Grandfather – Populated Place in Avery, North Carolina

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1027619

Location

State North Carolina

County Avery

Feature Class Populated Place

Coordinates

DMS

36°05'56"N 81°50'51"W

Decimal Degrees

36.0990163, -81.8476114

Elevation

3,914.04 ft (1,193.00 m)

USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Grandfather Mountain

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Sugar Mountain

2.1 mi NNW

Hydrography

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Description

Incorporated

Nearby Features

Grandfather Mountain Lake Reservoir · 0.4 mi WSW
Big Grassy Creek Stream · 0.4 mi NNW
Little Grassy Creek Stream · 0.7 mi N
Linville Bluffs Cliff · 0.7 mi SE
The Sphinx Rock Pillar · 0.9 mi SE
Linville Gap Gap · 1.3 mi NNE
Raven Rocks Summit · 1.4 mi E
Flattop Cliffs Cliff · 1.4 mi NW
Flattop Mountain Summit · 1.4 mi NW
Beacon Heights Summit · 1.6 mi SE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown): Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons – individual licenses apply.
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