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Thompkins Knob, North Carolina
Prominence: 920 ft, 280 m
Elevation: 4080+ feet, 1244+ meters
True Isolation: 7.27 mi, 11.69 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 4080 - 4120 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 4080 ft / 1244 m
(Range 4080 - 4120 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
36° 14' 24'' N, 81° 28' 39'' W
36.240128, -81.477364 (Dec Deg)
457107 E 4010688 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
North Carolina
County/Second Level Region
Watauga
Wilkes (Highest Point)
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Thomkins Knob at ListsOfJohn
Tomkins Knob at Mountain-Forecast.com
Thomkins Knob at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)
CoHP.org Trip Report for Wilkes, NC by Ken Oeser
CoHP.org Trip Report for Wilkes, NC by Shannon Dillmore
CoHP.org Trip Report for Wilkes, NC by Don Desrosiers
CoHP.org Trip Report for Wilkes, NC by Andy Neisler
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Lists that contain Thompkins Knob:
USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points
(Rank #45)
100 Highest Eastern CoHPs
(Rank #66)
North Carolina Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence
(Unranked)
High Points of Counties in 13 Original States
(Rank #47)
North Carolina County High Points
(Rank #21)
Southern USA Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence
(Unranked)
Southern USA CoHPs
(Rank #68)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
56
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 53)
Selected Trip Reports:
2010-07-11 by Tom Layton
2010-08-27 by Dave Dunham
2010-10-10 by pat stout
2011-03-06 by Richard Oestreicher
2015-05-22 by jeff branin
2015-11-29 by Tom Layton
2017-10-26 by Henry Pharr
2018-02-18 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track)
2019-02-21 by Will Waller
2019-06-18 by Ben Lostracco
2020-04-04 by Brandon Girard
2020-10-17 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track)
2021-11-26 by David Winston (GPS Track)
2022-08-14 by Mike Gourley (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches:
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Elevation Ladder from Thompkins Knob
Prominence Ladder from Thompkins Knob
Made it! (2018-10-15).
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 920 ft/281 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 1000 ft/305 m
Key Col
: 3160 ft/963 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 7.27 mi/11.69 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 36.3425, -81.5083
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Mulatto Mountain
(NNW)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4:
Southern Blue Ridge Front
Range5:
N NC Blue Ridge Crest
Drainage Basins
Yadkin
Pee Dee (HP)
Atlantic-Eastern USA
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Kanawha
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Mississippi
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Thompkins Knob (
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)
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NC Geodetic Survey. I found two of these (2020-10-17). Photo by
Steven Fishback
.
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