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N NC Blue Ridge Crest

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Grandfather Mountain (5946 ft/1812 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	North Carolina (96%), Virginia (4%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	2,072 sq mi / 5,367 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	74 mi / 119 km North-South 95 mi / 153 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	36° 8' N; 81° 32' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of N NC Blue Ridge Crest
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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 N NC Blue Ridge Crest.

Southern Blue Ridge Front	Level 4 (Parent)
South Virginia Blue Ridge	Level 5 (Sibling)
N NC Blue Ridge Crest	Level 5
South NC Blue Ridge Crest	Level 5 (Sibling)
Georgia Blue Ridge	Level 5 (Sibling)
Unicoi Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the N NC Blue Ridge Crest

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Grandfather Mountain	5946	1812
2.	The Pinnacle	5665	1727
3.	Bald Knob	5400+	1646+
4.	Graybeard Mountain	5360+	1634+
5.	Sugar Mountain	5240+	1597+
6.	Rocky Knob South	5240+	1597+
7.	Green Knob	5080+	1548+
8.	Flattop Cliffs	4920+	1500+
9.	Peak Mountain	4920+	1500+
10.	Glass Rock Knob	4880+	1487+
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 N NC Blue Ridge Crest

Grandfather Mountain Grandfather Mountain features a swaying suspension bridge as part of its many attractions (1991-10-26).	Calloway Peak - East Summit Looking SW from the summit. Attic Window Peak is visible on the left side of the image (2022-12-17). Photo by Chaney Swiney. Click here for larger-size photo.
Attic Window Peak Attic Window peak at 5880ft viewed from top of MacRae (2022-09-25). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.	MacRae Peak looking NE from just below the summit. MacRae Peak is the block on the right, Attic Window Peak is the forested hump on the left (2022-12-17). Photo by Chaney Swiney. Click here for larger-size photo.
The Pinnacle Summit Blue Ridge Pinnacle, 6-5-22 (2022-06-05). Photo by Jason Crane. Click here for larger-size photo.	Linville Peak Linville peak on right after crossing the Grandfather mile-high swing bridge. Benchmark "SWINGING 1971" (2022-09-25). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.
Green Knob Lookout Tower atop of Green Knob (2016-04-23). Photo by Jonathan Blackwell. Click here for larger-size photo.	Thompkins Knob Made it! (2018-10-15). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info
Tablerock Table Rock summit via Linville Gorge Loop, 6-1-22 (2022-06-01). Photo by Jason Crane. Click here for larger-size photo.	Shortoff Mountain Day 1 of 2-days hike of Linville Gorge Loop on Shortoff Mountain, 5-31-22 (2022-05-31). Photo by Jason Crane. Click here for larger-size photo.

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