Richland Balsam, North Carolina

Contrary to what you see on the USGS topo, the Haywood-Jackson county line runs east and north of Richland Balsam, according to the Jackson GIS map (boundary marked by angular green line). If this is correct, the peak is entirely in Jackson County. The curved brown line is the Blue Ridge Parkway property line. The Haywood GIS map shows the boundary higher on the mountain but still not on the summit (1998). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 3010 ft/918 m   Optimistic Prominence: 3050 ft/930 m   Line Parent: Mount Guyot   Key Col: Balsam Gap    3400 ft/1036 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 27.08 mi/43.58 km    Isolation Limit Point: 35.686495, -83.270925 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Chapman  (NW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Central Blue Ridge Ranges Range5: Great Balsam Mountains (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: National Forests in North Carolina Wilderness/Special Area: Middle Prong Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Sam Knob O35082c8 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Richland Balsam summit sign (2021-06-16). Photo by Jason Crane. Click here for larger-size photo.

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