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Forked Ridge Knob, North Carolina
Prominence: 40 ft, 12 m
Elevation: 4560+ feet, 1390+ meters
True Isolation: 0.25 mi, 0.4 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 4560 - 4600 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 4560 ft / 1390 m
(Range 4560 - 4600 ft)
Peak Type
Unofficially Named Peak
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
35° 39' 59'' N, 82° 18' 28'' W
35.666366, -82.307887 (Dec Deg)
381625 E 3947732 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
North Carolina
County/Second Level Region
Buncombe
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Fifth Sister (Forked Ridge Knob) at SummitPost
Middle Mountain at ListsOfJohn
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Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
26
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 24)
Selected Trip Reports:
2014-05-03 by Tom Layton
2015-03-29 by Bradley R (GPS Track)
2019-05-16 by Henry Pharr
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 40 ft/12 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 120 ft/36 m
Key Col
: 4520 ft/1378 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 0.25 mi/0.4 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 35.67, -82.3075
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Walker Knob
(N)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4:
Southern Blue Ridge Front
Range5:
N NC Blue Ridge Crest
Drainage Basins
French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map
Montreat O35082f3 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by
Jeff Rinehart
.
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