is less than a 10-minute walk from your car , '' Slayden said . Perhaps the least rugged of them all is 442-foot high Ebright Azimuth , basically just a monument sign beside a road in suburban Wilmington , Delaware . A woman lives in a house across the street and sometimes greets visiting `` hikers . '' Slayden , whose website keeps records of this stuff , estimates that fewer than 300 people have summited all 50 U.S. high points . But while all the highest and most challenging peaks are in Western states , Slayden has a soft spot for many of the little ones in the Midwest and coastal states of the South . `` If you 're into travel and exploring nooks and crannies of the country , it 's always fun to go to places you 've never been before , '' he said . `` Sure , there may not be a lot to the actual hike . But the overall experience is definitely worthwhile . ''
Some `` peak baggers '' try to summit the highest point in all 50 U.S. states . In states like Delaware and Florida , the high points are n't even hills . Expert : In many states , the actual high point `` is less than a 10-minute walk from your car ''