Grandfather Mountain is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina. At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it...
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The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games is a Highland games event that has been held annually since 1956 at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina. Celebrating...
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2006) was a photographer and nature conservationist who developed Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. Morton was born on February 19, 1921, in Wilmington...
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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...
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Grandmother Gap (category Mountain passes of North Carolina)
mountain pass in North Carolina on the Blue Ridge Parkway, between Grandmother Mountain and Beacon Heights, east of Linville and nearby Grandfather Mountain...
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Western North Carolina (redirect from North Carolina Mountain Region)
Mountain, and Sugar Mountain. The area also features such attractions, historical sites, and geological formations as Linville Caverns, Grandfather Mountain...
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elevation of Grandfather, the Roan Highlands, and the Black Mountains. Using a crude barometer, Mitchell gained measurements for Grandfather and Roan with...
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Grassy Ridge Bald, 6,165 feet (1,879 m) above sea level. Most of Grandfather Mountain, whose highest point is 5,946 feet (1,812 m) Calloway Peak on the...
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gatherings in the United States: the estimated 30,000 that attend Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina; the New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival, which...
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Flattop Mountain and Flat Top Mountain may refer to in the United States: This set index article includes a list of mountains that share the same name...
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include the Black Mountains, Great Craggy Mountains, and Great Balsam Mountains, and its chief summits include Grandfather Mountain 5,964 ft (1,818 m)...
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Crowder's Mountain Devil's Courthouse Eaglenest Mountain Flattop Mountain Grandfather Mountain Grandmother Mountain Great Craggy Mountains Great Smoky...
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US 221 and NC 105, the community is known as a summer mountain resort and host of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, the largest modern Highland games...
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The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States...
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trails. 349.2 Laurel Knob provides views of Grandfather Mountain, Linville Mountain, Hawksbill Mountain, and Table Rock. 355.4 Mount Mitchell State Park...
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members of the committee, many of whom favored a national park in the Grandfather Mountain–Linville Gorge area, to visit the Smokies and begin pursuing the...
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Carolina, including a running shot on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Grandfather Mountain where a part of the road subsequently became known as "Forrest Gump...
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bus is on the Linn Cove Viaduct along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Grandfather Mountain in Linville, North Carolina. Safe Haven grossed US$71,349,120 in...
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Massif (redirect from Mountain massif)
Logan Mount Cayley Level Mountain Mount Edziza Mount Meager massif Mount Septimus Adirondack Massif Denali Grandfather Mountain Mount Juneau Mount Katahdin...
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Grandfather's Journey is a children’s picture book by Allen Say. The story is told from the perspective of Say, who narrates his grandfather’s immigration...
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Beech Mountain Big Butt Mountain Big Yellow Mountain Black Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Brushy Mountains Kuwohi Crowders Mountain Grandfather Mountain Grandmother...
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Grandfather clock may also refer to: "Grandfather Clock" (This Will Destroy You song), a song by This Will Destroy You, from their EP Young Mountain Grandfather's...
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243-foot-long (379 m), concrete segmental bridge which snakes around Grandfather Mountain in western North Carolina. Completed in 1983 at a cost of $10 million...
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Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway in modern example that snakes around Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. The Dublin Link pedestrian suspension S bridge...
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Eastern Continental Divide (category Appalachian Mountains)
high point is on Grandfather Mountain at 5,946 feet (1,812 m); although Mount Mitchell is the highest point in the Appalachian Mountains, it is not on the...
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Appalachian temperate rainforest (category Flora of the Appalachian Mountains)
Appalachian temperate rainforest include Breaks Interstate Park, Grandfather Mountain State Park, and Gorges State Park. Wildfires are a natural ecological...
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Bear's Paw (category Mountains of North Carolina)
north of Grandfather Mountain State Park, and it protects Hanging Rock Ridge and the headwaters of Dutch Creek. It is managed by Grandfather Mountain State...
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Appalachian Mountains or Appalachia region (although not the full region as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission), the Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains. Also...
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(the highest mountain in the eastern US), the Appalachian Trail, the Chatooga Wild and Scenic River, the Jocassee Gorges, Grandfather Mountain, the Ocoee...
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within the Appalachian Mountains range. The highest point in the county is Calloway Peak, the highest peak of Grandfather Mountain (shared with the adjacent...
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