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659:Duls, Louisa DeSaussure (c. 1982).
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821:Mountains of North Carolina
725:"Spruce Pine Lookout Tower"
637:Table Rock (North Carolina)
612:Spruce Pine, North Carolina
499:Boone Knob; Northwest View
251:Spruce Pine, North Carolina
228:Spruce Pine, North Carolina
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1094:North Eaglenest Mountain
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535:Snowfall; January, 2011
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1729:United States portal
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1432:Cane Creek Mountains
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1271:Grandmother Mountain
1266:Grandfather Mountain
1066:Thunderhead Mountain
963:Beaucatcher Mountain
829:Blue Ridge Mountains
783:"Spruce Pine Webcam"
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204:Blue Ridge Mountains
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1089:Eaglenest Mountain
617:Blue Ridge Parkway
547:Snowfall at Summit
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1291:Mount Pisgah
1211:Bee Mountain
1061:Spence Field
996:Gregory Bald
981:Andrews Bald
945:Tanasee Bald
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120:Woody's Knob
19:Woody's Knob
1664:Pigeonroost
1625:communities
1601:Spruce Pine
1596:Bakersville
1578:Bakersville
1571:County seat
1507:Wesser Bald
1276:Howard Knob
1162:Hooper Bald
1109:Unaka Range
1056:Silers Bald
1021:Mount Guyot
874:Mount Craig
364:salamanders
320:wild turkey
169:Age of rock
82: /
57:Coordinates
1745:Categories
1689:Ghost town
1502:Wayah Bald
1341:Table Rock
1226:Brier Knob
1206:Bear's Paw
1051:Shuckstack
1001:Marks Knob
902:Pores Knob
678:References
368:black bear
287:Burnsville
70:82°06′15″W
67:35°52′48″N
1707:Footnotes
1046:Old Black
869:Celo Knob
851:Max Patch
279:Micaville
245:Waypoints
218:Geography
95:Geography
42:Elevation
1697:Boonford
1674:Red Hill
1633:Buladean
1251:Elk Knob
1155:Haw Knob
846:Big Bald
601:See also
583:Rime Ice
571:Rime Ice
281:and the
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181:Climbing
151:Topo map
1659:Penland
1638:Estatoe
695:"Woody"
475:Sunset
463:Sunset
378:Gallery
301:Climate
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163:Geology
1679:Relief
1669:Poplar
1415:Others
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324:bobcat
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263:Marion
1588:Towns
332:hawks
1643:Kona
358:and
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336:owls
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