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The Pinnacle, North Carolina
Prominence: 465 ft, 142 m
Elevation: 5665 feet, 1727 meters
True Isolation: 1.67 mi, 2.69 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 5665 ft / 1727 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
35° 42' 16'' N, 82° 16' 31'' W
35.704308, -82.275411 (Dec Deg)
384620 E 3951902 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
North Carolina
County/Second Level Region
Buncombe
McDowell (Highest Point)
Yancey
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Blue Ridge Pinnacle at SummitPost.org
Pinnacle at ListsOfJohn.com
CoHP.org Trip Report for McDowell, NC by Ron Tagliapietra
CoHP.org Trip Report for McDowell, NC by John Garner
CoHP.org Trip Report for McDowell, NC by Don Desrosiers
CoHP.org Trip Report for McDowell, NC by Shannon Dillmore
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Lists that contain The Pinnacle:
Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet
(Rank #17)
Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs
(Rank #13)
100 Highest Eastern CoHPs
(Rank #13)
Eastern USA 5000-foot Peaks
(Rank #74)
North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks
(Rank #65)
High Points of Counties in 13 Original States
(Rank #14)
North Carolina County High Points
(Rank #11)
Southern USA CoHPs
(Rank #22)
Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
82
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 81)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
2000-05-26 by Scott Surgent
2010-07-04 by Tom Layton
2012-05-18 by Dennis Poulin (GPS Track)
2012-06-06 by jeff branin
2012-08-23 by Dave Dunham
2012-09-02 by Coby King
2014-01-26 by Brian Buchanan
2014-12-15 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track)
2016-07-17 by Bradley Reese (GPS Track)
2017-05-07 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track)
2017-07-14 by Henry Pharr
2019-02-14 by Henry Pharr
2019-06-14 by Henry Pharr
2020-04-03 by Cameron Hendrixson (GPS Track)
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 465 ft/142 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 505 ft/154 m
Line Parent
:
Potato Knob
Key Col
: Black Mountain Gap 5200 ft/1585 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 1.67 mi/2.69 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 35.7267, -82.2867
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Potato Knob
(NNW)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4:
Southern Blue Ridge Front
Range5:
N NC Blue Ridge Crest
Ridges/Divides
Appalachian Divide
South Blue Ridge
Drainage Basins
Major Triple Divide Point
Catawba
Wateree
Santee
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean
French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Nolichucky
French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Ownership
Land: National Forests in North Carolina
Topo Map
Montreat O35082f3 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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