Three Top Mountain (North Carolina)

Three Top Mountain
Three Top Mountain
Location in North Carolina
Highest point
Elevation 5,020[1] ft (1,530 m)[2]
Prominence 1,269 feet (387 m)[3]
Coordinates 36°25′33″N 81°34′43″W / 36.42583°N 81.57861°W / 36.42583; -81.57861Coordinates: 36°25′33″N 81°34′43″W / 36.42583°N 81.57861°W / 36.42583; -81.57861[2]
Geography
Location Ashe County, North Carolina, U.S.
Parent range Blue Ridge Mountains
Topo map USGS Warrensville

Three Top Mountain (variant names: Three Tops) is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, located west of the town of West Jefferson. Its elevation reaches 5,020 feet (1,530 m)[4] at its highest peak, unofficially named "Big Rock."[5] Three Top also has ten other sub-peaks of varying height.

The mountain generates feeder streams to the North Fork New River.

References

  1. http://listsofjohn.com/searchres?c=983
  2. 1 2 "Three Top Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  3. "Three Top Mountain - Peakbagger.com". Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  4. http://listsofjohn.com/searchres?c=983
  5. http://www.summitpost.org/three-top-mountain/252741
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