Sugar Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,236 ft (1,596 m) |
Prominence | 1,160 ft (350 m) |
Coordinates | 36°07′29″N 81°52′33″W / 36.12472°N 81.87583°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Avery County, North Carolina, U.S. |
Parent range | Blue Ridge Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Newland |
Sugar Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 5,236 feet (1,596 m) and is split along the Eastern Continental Divide, generating feeder streams for the Linville, Elk, and North Toe rivers. On its north slope resides the Village of Sugar Mountain.