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Luftee Knob, North Carolina

Prominence: 314 ft, 96 m

Elevation: 6234 feet, 1900 meters

True Isolation: 2.23 mi, 3.58 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 6234 ft / 1900 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 41' 33'' N, 83° 12' 55'' W 35.692447, -83.215382 (Dec Deg) 299544 E 3952099 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Haywood Swain
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 67 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 62) Selected Trip Reports: 2002-01-16 by Kevin Hessler 2009-03-07 by Jeff Rinehart 2012-03-31 by Nathan Sylvester 2013-06-23 by Joe Rego 2016-05-14 by Bradley R (GPS Track) 2017-02-19 by William Sanderson 2017-10-06 by Roy Scholl 2018-04-29 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2019-06-08 by Garth Brown 2020-06-20 by Brandon Girard 2020-07-24 by Scott Leslie 2020-07-30 by Miles Hurley 2021-01-02 by Barrett Wood 2021-10-19 by Patrick Clay 2023-04-10 by Charles Shoemaker 2023-04-12 by Veronica Ashcroft 2023-05-26 by Yossi Sadowsky (GPS Track)
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Cairn on summit (2019-06-08). Photo by Garth Brown.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 314 ft/96 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 354 ft/108 m
  Line Parent: Mount Guyot
  Key Col: 5920 ft/1804 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 2.23 mi/3.58 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 35.7092, -83.2492
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Mount Guyot  (WNW)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4: Great Smoky Mountains
Range5: Eastern Great Smoky Mountains
Range6: Balsam Mountain (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Pigeon
French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Tuckasegee
Little Tennessee
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Topo Map

Luftee Knob O35083f2 1:24,000

Data Source

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