Sheep Knob
Sheep Knob is a peak in Unorganized Territory of Forneys Creek, Swain, North Carolina and has an elevation of 3,842 feet. Sheep Knob is situated nearby to the locality Fairfax, as well as near the hamlet Twenty Mile.Places of Interest
Highlights include Shuckstack and Fontana Dam.
Shuckstack
Peak
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 2.5.
Shuckstack is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of Swain County, North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. It has an elevation of 4,020 feet above sea level and rises approximately 2,300 feet above Fontana Lake to the south.
Fontana Dam
Dam
Photo: TVA Web Team, CC BY 2.0.
Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Little Tennessee River in Swain and Graham counties, North Carolina, United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to satisfy the skyrocketing electricity…
Sheep Knob
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,842 feet
- Description: mountain in Swain County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Unorganized Territory of Forneys Creek, Swain, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.48085° or 35° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
-83.82454° or 83° 49′ 28″ westElevation
3,842 feet (1,171 metres)Open location code
867RF5JG+85OpenStreetMap ID
node 357809194OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Sheep Knob” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sheep Knob”
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