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Bald Creek #61

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1,070 m elevation

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Sassafras Knob (1,426 m)Summits & peaks

mountain in Swain County, North Carolina, United States of America

0 km · ~1 min walkDirections ↗
Forney Ridge Trailhead
Forney Ridge TrailheadTrails & trailheads0.5 km · ~6 min walkDirections ↗
Rock Slab FallsWaterfalls0.5 km · ~6 min walkDirections ↗
Jerry Bald (1,558 m)Summits & peaks

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

0.6 km · ~7 min walkDirections ↗
Kuwohi Tower
Kuwohi TowerAttractions

Kuwohi (Cherokee: ᎫᏬᎯ), also known as Clingmans Dome, its former official name, is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina in the Southeastern United States. At an elevation of 6,643 feet (2,025 m), it is the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest point in the state of Tennessee, and the highest point along the 2,192-mile (3,528 km)

0.8 km · ~10 min walkDirections ↗
Round Top Knob (1,574 m)Summits & peaks

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

2.2 km · ~6 min driveDirections ↗
Fork Ridge Trail TrailheadTrails & trailheads5.6 km · ~14 min driveDirections ↗
Ela Tuckkasegee River Public Access
Ela Tuckkasegee River Public AccessParks & play

Der Oconaluftee River entwässert das mittlere und südliche Oconaluftee Valley der Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina, ehe er in den Tuckasegee River mündet. Der Fluss fließt durch das Qualla Boundary, einem staatlichen land trust, dass dem Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians als Art Reservat dient.

50.6 km · ~72 min driveDirections ↗
Indian Creek FallsWaterfalls54.9 km · ~82 min driveDirections ↗
Juney Whank FallsWaterfalls55.9 km · ~84 min driveDirections ↗
Swain County Recreation Park
Swain County Recreation ParkParks & play

The Swain County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Main and Fry Streets in Bryson City, the county seat of Swain County, North Carolina. The two-story Classical Revival structure was designed by Frank Pierce Milburn and R. S. Smith, and built in 1908. It has a central core block, which is fronted by a Classical tetrastyle portico with Ionic columns and has a hip roof. This block is

56.9 km · ~79 min driveDirections ↗
Noland Divide Trail TrailheadTrails & trailheads59.8 km · ~83 min driveDirections ↗
Lonesome Pine OverlookAttractions67.8 km · ~98 min driveDirections ↗

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