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The Peak, North Carolina

Prominence: 840 ft, 256 m

Elevation: 5160+ feet, 1573+ meters

Approx. Isolation: 5.56 mi, 8.95 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 5160 - 5200 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 5160 ft / 1573 m (Range 5160 - 5200 ft)
Alternate Name(s)	Trout Benchmark
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 24' 12'' N; 81° 38' 37'' W 36.403246, -81.643694 (Dec Deg) 442282E 4028868N Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Ashe (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "The Peak": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites CoHP.org Trip Report for Ashe, NC by Bob Packard CoHP.org Trip Report for Ashe, NC by Patrick Craft Lists that contain The Peak: North Carolina County High Points (Rank #16) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #25) Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #30) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #33) North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks (Rank #142) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2011-05-30 by Tom Layton (Unsuccessful) 2011-10-08 by Tom Layton View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to The Peak Elevation Ladder from The Peak Prominence Ladder from The Peak

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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 840 ft/256 m Optimistic Prominence: 920 ft/280 m Key Col: 4320 ft/1317 m (40 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 4280 and 4320 feet. Topo Map: Zionville O36081c6 1:24,000 Key Col Lat/Long: 36° 21' 57'' N; 81° 39' 2'' W Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Isolation	5.56 mi/8.95 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Elk Knob (SSW) Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Western Blue Ridge Ranges Range5: Beech-Snake-Rich
Drainage Basins	New Kanawha Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map	Baldwin Gap O36081d6 1:24,000

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