Shining Rock

Shining Rock is a mountain in western North Carolina, United States. The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Butt Knob and Tennent Mountain.

Peak

Old Butt Knob is a summit in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the United States. It is located within Pisgah National Forest. With an elevation of 5,522 feet, Old Butt Knob is the 114th highest mountain in North Carolina.

Peak

Tennent Mountain is a grassy bald and summit in the Great Balsams of western North Carolina, located within Pisgah National Forest and adjacent to the Black Balsam Knob area along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Latitude

35.36816° or 35° 22′ 5″ north

Longitude

-82.86235° or 82° 51′ 45″ west

Elevation

5,974 feet (1,821 metres)

Open location code

867V949Q+73

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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