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Piedmont

Range Type	Miscellaneous physical or political Feature
Highest Point	Icy Knob (3000 ft/914 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Georgia (35%), North Carolina (30%), South Carolina (21%), Virginia (12%), Florida (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	140,186 sq mi / 363,081 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	562 mi / 904 km North-South 554 mi / 892 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	34° 20' N; 80° 27' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Piedmont
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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 Piedmont.

Piedmont-Southeast Coast	Level 3 (Parent)
Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain	Level 4 (Sibling)
Piedmont	Level 4
Virginia Piedmont	Level 5 (Child)
Eastern Carolina Piedmont	Level 5 (Child)
Western Carolina Piedmont	Level 5 (Child)
Georgia Piedmont	Level 5 (Child)
Southeast Coast	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Piedmont

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Icy Knob	3000	914	Western Carolina Piedmont
2.	Buzzard Roost	2980	908	Western Carolina Piedmont
3.	Propst Mountain	2960+	902+	Western Carolina Piedmont
4.	Hickory Knob	2960+	902+	Western Carolina Piedmont
5.	Walker Top	2920+	890+	Western Carolina Piedmont
6.	Benn Knob	2880+	878+	Western Carolina Piedmont
7.	Skull Knob	2840+	866+	Western Carolina Piedmont
8.	Kaylor Knob	2779	847	Western Carolina Piedmont
9.	Krunkleton Knob	2760+	841+	Western Carolina Piedmont
10.	High Peak	2720+	829+	Western Carolina Piedmont
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.	Icy Knob	3000	914	Western Carolina Piedmont
2.	Pores Knob	2660+	811+	Eastern Carolina Piedmont
3.	Turkeycock Mountain	1850	564	Virginia Piedmont
4.	Chenocetah Mountain	1820+	555+	Georgia Piedmont

Photos of Peaks in the Piedmont

Walker Top Walker Top Tower (2019-09-19). Photo by Jason Newman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Moores Knob View of Pilot Mtn from the top of the Moore's Knob lookout tower (2016-03-18). Photo by Jonathan Blackwell. Click here for larger-size photo.
Pilot Mountain PILOT MOUNTAIN (2014-05-30). Photo by Shawn Dunn. Click here for larger-size photo.	Currahee Mountain An east side view of the mountain. Access is on a rough road drive-up from the north side (2020-02-15). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.
The Pinnacle Looking north towards the city of Kings Mountain from The Pinnacle's rocky ridge (2020-01-28). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.	Stone Mountain Stone Mountain has giant bas-relief depictions of Confederate generals carved into its side (1989-04-19).
Spencer Mountain The power-line chute up Spencer Mountain. Sorry if this displays sideways--it's upright in the enlargement. (2017-03-26). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.	Kyles Mountain Kyles Mountain on a foggy morning hike (2008-05-16). Photo by Scott Surgent. Click here for larger-size photo.
Shepherd Mountain View east from atop the tower on Shepherd Mt (2015-10-09). Photo by jeff branin. Click here for larger-size photo.	Atlanta High Point Atlanta city high point...complete with local pushing a washing machine in a shopping cart (2013-06-18). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.

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