Elk Knob
Elk Knob is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, north of the community of Meat Camp. Its elevation reaches 5,538 feet. The mountain is the headwaters of the North Fork New River and feeder creeks to the South Fork New River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Snake Mountain.
Snake Mountain
Peak
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Snake Mountain is a mountain located along the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, east of the community of Zionville, in the southeastern United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meat Camp and Zionville.
Meat Camp
Hamlet
Meat Camp is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is supposedly named after a primitive packing house used by hunters since before the Revolutionary War.
Zionville
Hamlet
Zionville in an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina. The community lies at the North Carolina/Tennessee state line, between Boone and Mountain City, along Old US Highway 421.
Trade
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Trade is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee. The easternmost community in the state, Trade is located between the towns of Mountain City, Tennessee, and Boone, North Carolina, along US 421.
Elk Knob
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 5,538 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: North Fork Township, Watauga County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.32722° or 36° 19′ 38″ northLongitude
-81.67651° or 81° 40′ 35″ westElevation
5,538 feet (1,688 metres)Open location code
868W88GF+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 357807278OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Elk Knob” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Elk Knob (bukid sa Estados Unidos, North Carolina, Watauga County)”
- Cebuano: “Elk Knob”
- Dutch: “Elk Knob”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الك كنوب”
- Ladin: “Elk Knob”
- Urdu: “ایلک نوب”
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