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2. List of mountains in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Clingman's Dome, third highest mountain in North Carolina From left: Old Black, Mount Kephart, Mount Guyot and Mount Chapman, 9th, 16th, 4th, and 7th highest mountains, respectively, in North Carolina Richland Balsam, 8th highest mountain in North Carolina Waterrock Knob, 12th highest mountain in North Carolina

3. Cherokee, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   2629369 [ 2] Cherokee / ˈtʃɛrəˌkiː / [ 3] ( Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ, romanized: Tsalagi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain and Jackson counties in Western North Carolina, United States, within the Qualla Boundary land trust. [ 4] Cherokee is located in the Oconaluftee River Valley around the intersection of U.S. Routes 19 and 441.

4. Mountain Island Lake - Wikipedia

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   Mountain Island Lake is a lake northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina created in 1924 to coincide with the building of Mountain Island Hydroelectric Station. It is named after the mountain which appears as an island in the lake, and the surrounding area is identified by the lake's name. The shape of the lake follows the meander of the Catawba ...

5. Grandfather Mountain - Wikipedia

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   Hike. Grandfather Mountain[ 1] is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina. At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains. (Nearby Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak east of the ...

6. Fontana Lake - Wikipedia

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   440 ft (130 m) Surface elevation. 1,703 ft (519 m) Fontana Lake is a reservoir impounded by Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, and is located in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina. The lake forms part of the southern border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the northern border of part of the Nantahala National Forest.

7. Western North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Many definitions will vary. Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains; it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. It contains the highest mountains in the Eastern United States, with 125 peaks rising to over 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) in elevation.