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Grassy Ridge Bald, North Carolina

Prominence: 648 ft, 198 m

Elevation: 6160+ feet, 1878+ meters

True Isolation: 2.27 mi, 3.66 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 6160 - 6200 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 6160 ft / 1878 m (Range 6160 - 6200 ft)
Subpeaks	Grassy Ridge (6120 ft/1865 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 5' 59'' N, 82° 4' 50'' W 36.099811, -82.080509 (Dec Deg) 402737 E 3995559 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Avery (Highest Point) Mitchell
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Grassy Ridge Bald": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Grassy Ridge Bald at SummitPost.org Grassy Ridge Bald at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Grassy Ridge Bald at Mountain-Forecast.com Grassy Ridge Bald at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Avery, NC by Ron Tagliapietra CoHP.org Trip Report for Avery, NC by Patrick Craft Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Grassy Ridge Bald: Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #11) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #9) Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #140) High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #9) 100 Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #9) Southern Appalachian 6000-foot Peaks (Rank #23) South Beyond 6000 (Rank #27) Eastern USA 5000-foot Peaks (Rank #24) North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks (Rank #22) High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #8) North Carolina County High Points (Rank #7) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #16)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 271 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 246) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2002-01-29 by Kevin Hessler 2006-11-18 by Brian Stansberry 2011-08-08 by Keith Turner 2011-11-26 by Tom Layton 2012-06-17 by Eric Bruce 2012-08-23 by Dave Dunham 2013-01-02 by William Musser 2013-12-31 by William Sanderson 2014-05-15 by Marcus Lostracco (GPS Track) 2014-07-20 by David Darby (GPS Track) 2014-10-18 by Albert Wolff (GPS Track) 2015-04-05 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2015-06-06 by Tomoko Nakajima 2015-06-28 by Bradley R (GPS Track) 2015-07-25 by Bryan Marchant 2015-10-08 by Jonathan Smyer (GPS Track) 2016-04-19 by PJ Anderer (GPS Track) 2017-08-02 by Henry Pharr 2018-06-30 by Nicole Samu 2018-08-25 by David Winston (GPS Track) 2019-09-03 by Andy Hatzos (GPS Track) 2020-01-23 by Bobby Schultz (GPS Track) 2020-02-23 by Mike Trimble (GPS Track) 2020-05-31 by Patrick Clay 2020-07-13 by Scott Leslie
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Spectacular views

View from the summit of Grassy Ridge Bald (2016-05-07). Photo by Jonathan Blackwell. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 648 ft/198 m Optimistic Prominence: 688 ft/210 m Line Parent: Roan High Knob Key Col: Carvers Gap 5512 ft/1680 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 2.27 mi/3.66 km Isolation Limit Point: 36.1042, -82.1208 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Roan High Knob (W)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Western Blue Ridge Ranges Range5: Roan-Unaka Mountains
Drainage Basins	Nolichucky French Broad Tennessee Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: National Forests in North Carolina
Topo Map	Carvers Gap O36082a1 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map Grassy Ridge Bald Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

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Benhmark (2020-07-18). Photo by Garth Brown.
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Looking West (2020-07-18). Photo by Garth Brown.
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Grassy Ridge Bald marker and sign (2020-10-17). Photo by Steven Fishback .
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