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Rich Mountain Bald (Watauga County, North Carolina)

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Topo map
  
USGS Zionville

Prominence
  
284 m

Parent range
  
Blue Ridge Mountains

Elevation
  
1,634 m

Mountain range
  
Blue Ridge Mountains

Rich Mountain Bald (Watauga County, North Carolina)

Location
  
Watauga County, North Carolina, U.S.

Similar
  
Snake Mountain, Rich Mountain, Three Top Mountain, Bear's Paw, Howard Knob

Rich Mountain Bald (variant: Bald of Rich Mountain and Big Bald of Rich) is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, southeast of the community of Zionville. Its elevation reaches 5,361 feet (1,634 m).

Map of Rich Mountain Bald, Cove Creek, NC 28698, USA

The mountain generates several feeder streams to the South Fork New River (via Meat Camp Creek) and Watauga River (via Cove Creek). Rich Mountain Gap separates it with Snake Mountain.

References

Rich Mountain Bald (Watauga County, North Carolina) Wikipedia