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The Peak, North Carolina
Prominence: 840 ft, 256 m
Elevation: 5160+ feet, 1573+ meters
True Isolation: 5.41 mi, 8.71 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 5160 - 5200 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 5160 ft / 1573 m
(Range 5160 - 5200 ft)
Local or Alternate Name(s)
Benchmark: Trout Benchmark
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
36° 24' 12'' N, 81° 38' 37'' W
36.403246, -81.643694 (Dec Deg)
442282 E 4028868 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
North Carolina
County/Second Level Region
Ashe (Highest Point)
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The Peak at ListsOfJohn.com
CoHP.org Trip Report for Ashe, NC by Bob Packard
CoHP.org Trip Report for Ashe, NC by Patrick Craft
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Lists that contain The Peak:
Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet
(Rank #30)
Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs
(Rank #25)
100 Highest Eastern CoHPs
(Rank #25)
Eastern USA 5000-foot Peaks
(Rank #162)
North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks
(Rank #143)
High Points of Counties in 13 Original States
(Rank #22)
North Carolina County High Points
(Rank #16)
Southern USA CoHPs
(Rank #33)
Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
28
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 29)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
2011-05-30 by Tom Layton (Unsuccessful)
2011-10-08 by Tom Layton
2015-05-11 by Tom Layton (Unsuccessful)
2017-12-11 by Jason Newman
2018-03-31 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track)
2018-03-31 by Jonathan Blackwell (GPS Track)
2018-04-12 by Henry Pharr
2018-06-03 by Bradley Reese (GPS Track)
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 840 ft/256 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 920 ft/280 m
Key Col
: 4320 ft/1317 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 5.41 mi/8.71 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 36.3283, -81.6725
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Elk Knob
(SSW)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4:
Western Blue Ridge Ranges
Range5:
Beech-Snake-Rich
Drainage Basins
New
Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map
Baldwin Gap O36081d6 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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