Great Craggy Mountains
| Great Craggy Mountains | |
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View from atop Craggy Pinnacle overlooking Montreat and Black Mountain
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Craggy Dome |
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| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
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| Parent range | Blue Ridge Mountains |
| Borders on | Black Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alleghenian |
The Great Craggy Mountains, commonly called the Craggies, are a mountain range in western North Carolina, United States. They are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains and encompass an area of approx. 194 sq mi (503 km²). They are situated in Buncombe County, North Carolina, 14 miles northeast of Asheville. The Black Mountains lie to the northeast, across the upper Cane River valley.
The Blue Ridge Parkway runs along the crest for most of the way between Asheville and Mount Mitchell. Craggy Gardens, an area of 16 km, is covered with purple Catawba rhododendrons in mid-June. The parkway through the area was closed from late 2012 through early 2013 due to subsidence caused by heavy rains, and had to be closed again during summer 2013 due to a reoccurrence of the same issues. Access to Mount Mitchell is only from the north or via detour from the south.
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Habitat
The high slopes of the Great Craggies are dominated by heath bald with rhododendron and blueberry, and northern hardwood forest with beech, buckeye, mountain ash, and red oak. The Craggies are in the Pisgah National Forest.
Peaks
The highest point in the Great Craggy Mountains is Craggy Dome, which rises to an elevation of 6,105 feet (1,861 m).[1]
| Peak Name | Elevation | Prominence | Coordinates | Easiest route |
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| Craggy Dome | 6,105 feet (1,861 m) | 1,000 feet (305 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[2] | Hike |
| Bullhead Mountain | 5,899 feet (1,798 m) | 320 feet (98 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[3] | Hike |
| Craggy Pinnacle | 5,817 feet (1,773 m) | 233 feet (71 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[4] | Trail |
| Craggy Gardens | 5,525 feet (1,684 m) | 160 feet (49 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[5] | Trail |
| Locust Knob | 5,429 feet (1,655 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[6] | Hike | |
| Snowball Mountain | 5,341 feet (1,628 m) | 440 feet (134 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[7] | Trail |
| Bearpen Knob | 5,266 feet (1,605 m) | 48 feet (15 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[8] | Hike |
| Lane Pinnacle | 5,194 feet (1,583 m) | 590 feet (180 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[9] | Hike |
| Little Snowball Mountain | 4,692 feet (1,430 m) | 320 feet (98 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[10] | Trail |
| Frosty Knob | 4,236 feet (1,291 m) | 1,126 feet (343 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[11] | Hike |
| Beaucatcher Mountain | 2,694 feet (821 m) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[12] | Auto Road |
Sources
- ↑ "Great Craggy Mountains." Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, 3rd ed. 2001. (ISBN 0-87779-546-0) Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc., p. 442.
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- Great Craggy Mountains description
