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Western Carolina Piedmont

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Icy Knob (3000 ft/914 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	South Carolina (89%), North Carolina (11%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	23,125 sq mi / 59,895 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	263 mi / 424 km North-South 225 mi / 363 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	33° 56' N; 81° 12' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Western Carolina Piedmont
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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 Western Carolina Piedmont.

Piedmont	Level 4 (Parent)
Virginia Piedmont	Level 5 (Sibling)
Eastern Carolina Piedmont	Level 5 (Sibling)
Western Carolina Piedmont	Level 5
Georgia Piedmont	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Western Carolina Piedmont

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Icy Knob	3000	914
2.	Buzzard Roost	2980	908
3.	Propst Mountain	2960+	902+
4.	Hickory Knob	2960+	902+
5.	Walker Top	2920+	890+
6.	Benn Knob	2880+	878+
7.	Skull Knob	2840+	866+
8.	Kaylor Knob	2779	847
9.	Krunkleton Knob	2760+	841+
10.	High Peak	2720+	829+
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 Western Carolina Piedmont

Walker Top Walker Top Tower (2019-09-19). Photo by Jason Newman. Click here for larger-size photo.	The Pinnacle Looking north towards the city of Kings Mountain from The Pinnacle's rocky ridge (2020-01-28). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.
Spencer Mountain The power-line chute up Spencer Mountain. Sorry if this displays sideways--it's upright in the enlargement. (2017-03-26). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.	Union County High Point Union COHP, capped with a Christian Counselling Center, offers outstanding four-state views. (2020-02-01). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.
Edgefield County High Point LiDAR says the Edgefield SC COHP is behind this water tower on McDaniel Drive off US25/Augusta Road south of the town of Edgefield. I wouldn't rule out spot elevation 678 near Johnston and maybe other areas. (2014-10-20). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.	Lexington County High Point LiDAR for Lexington SC COHP, firetower site, showing the 676 summit contour. Other candidates do not top 672. The 676 spot NW of the tower is manmade. (2014-10-20). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.
Fairfield County High Point LiDAR says the middle of three areas is the Fairfield SC COHP. (2014-10-21). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.	Bamberg County High Point LiDAR says this liner is the Bamberg COHP. However, LiDAR plots the county line about 200 yards east of where it is shown on the USGS quad. (2014-10-21). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.
Hampton County High Point LiDAR of Hampton SC COHP. The road at the bottom should be labeled Matthews Bluff, not Hampton Bluff. This road is signed SC3 north from Estill SC. (2014-10-21). Photo by Tom Layton. Click here for larger-size photo.

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