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Potato Knob, North Carolina
Prominence: 40 ft, 12 m
Elevation: 6400+ feet, 1951+ meters
True Isolation: 0.34 mi, 0.54 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 6400 - 6440 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 6400 ft / 1951 m
(Range 6400 - 6440 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
35° 43' 48'' N, 82° 17' 28'' W
35.729955, -82.291246 (Dec Deg)
383224 E 3954766 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
North Carolina
County/Second Level Region
Buncombe (Highest Point)
Yancey
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Potato Knob at SummitPost
Potato Knob at ListsOfJohn
CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Ron Tagliapietra
CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Patrick Craft
CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Fred Lobdell
CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by John Garner
CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Don Desrosiers
CoHP.org Trip Report for Buncombe, NC by Edward Earl
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Lists that contain Potato Knob:
Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet
(Rank #6)
Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs
(Rank #5)
Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States
(Rank #136)
CoHP High Five List
(Rank #78)
100 Highest Eastern CoHPs
(Rank #5)
Southern Appalachian 6000-foot Peaks
(Unranked)
Eastern USA 5000-foot Peaks
(Unranked)
North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks
(Unranked)
High Points of Counties in 13 Original States
(Rank #5)
North Carolina County High Points
(Rank #5)
Southern USA CoHPs
(Rank #12)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
101
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 91)
Selected Trip Reports:
2002-04-03 by Kevin Hessler
2008-05-21 by David Aaronson
2009-08-09 by Ben Lostracco
2010-10-17 by pat stout
2011-05-07 by Tom Layton
2011-09-12 by Dennis Stewart
2012-09-02 by Coby King
2012-10-06 by Nathan Sylvester
2015-07-18 by Albert Wolff (GPS Track)
2017-06-03 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track)
2017-08-17 by Henry Pharr
2017-11-22 by Bradley R (GPS Track)
2018-04-22 by David Winston (GPS Track)
2019-01-01 by Jeff Wadley
2019-06-29 by Jonathan Vance
2020-11-08 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track)
2021-03-20 by Barrett Wood
2021-04-18 by Brandon Girard (GPS Track)
2021-05-08 by Caroline Miller
2022-04-17 by Brandon Girard (GPS Track)
2022-04-20 by Dwight Wolf
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 40 ft/12 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 120 ft/36 m
Line Parent
:
Clingmans Peak
Key Col
: 6360 ft/1939 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 0.34 mi/0.54 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 35.7342, -82.2883
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Clingmans Peak
(NNE)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4:
Central Blue Ridge Ranges
Range5:
Black Mountains
Ridges/Divides
Black Mountains Crest
Drainage Basins
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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