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Rich Mountain, North Carolina
Prominence: 782 ft, 239 m
Elevation: 4782 feet, 1458 meters
True Isolation: 3.58 mi, 5.76 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 4782 ft / 1458 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
36° 14' 8'' N, 81° 42' 22'' W
36.235573, -81.706124 (Dec Deg)
436548 E 4010309 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
North Carolina
County/Second Level Region
Watauga
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Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
15
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 17)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
2011-07-21 by Tom Layton
2013-07-01 by jeff branin (Unsuccessful)
2014-06-30 by jeff branin
2018-06-01 by Henry Pharr
2020-10-11 by Scott Leslie (Unsuccessful)
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Prominent ridge overlooking Boone NC. One of three mountains in Watauga County named Rich. Sometimes confused with Howard's Knob, a subpeak to the SE that once had the US's largest windmill.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 782 ft/239 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 822 ft/251 m
Key Col
: 4000 ft/1219 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 3.58 mi/5.76 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 36.2875, -81.7058
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Harmon Knob
(N)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4:
Western Blue Ridge Ranges
Range5:
Beech-Snake-Rich
Drainage Basins
Watauga
South Fork Holston
Holston
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map
Boone O36081b6 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by
Tom Layton
.
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