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896:Rich Mountain, near Boone, Watauga County - 1)
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277:. Asheville: The Inland Press. p. 41.
252:. Asheville: The Inland Press. p. 40.
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225:Great Smoky Mountains National Park
200:Great Smoky Mountains National Park
69:Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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376:Andrews Bald hiking information
105:The bald area atop Andrews Bald
342:"Andrews Bald, North Carolina"
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331:- Large file in .pdf format.
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412:Mountains of North Carolina
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877:Little Chestnut Mountain
685:North Eaglenest Mountain
301:Our Southern Highlanders
298:Kephart, Horace (1976).
223:Brewer, Carson (1993).
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718:Little Yellow Mountain
546:Great Craggy Mountains
503:Great Balsam Mountains
273:McCoy, George (1935).
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337:- Tennessee Landforms
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1023:Cane Creek Mountains
917:Spanish Oak Mountain
862:Grandmother Mountain
857:Grandfather Mountain
657:Thunderhead Mountain
554:Beaucatcher Mountain
420:Blue Ridge Mountains
961:Sauratown Mountains
847:Fire Scale Mountain
708:Big Yellow Mountain
148:Tennessee Landforms
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1043:Looking Glass Rock
1033:Devil's Courthouse
984:Uwharrie Mountains
937:Three Top Mountain
912:Sassafras Mountain
906:Rich Mountain Bald
900:(SSW of Boone) 2)
680:Eaglenest Mountain
119:Forney Ridge Trail
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488:Hibriten Mountain
173:MountainPeaks.net
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932:Table Rock
817:Brier Knob
797:Bear's Paw
642:Shuckstack
592:Marks Knob
493:Pores Knob
363:2011-05-07
129:References
112:Appalachia
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22:35°32′30″N
637:Old Black
460:Celo Knob
442:Max Patch
842:Elk Knob
746:Haw Knob
437:Big Bald
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