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Upper Ripshin #62

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966 m elevation

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Coburn Knob (1,452 m)Summits & peaks

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

0 km · ~1 min walkDirections ↗
Lonesome Pine OverlookAttractions0.9 km · ~11 min walkDirections ↗
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

11 km · ~27 min driveDirections ↗
Noland Divide Trail TrailheadTrails & trailheads11.5 km · ~30 min driveDirections ↗
Juney Whank FallsWaterfalls12.2 km · ~33 min driveDirections ↗
Indian Creek FallsWaterfalls12.9 km · ~35 min driveDirections ↗
Stiles Cemetery Access TrailheadTrails & trailheads13.6 km · ~38 min driveDirections ↗
David Monteith ParkParks & play14.8 km · ~32 min driveDirections ↗
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)

68.1 km · ~102 min driveDirections ↗
Forney Ridge Trailhead
Forney Ridge TrailheadTrails & trailheads69.1 km · ~105 min driveDirections ↗
Rock Slab FallsWaterfalls69.1 km · ~105 min driveDirections ↗
Jerry Bald (1,558 m)Summits & peaks

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

69.2 km · ~105 min driveDirections ↗
Sassafras Knob (1,426 m)Summits & peaks

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

69.3 km · ~106 min driveDirections ↗

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