Given that there have been some difficulties regarding the importance of Mauna
Kea to Hawai'ian traditional beliefs, I was wondering if a new mountain could
be added to those already available.

For the Canada Winter Games in 1971, being held in Saskatchewan - a province
topographically similar to Kansas - an "artificial mountain" was built.

However, that mountain was just 45 metres high, according to the Wikipedia page
about it, although this page

http://www.canadagames.ca/1971-canad...ames-saskatoon

gives it 100 metres.

In any case, that's high enough to do some skiing, but not really enough to
make a difference to a telescope.

John Savard