Rich Mountain Gap
Rich Mountain Gap is a mountain saddle in Watauga County, North Carolina and has an elevation of 4,432 feet. Rich Mountain Gap is situated nearby to the hamlet Zionville, as well as near Meat Camp.Places of Interest
Highlights include Snake Mountain and Elk Knob.
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.
Elk Knob
Peak
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zionville and Meat Camp.
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.
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.
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.
Rich Mountain Gap
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 4,432 feet
- Also known as: “Deep Gap”
- Category: landform
- Location: Watauga County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.32052° or 36° 19′ 14″ northLongitude
-81.70996° or 81° 42′ 36″ westElevation
4,432 feet (1,351 metres)Open location code
868W87CR+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 9012692599OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
4487873
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