Grandmother Mountain
Grandmother Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, near the community of Linville. It is wholly in the Pisgah National Forest and next to the Blue Ridge Parkway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Grandmother Gap and Pixie Mountain.
Grandmother Gap
Mountain saddle
Grandmother Gap is a mountain pass in North Carolina on the Blue Ridge Parkway, between Grandmother Mountain and Beacon Heights, east of Linville and nearby Grandfather Mountain.
Pixie Mountain
Peak
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Pixie Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, in the community of Linville. Its elevation reaches 4,058 feet. The mountain is adjacent to the Linville River.
Bee Mountain
Peak
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Bee Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and is wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 2,946 feet. The mountain generates feeder streams for the Catawba River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Linville Historic District and Linville.
Linville Historic District
Neighborhood
Linville Historic District is a historic school campus and national historic district located at Linville, Avery County, North Carolina. It encompasses 96 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in the historic core of Linville.
Linville
Village
Linville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 283.
Grandfather
Village
Grandfather is a village in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. It is the namesake of Grandfather Mountain. The village is a fully gated community within Grandfather Golf and Country Club, located along NC 105.
Grandmother Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,603 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Township of Carey’s Flat, Avery, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.06295° or 36° 3′ 47″ northLongitude
-81.84277° or 81° 50′ 34″ westElevation
4,603 feet (1,403 metres)Open location code
868W3574+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 357807475OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Grandmother Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grandmother Mountain (bukid sa Estados Unidos, North Carolina, Avery County)”
- Cebuano: “Grandmother Mountain”
- Dutch: “Grandmother Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جراندموثير”
- Ladin: “Grandmother Mountain”
- Urdu: “گرینڈ مدر ماؤنٹین”
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