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South NC Blue Ridge Crest

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Yellow Mountain (5127 ft/1563 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	North Carolina (57%), South Carolina (38%), Georgia (5%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	2,639 sq mi / 6,835 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	80 mi / 129 km North-South 91 mi / 146 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	35° 11' N; 82° 35' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of South NC Blue Ridge Crest
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the South NC Blue Ridge Crest.

Southern Blue Ridge Front	Level 4 (Parent)
South Virginia Blue Ridge	Level 5 (Sibling)
N NC Blue Ridge Crest	Level 5 (Sibling)
South NC Blue Ridge Crest	Level 5
Georgia Blue Ridge	Level 5 (Sibling)
Unicoi Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the South NC Blue Ridge Crest

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Yellow Mountain	5127	1563
2.	Shortoff Mountain	5000+	1524+
3.	Hogback Mountain	4926+	1501+
4.	Black Rock Mountain	4920+	1500+
5.	Whiteside Mountain	4880+	1487+
6.	Scaly Mountain	4804	1464
7.	Wolf Knob	4800+	1463+
8.	Old Rocky Mountain	4800+	1463+
9.	Toxaway Mountain	4777	1456
10.	Fishhawk Mountain	4748	1447
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the South NC Blue Ridge Crest

Shortoff Mountain Shortoff Mountain (2017-07-01). Photo by Jayla Elati. Click here for larger-size photo.	Rabun Bald Excellent view from Rabun Bald fire tower (2014-05-24). Photo by Jared Salzmann. Click here for larger-size photo.
Flint Knob East Trail near unnamed summit at Flint Knob (2018-07-19). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info	Flint Knob Little Tennessee River Valley (2018-07-19). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info
Bearwallow Mountain Fire Tower on Bearwallow Mountain (2020-09-18). Photo by Jim Haynor. Click here for larger-size photo.	Sugarloaf Mountain The heavily fortified FAA tower atop Sugarloaf Mountain. (2019-06-04). Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.
Sassafras Mountain area surrounding the South Carolina state highpoint (2005-10-21). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pinnacle Mountain Pinnacle Mnt 3rd highest peak in South Carolina (2021-11-28). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.
Table Rock Piney Mountain surrounded by cloud, viewed from Table Rock (2021-01-02). Photo by Ian Ruohoniemi. Click here for larger-size photo.	Rumbling Bald Mountain rumbling bald from lake lure, nc (2016-07-05). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info

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