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Balsam Beartown Mountain, Virginia

Prominence: 2130 ft, 649 m

Elevation: 4710 feet, 1436 meters

True Isolation: 28.2 mi, 45.39 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4710 ft / 1436 m
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Benchmark: Maiden Benchmark
Subpeaks	South Balsam Beartown (4280 ft/1305 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 4' 53'' N, 81° 24' 49'' W 37.081416, -81.413675 (Dec Deg) 463232 E 4103984 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Tazewell (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Balsam Beartown Mountain": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Garden Mt (BM Maiden) at SummitPost Garden Mountain at ListsOfJohn Garden Mountain at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Tazewell, VA by Ron Tagliapietra CoHP.org Trip Report for Tazewell, VA by Fred Lobdell CoHP.org Trip Report for Tazewell, VA by Bob Packard CoHP.org Trip Report for Tazewell, VA by Ryan Richardson CoHP.org Trip Report for Tazewell, VA by Roy Schweiker CoHP.org Trip Report for Tazewell, VA by Patrick Craft CoHP.org Trip Report for Tazewell, VA by Michael Schwartz CoHP.org Trip Report for Tazewell, VA by Ed Talbott Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Balsam Beartown Mountain: USA Lower 48 Range3 High Points (Rank #18) Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #64) Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #39) Appalachian Mountain Range4 High Points (Rank #8) USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #85) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #34) 2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #227) Southeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #20) CoHP High Five List (Rank #104) High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #25) 100 Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #34) North America Range3 High Points (Rank #51) USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #158) Southeast USA Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #20) USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #470) Virginia 4500-foot Peaks (Rank #6) High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #27) Southern USA Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #20) Southeastern Wilderness High Points (Rank #11) Virginia County/Ind. City High Points (Rank #4) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 65 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 56) Selected Trip Reports: 2012-05-05 by Tom Layton 2012-08-11 by James Barlow (GPS Track) 2015-09-07 by Chris Gilsdorf 2017-01-10 by Duncan Lennon 2018-07-21 by Will Waller 2018-10-29 by Ben Lostracco 2019-12-07 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2020-10-25 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track) 2021-11-20 by Powen Ru (GPS Track) 2022-02-20 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track) 2022-05-08 by Craig Barlow 2022-05-21 by David Winston (GPS Track) 2022-10-08 by Dwight Wolf 2023-05-03 by Veronica Ashcroft
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Very close to the top. USFS sign swallowed by tree (2020-10-25). Photo by Steven Fishback.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 2130 ft/650 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 2150 ft/656 m
  Line Parent: Mount Rogers
  Key Col: 2580 ft/786 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 28.2 mi/45.39 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 36.674602, -81.466271
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Third Peak  (S)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Ridges (Highest Point)
Range4: Southern Appalachian Ridges (Highest Point)
Range5: Garden-Brushy-East River Mountain Area (Highest Point)
Range6: Garden Mountain (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

New
Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

North Fork Holston (HP)
Holston
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: George Washington-Jefferson National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Beartown Wilderness Area (Highest Point)

Topo Map

Hutchinson Rock O37081a4 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

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