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Potato Knob, North Carolina

Elevation: 6400+ feet, 1951+ meters

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 6400 - 6440 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 6400 ft / 1951 m (Range 6400 - 6440 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 43' 48'' N; 82° 17' 28'' W 35.729955, -82.291246 (Dec Deg) 383224E 3954766N Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Buncombe (Highest Point) Yancey
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Potato Knob": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Ron Tagliapietra CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Patrick Craft CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Fred Lobdell CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by John Garner CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Don Desrosiers CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Edward Earl Lists that contain Potato Knob: Southern Appalachian 6000-foot Peaks (Unranked) North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks (Unranked) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #5) North Carolina County High Points (Rank #5) Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #6) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #12) CoHP High Five List (Rank #78) Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #135) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2008-05-21 by David Aaronson 2009-08-09 by Ben Lostracco 2010-10-17 by pat stout 2011-05-07 by Tom Layton 2011-09-12 by Dennis Stewart 2012-09-02 by Coby King 2012-10-06 by Nathan Sylvester View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Potato Knob Elevation Ladder from Potato Knob Prominence Ladder from Potato Knob

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Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4: Central Blue Ridge Ranges
Range5: Black Mountains

Drainage Basins

French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Nolichucky
French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: National Forests in North Carolina

Topo Map

Montreat O35082f3 1:24,000

Prominence

Clean Prominence: 40 ft/12 m
Optimistic Prominence: 120 ft/36 m
Line Parent: Clingmans Peak
Key Col: 6360 ft/1939 m  (40 foot contour)
Col elevation in range between 6320 and 6360 feet.
    Topo Map: Montreat O35082f3 1:24,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 35° 43' 56'' N; 82° 17' 25'' W
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Isolation

0.46 mi/0.74 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Clingmans Peak (NE)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.

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