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Big Tom, North Carolina

Prominence: 0 ft, 0 m

Elevation: 6560+ feet, 1999+ meters

True Isolation: 0.18 mi, 0.29 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 6560 - 6600 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 6560 ft / 1999 m (Range 6560 - 6600 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 46' 47'' N, 82° 15' 35'' W 35.779698, -82.259854 (Dec Deg) 386134 E 3960246 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Yancey
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Big Tom": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Big Tom at SummitPost.org Big Tom at ListsOfJohn.com Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 269 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 242) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2004-10-14 by Mike Gourley 2007-06-17 by Michael Devall 2009-10-07 by William Musser 2010-06-12 by Nathan Sylvester 2011-09-12 by Dennis Stewart 2012-05-17 by Tommy Cox 2012-05-20 by Wilson Eury 2013-06-01 by Tom Layton 2013-06-13 by Albert Wolff 2013-10-21 by Vic Hanson 2014-03-02 by Bradley R (GPS Track) 2014-05-16 by Marcus Lostracco (GPS Track) 2014-05-16 by Marcus Lostracco (GPS Track) 2014-05-17 by Marcus Lostracco (GPS Track) 2014-09-01 by Keith Robinson 2015-08-02 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2016-12-29 by Debbie Adams 2017-07-09 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2017-09-09 by Caitlin Roscioli 2018 by Karissa Arnold 2018-08-25 by Henry Pharr 2019-04-27 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2019-06-02 by Thomas Marshall (GPS Track) 2019-09-12 by Jayson H (GPS Track) 2020-03-11 by Mike Trimble (GPS Track) 2020-06-26 by SteveM StickMan (GPS Track) 2020-09-04 by Scott Leslie
Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Big Tom Elevation Ladder from Big Tom Prominence Ladder from Big Tom

Plaque on top of Big Tom (2012-10-14). Photo by Bruce Hicks. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 0 ft/0 m Optimistic Prominence: 80 ft/24 m Line Parent: Mount Craig Key Col: 6560 ft/1999 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 0.18 mi/0.29 km Isolation Limit Point: 35.7775, -82.2617 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Mount Craig (SW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Central Blue Ridge Ranges Range5: Black Mountains
Ridges/Divides	Black Mountains Crest
Drainage Basins	Nolichucky French Broad Tennessee Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Mount Mitchell State Park
Topo Map	Mount Mitchell O35082g3 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map Big Tom Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

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My name is on NC's 7th highest peak! (2013-06-01). Photo by Tom Layton.
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Big Tom (2020-06-24). Photo by Ernst Brown.
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