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Shining Rock, North Carolina

Prominence: 240 ft, 73 m

Elevation: 6000+ feet, 1829+ meters

Approx. Isolation: 1.36 mi, 2.19 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 6000 - 6040 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 6000 ft / 1829 m (Range 6000 - 6040 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 22' 6'' N; 82° 51' 46'' W 35.368301, -82.862684 (Dec Deg) 330782E 3915480N Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Haywood
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Shining Rock": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Lists that contain Shining Rock: North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks (Rank #33) Southern Appalachian 6000-foot Peaks (Rank #34) South Beyond 6000 (Rank #39) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1984 by William Sanderson 1993-08 c by William Musser 1993-08 g by William Musser 2005-10-15 by Pete Brennan 2007-08-07 by Bill Oswald 2008-04-26 by Alex Poole 2011-05-14 by Nathan Sylvester 2011-05-15 by Nathan Sylvester 2011-05-28 by Jim Johnson, Jr (Unsuccessful) 2011-07-17 by Eric Bruce 2011-09-10 by Tom Layton 2012-08-05 by Mike Stinson 2012-11-12 by matthew mccracken (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Shining Rock Elevation Ladder from Shining Rock Prominence Ladder from Shining Rock

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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 240 ft/73 m Optimistic Prominence: 320 ft/97 m Key Col: 5760 ft/1756 m (40 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 5720 and 5760 feet. Topo Map: Shining Rock O35082c7 1:24,000 Key Col Lat/Long: 35° 21' 52'' N; 82° 51' 50'' W Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Isolation	1.36 mi/2.19 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Grassy Cove Top (S) Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Central Blue Ridge Ranges Range5: Great Balsam Mountains
Drainage Basins	Pigeon French Broad Tennessee Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: National Forests in North Carolina Wilderness/Special Area: Shining Rock Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Shining Rock O35082c7 1:24,000

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