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Big Butt, North Carolina

Prominence: 680 ft, 207 m

Elevation: 5920+ feet, 1804+ meters

True Isolation: 2.88 mi, 4.63 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 5920 - 5960 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 5920 ft / 1804 m (Range 5920 - 5960 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 47' 12'' N, 82° 20' 48'' W 35.786803, -82.346561 (Dec Deg) 378308 E 3961139 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Buncombe Yancey
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 53 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 50) Selected Trip Reports: 2012-10-27 by Tom Layton 2014-12-31 by Bradley R (GPS Track) 2015-09-19 by Tom Layton 2016-07-24 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2018-08-11 by Henry Pharr 2019-07-27 by Henry Pharr 2019-08-14 by William Sanderson 2020-12-21 by Scott Leslie 2021-10-01 by Trey Penland 2022-07-03 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track) 2022-10-08 by Albert Wolff (GPS Track)
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View just below Big Butt summit. (2014-05-10). Photo by Bruce Hicks. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 680 ft/207 m Optimistic Prominence: 760 ft/231 m Key Col: 5240 ft/1597 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 2.88 mi/4.63 km Isolation Limit Point: 35.7483, -82.3267 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Blackstock Knob (SSE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Central Blue Ridge Ranges Range5: Black Mountains
Drainage Basins	French Broad Tennessee Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: National Forests in North Carolina
Topo Map	Mount Mitchell O35082g3 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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