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Shining Rock, North Carolina
Prominence: 240 ft, 73 m
Elevation: 6000+ feet, 1829+ meters
True Isolation: 1.32 mi, 2.12 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 6000 - 6040 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 6000 ft / 1829 m
(Range 6000 - 6040 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
35° 22' 6'' N, 82° 51' 46'' W
35.368301, -82.862684 (Dec Deg)
330782 E 3915480 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
North Carolina
County/Second Level Region
Haywood
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Lists that contain Shining Rock:
Southern Appalachian 6000-foot Peaks
(Rank #34)
South Beyond 6000
(Rank #39)
Eastern USA 5000-foot Peaks
(Rank #35)
North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks
(Rank #33)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
236
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 214)
Selected Trip Reports:
1984-06 by William Sanderson
1993-08 c by William Musser
1993-08 g by William Musser
2002-02-12 by Kevin Hessler
2005-10-15 by Pete Brennan
2007-08-07 by Bill Oswald
2008-04-26 by Alex Poole
2011-05-14 by Nathan Sylvester
2011-05-15 by Nathan Sylvester
2011-05-28 by Jim Johnson, Jr (Unsuccessful)
2011-09-10 by Tom Layton
2012-08-05 by Mike Stinson
2012-11-12 by matthew mccracken (GPS Track)
2014-10-25 by Albert Wolff (GPS Track)
2014-12-14 by Bradley R (GPS Track)
2015-07-04 by Brian McCray
2017-03-25 by Debbie Adams
2017-05-01 by Stav Basis
2017-10-12 by Ken Durham
2018-01-21 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track)
2018-03-17 by Marcus Lostracco
2018-05-11 by Dwight Wolf
2018-05-27 by Caitlin Roscioli
2018-06-17 by Erick Weigel
2018-06-23 by Jonathan Blackwell (GPS Track)
2019-09-14 by Jayson H (GPS Track)
2019-11-11 by Mike Trimble
2020-07-31 by Scott Leslie
2020-08-16 by Patrick Clay
2020-09-26 by Garth Brown (GPS Track)
2021-01-13 by Scott Leslie
2021-04-29 by Phillip McCullough
2021-12-16 by Henry Pharr
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Prominence Ladder from Shining Rock
Still one of my all-time favorite vistas (2014-03-15). Photo by
Seamus Allman
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 240 ft/73 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 320 ft/97 m
Line Parent
:
Grassy Cove Top
Key Col
: 5760 ft/1756 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 1.32 mi/2.12 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 35.3492, -82.8642
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Grassy Cove Top
(S)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4:
Central Blue Ridge Ranges
Range5:
Great Balsam Mountains
Drainage Basins
Pigeon
French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Ownership
Land: National Forests in North Carolina
Wilderness/Special Area: Shining Rock Wilderness Area
Topo Map
Shining Rock O35082c7 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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