Higgins Bald

Higgins Bald is a peak in Yancey, North Carolina and has an elevation of 4,554 feet. Higgins Bald is situated nearby to the hamlet Busick.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Mitchell and Mount Mitchell Museum.

Mount Mitchell

Peak

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Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River. It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles northeast of Asheville.

Mount Mitchell Museum

Museum

Mount Mitchell Museum

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Mount Craig

Peak

Mount Craig, 6,647 feet, is the second highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and second only to 6,684 feet Mount Mitchell in eastern mainland North America.

Higgins Bald

Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,554 feet
Categories: ridge and landform
Location: Yancey, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.75158° or 35° 45′ 6″ north

Longitude

-82.24207° or 82° 14′ 32″ west

Elevation

4,554 feet (1,388 metres)

Open location code

867VQQ25+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11373830388

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

“Higgins Bald” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Higgins Bald”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Busick and Hamrick.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Little Mountain and Commissary Hill.

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