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Southern Appalachian Ridges

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Balsam Beartown Mountain (4710 ft/1436 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Alabama (35%), Georgia (25%), Tennessee (25%), Virginia (15%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	20,209 sq mi / 52,340 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	350 mi / 563 km North-South 341 mi / 548 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	34° 51' N; 84° 57' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Southern Appalachian Ridges
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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 Southern Appalachian Ridges.

Appalachian Ridges	Level 3 (Parent)
Northern Appalachian Ridges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Appalachian Ridges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Appalachian Ridges	Level 4
Garden-Brushy-East River Mountain Area	Level 5 (Child)
Walker Mountain Complex	Level 5 (Child)
Clinch Mountain Complex	Level 5 (Child)
Powell Mountain-Wallen Ridge	Level 5 (Child)
Far South Appalachian Ridges	Level 5 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Southern Appalachian Ridges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Balsam Beartown Mountain	4710	1436	Garden-Brushy-East River Mountain Area
2.	Beartown Mountain	4689	1429	Clinch Mountain Complex
3.	Redoak Ridge	4560+	1390+	Garden-Brushy-East River Mountain Area
4.	Flattop Mountain	4528	1380	Clinch Mountain Complex
5.	Hutchinson Rock	4480+	1366+	Garden-Brushy-East River Mountain Area
6.	Morris Knob	4440+	1353+	Clinch Mountain Complex
7.	Chestnut Ridge	4409	1344	Garden-Brushy-East River Mountain Area
8.	Redrock Mountain	4400+	1341+	Clinch Mountain Complex
9.	East River Mountain - Chimney Rock West	4360+	1329+	Garden-Brushy-East River Mountain Area
10.	Brushy Mountain	4320+	1317+	Clinch Mountain Complex
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Balsam Beartown Mountain	4710	1436	Garden-Brushy-East River Mountain Area
2.	Beartown Mountain	4689	1429	Clinch Mountain Complex
3.	Walker Mountain	4017	1224	Walker Mountain Complex
4.	Buzzard Roost	3192	973	Powell Mountain-Wallen Ridge
5.	Cheaha Mountain	2405	733	Far South Appalachian Ridges

Photos of Peaks in the Southern Appalachian Ridges

Balsam Beartown Mountain Very close to the top. USFS sign swallowed by tree (2020-10-25). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.	Beartown Mountain The northern ramparts of Beartown Mtn (2018-10-17). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info
Morris Knob View west to east on VA91 of Morris Knob (2021-04-04). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.	Chestnut Ridge Chestnut Ridge AT shelter and Benchmark (2020-10-25). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.
East River Mountain - Chimney Rock West East River Mnt-Chimney Rock West high point at 4360ft (2022-05-14). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.	East River Mountain - Chimney Rock Chimney Rock has good view; but the rock feature is not visible from Chimney Rock Trail. Please refer my gpx to locate it. Bring a pair of loppers, or at least hand pruners to cut bushes and briers (2023-03-18). Photo by Powen Ru. Click here for larger-size photo.
Chimney Rock Peak Chimney Peak (middle) and Knob Mountain-Chimney Rock (left) looking NW as seen from VA16 (2022-02-20). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.	Middle Knob 1933 fire tower and ruins at summit of Middle Knob (2013-12-21). Photo by Bryan Marchant. Click here for larger-size photo.
Gose Knob Gose Knob 4084ft on a Fall day from Burkes Garden looking north (2022-10-15). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.	Ghost Knob Burkes Garden's Ghost Knob at 4080feeet seen from Bald Knob/Hutchison Rock (2022-02-20). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.

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