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Chestnut Bald, North Carolina

Prominence: 160 ft, 49 m

Elevation: 6000+ feet, 1829+ meters

True Isolation: 1.33 mi, 2.14 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° 18' 25'' N, 82° 53' 20'' W 35.306848, -82.888974 (Dec Deg) 328264 E 3908709 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Haywood Transylvania (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Chestnut Bald": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Chestnut Bald at ListsOfJohn.com CoHP.org Trip Report for Transylvania, NC by Gene Daniell CoHP.org Trip Report for Transylvania, NC by John Mitchler CoHP.org Trip Report for Transylvania, NC by Edward Earl CoHP.org Trip Report for Transylvania, NC by Mike Beavers CoHP.org Trip Report for Transylvania, NC by Mike Schwartz CoHP.org Trip Report for Transylvania, NC by Ron Tagliapietra CoHP.org Trip Report for Transylvania, NC by Don Desrosiers Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Chestnut Bald: Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #12) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #10) Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #141) 100 Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #10) 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) High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #9) North Carolina County High Points (Rank #8) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #17)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 111 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 103) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2000-05-26 by Scott Surgent 2002-02-12 by Kevin Hessler 2008-12-23 by Jeff Rinehart (Unsuccessful) 2009-03-20 by Jeff Rinehart 2009-08-17 by Ben Lostracco 2011-04-20 by Tom Layton 2011-09-06 by Dennis Stewart 2011-09-06 by Dennis Stewart 2012-08-07 by Mike Stinson 2012-09-15 by William Sanderson 2013-06-27 by Dave Dunham 2015-03-28 by Eric Bruce 2015-05-03 by Albert Wolff (GPS Track) 2015-09-06 by Bryan Marchant 2016-02-21 by Bryan Marchant 2017-09-04 by Henry Pharr 2017-10-27 by Ken Durham 2018-03-04 by David Winston (GPS Track) 2018-06-23 by Jonathan Blackwell (GPS Track) 2019-10-12 by Bradley Reese (GPS Track) 2019-11-29 by Keith Turner 2020-01-28 by Mike Trimble (GPS Track)
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 160 ft/49 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 240 ft/73 m
  Line Parent: Black Balsam Knob
  Key Col: 5840 ft/1780 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 1.33 mi/2.14 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 35.3233, -82.8767
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Sam Knob  (NNE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4: Central Blue Ridge Ranges
Range5: Great Balsam Mountains

Drainage Basins

French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Pigeon
French Broad
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: National Forests in North Carolina

Topo Map

Sam Knob O35082c8 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

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