Great Craggy Mountains
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Great Craggy Mountains or Craggies in western North Carolina, United States are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains and encompass the area of approx. 194 sq mi (503 sq km). They are situated in the Buncombe County, the town of Asheville being 14 mi. (21 km.) to the southwest of Craggy Dome. Black Mountains lie to the northeast starting at the Balsam Gap.
The Blue Ridge Parkway runs along its crest. Craggy Gardens, an area of 16 km, is covered with purple rhododendrons in mid-June.
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[edit] Habitat
The high slopes of the Great Craggies are dominated by heath bald with rhododendron and blueberry, and northern hardwood forest with beech, buckeye, mountain ash and red oak. Craggies are in the Pisgah National Forest area.
[edit] Peaks
- Craggy Dome - 6105 ft. (1861 m.)[1]
- Craggy Pinnacle - 5944 ft. (1812 m.)[1]
- Bullhead Mountain - 5920 ft. (1804 m.)
- Craggy Gardens - 5680 ft. (1731 m.)
[edit] Sources
- ^ a b "Great Craggy Mountains." Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, 3rd ed. 2001. (ISBN 0-87779-546-0) Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc., p. 442.
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