Sugar Mountain (North Carolina)

Sugar Mountain
Highest point
Elevation5,236 ft (1,596 m)
Prominence1,160 ft (350 m)
Coordinates36°07′29″N 81°52′33″W / 36.12472°N 81.87583°W / 36.12472; -81.87583[1]
Geography
Sugar Mountain is located in North Carolina
Sugar Mountain
Sugar Mountain
Location in North Carolina
LocationAvery County, North Carolina, U.S.
Parent rangeBlue Ridge Mountains
Topo mapUSGS 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.

  1. ^ "Sugar Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-03-08.