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Green Knob, North Carolina

Prominence: 760 ft, 232 m

Elevation: 5080+ feet, 1548+ meters

True Isolation: 2.49 mi, 4.01 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 5080 - 5120 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 5080 ft / 1548 m (Range 5080 - 5120 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 43' 14'' N, 82° 13' 26'' W 35.720515, -82.223875 (Dec Deg) 389304 E 3953641 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Yancey
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 83 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 75) Selected Trip Reports: 2009-06-14 by David Aaronson 2009-08-02 by Tom Layton 2012-06-04 by jeff branin 2012-08-23 by Dave Dunham 2013-12-03 by Bradley R (GPS Track) 2016-07-03 by Lincoln Durey (GPS Track) 2017-05-07 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2017-07-06 by Jim Haynor 2017-08-27 by Mike Gourley (GPS Track) 2017-10-21 by Tom Layton 2018-04-14 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2018-05-11 by Henry Pharr 2018-09-02 by Justin P (GPS Track) 2018-11-30 by Ricky Kincaid 2019-06-19 by Ben Lostracco 2020-01-23 by Scott Leslie 2020-04-04 by Cameron Hendrixson (GPS Track) 2021-03-20 by Barrett Wood 2021-05-16 by Steven Fishback 2023-05-10 by Veronica Ashcroft
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Lookout Tower atop of Green Knob (2016-04-23). Photo by Jonathan Blackwell.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 760 ft/231 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 840 ft/255 m
  Key Col: Deep Gap    4320 ft/1317 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 2.49 mi/4.01 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 35.7492, -82.2508
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Commissary Hill  (NW)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4: Southern Blue Ridge Front
Range5: N NC Blue Ridge Crest

Drainage Basins

Catawba
Wateree
Santee
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Nolichucky
French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: National Forests in North Carolina

Topo Map

Old Fort O35082f2 1:24,000

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