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Mount Sterling, North Carolina
Prominence: 663 ft, 202 m
Elevation: 5842 feet, 1781 meters
True Isolation: 2.81 mi, 4.52 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 5842 ft / 1781 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
35° 42' 9'' N, 83° 7' 20'' W
35.702368, -83.122246 (Dec Deg)
307997 E 3953013 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
North Carolina
County/Second Level Region
Haywood
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Lists that contain Mount Sterling:
Carolina Lookout Tower Challenge
(Rank #3)
Eastern USA 5000-foot Peaks
(Rank #54)
North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks
(Rank #50)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
145
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 136)
Selected Trip Reports:
2004-04-01 by Pete Brennan
2008-12-06 by Mike Ehrhardt
2009-02-11 by Bob Biddix
2009-03-29 by Jack Magaw (GPS Track)
2009-10-18 by Brian Stansberry
2011-04-10 by Ed Wandall
2013-09-09 by Mike Gourley (GPS Track)
2014-10-25 by Bradley R (GPS Track)
2016-11-04 by Stav Basis
2016-11-25 by Tom Layton
2017-11-19 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track)
2018-07-07 by Stav Basis
2018-08-26 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track)
2019-04-11 by Garth Brown (GPS Track)
2019-07-16 by Ariel Jacala (GPS Track)
2019-09-02 by Patrick Skarp (GPS Track)
2019-10-15 by Ben Lostracco
2019-11-28 by Tony Zhang (GPS Track)
2020-06-16 by Jim Haynor
2020-06-20 by Brandon Girard
2020-10-31 by Scott Leslie
2020-11-13 by Scott Leslie
2021-01-02 by Barrett Wood
2021-03-11 by Paula Martin
2022-03-20 by Dave Dunham (GPS Track)
2022-07-01 by Steven Davis
2022-07-09 by Thomas Marshall (GPS Track)
2023-01-20 by Bradley R (GPS Track)
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The rickety fire tower on Mount Sterling, in North Carolina Photo by
Jeff Malik
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 663 ft/202 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 663 ft/202 m
Key Col
: Pretty Hollow Gap 5179 ft/1579 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 2.81 mi/4.52 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 35.6783, -83.1625
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Big Butt
(SW)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4:
Great Smoky Mountains
Range5:
Eastern Great Smoky Mountains
Range6:
Balsam Mountain
Drainage Basins
Pigeon
French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Ownership
Land: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Topo Map
Cove Creek Gap O35083f1 1:24,000
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Other Photos
View looking towards Mt Guyot (2019-04-11). Photo by
Garth Brown
.
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Tower at the top (2019-04-11). Photo by
Garth Brown
.
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Firetower view (2019-11-28). Photo by
Tony Zhang
.
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Firetower view looking north towards Cosby and Hartford (2019-11-28). Photo by
Tony Zhang
.
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Firetower morning view (2019-11-29). Photo by
Tony Zhang
.
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