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North Mountain Area

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Elliott Knob (4463 ft/1360 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Virginia
Area	1,209 sq mi / 3,130 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	59 mi / 94 km North-South 56 mi / 91 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	37° 56' N; 79° 20' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of North Mountain Area
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the North Mountain Area.

Central Appalachian Ridges	Level 4 (Parent)
North Central Appalachian Ridges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Central Virginia Appalachian Ridges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Shenandoah Mountain	Level 5 (Sibling)
Masanutten Mountain	Level 5 (Sibling)
Allegheny Mountain Ridge	Level 5 (Sibling)
North Mountain Area	Level 5
South-Central Appalachian Ridges	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the North Mountain Area

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Elliott Knob	4463	1360
2.	Hogback	4447	1355
3.	Lead-off Ridge	4080+	1244+
4.	Crawford Mountain	3760+	1146+
5.	Big House Mountain	3645	1111
6.	Sugarloaf Mountain	3626	1105
7.	Brushy Mountain	3560+	1085+
8.	North Mountain	3473	1059
9.	Big Butt	3451	1052
10.	Ad Cox Knob	3440+	1049+
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the North Mountain Area

Elliott Knob Elliott Knob - Augusta VA CoHP (2020-12-13). Photo by Steven Fishback . Click here for larger-size photo.	Sugarloaf Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain, viewed from its east summit (2020-12-19). Photo by Powen Ru. Click here for larger-size photo.
North Mountain Bear sighting near the summit (2021-05-01). Photo by Powen Ru. Click here for larger-size photo.	Grassy Mountain Grassy Mountain summit rock, class 3.0, not exactly on Peakbagger point or 3345 mark (2020-12-19). Photo by Powen Ru. Click here for larger-size photo.
Peak 3240 Gap BM, about 0.5 mile south the Peak 3240 (2021-05-01). Photo by Powen Ru. Click here for larger-size photo.

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