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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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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 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.	Krunkleton Knob	2780+	847+	Western Carolina Piedmont
9.	Kaylor Knob	2779	847	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	1830	558	Georgia Piedmont

Photos of Peaks in the Piedmont

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.
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.	Fayette County High Point The only 1010 contour on the Fayette GIS maps is this spot west of Hwy 92 and Rivers Rd (2017-08-08). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.
Morrow Mountain The "peak" (2017-03-01). Photo by Robert Kraft. Click here for larger-size photo.	Union County High Point Next to Tom Layton's "boulder" atop Union County. (2016-10-25). Photo by Pat Wymore. Click here for larger-size photo.

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