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trails are also open during the summer months on the mountain. In the Winter, the
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The view from the top: The battle over mountaintop development in WNC
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so that nothing similar can be built again. Many students of nearby
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1150:Mountains of Avery County, North Carolina
797:North Carolina-Tennessee-Virginia Corners
317:United States Department of the Interior
217:rivers. On its north slope resides the
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392:"Mountain Ridge Protection Act of 1983"
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229:Sugar Mountain has two golf courses,
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308:Geographic Names Information System
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18:Sugar Mountain (disambiguation)
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279:Appalachian State University
50:5,236 ft (1,596 m)
1145:Mountains of North Carolina
433:Mountains of North Carolina
347:Linville Ridge Country Club
235:Linville Ridge Country Club
231:Sugar Mountain Country Club
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203:Eastern Continental Divide
135:Location in North Carolina
60:1,160 ft (350 m)
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358:Sugar Mountain Ski Resort
261:The Citadel, viewed from
247:Sugar Mountain Ski Resort
219:Village of Sugar Mountain
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898:Little Chestnut Mountain
706:North Eaglenest Mountain
253:North Carolina Ridge Law
739:Little Yellow Mountain
567:Great Craggy Mountains
524:Great Balsam Mountains
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585:Great Smoky Mountains
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190:is a mountain in the
88:36.12472°N 81.87583°W
1089:Occoneechee Mountain
1044:Cane Creek Mountains
938:Spanish Oak Mountain
883:Grandmother Mountain
878:Grandfather Mountain
678:Thunderhead Mountain
575:Beaucatcher Mountain
441:Blue Ridge Mountains
263:Grandfather Mountain
167:Blue Ridge Mountains
153:North Carolina, U.S.
982:Sauratown Mountains
868:Fire Scale Mountain
729:Big Yellow Mountain
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1064:Looking Glass Rock
1054:Devil's Courthouse
1005:Uwharrie Mountains
958:Three Top Mountain
933:Sassafras Mountain
927:Rich Mountain Bald
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701:Eaglenest Mountain
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40:Highest point
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823:Bee Mountain
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608:Gregory Bald
593:Andrews Bald
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161:Parent range
149:Avery County
1119:Wesser Bald
888:Howard Knob
774:Hooper Bald
721:Unaka Range
668:Silers Bald
633:Mount Guyot
486:Mount Craig
270:the Citadel
225:Attractions
91: /
66:Coordinates
1139:Categories
1114:Wayah Bald
953:Table Rock
838:Brier Knob
818:Bear's Paw
663:Shuckstack
613:Marks Knob
514:Pores Knob
322:2010-03-08
289:References
79:81°52′33″W
76:36°07′29″N
56:Prominence
658:Old Black
481:Celo Knob
463:Max Patch
369:Sugar Top
283:Boone, NC
268:In 1983,
215:North Toe
104:Geography
46:Elevation
863:Elk Knob
767:Haw Knob
458:Big Bald
207:Linville
174:Topo map
145:Location
181:Newland
1027:Others
806:Others
213:, and
233:and
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