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Appalachian Mountains
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The Appalachian Mountains, located in Eastern North America, extend 1600 north-south miles from Quebec to Georgia. The Appalachians are a system of long ridges divided into several ranges, averaging 3,000 feet, and rising to Mt. Mitchell (6,684 ft.) in the south and Mt. Washington (6,288 ft.) in the north. Much cultivation and urbanization has occurred in the Appalachians, but there are still many remote areas. The most popular attraction for mountain hiking enthusiasts is the Appalachian Trail, a 2,100-mile hiking trail that winds through forested mountains from Springer Mountain in Northern Georgia to Mount Katahdin, Maine. This trek crosses portions of fourteen states, and generally takes five to six months to complete.
Some of the major Appalachian ranges, from north to south, include the Notre Dame Mountains of Quebec, the Longfellow Mountains of Maine, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Green Mountains of Vermont, the Taconic Mountains of Vermont and Massachusetts, the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, the Allegheny Mountains which extend from Pennsylvania to Virginia, and the Blue Ridge Mountains which extend from southern Pennsylvania to North Georgia.
Of these ranges, the Blue Ridge Mountains are the easternmost and highest range, and are protected in part by two national parks, Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee/North Carolina), and Shenandoah National Park (Virginia), as well as many national and state forests.
Peaks of Appalachian Mountains
Check out any of the following peaks for additional information:
- Andrews Bald - 5860 ft./1786 m.
- Apple Orchard Mountain - 4225 ft./1288 m.
- Backbone Mountain - 3360 ft./1024 m.
- Bald Knob - 4842 ft./1476 m.
- Barren Mountain - 2671 ft./814 m.
- Bays Mountain - 2405 ft./733 m.
- Bear Mountain - 1200 ft./366 m.
- Beech Mountain - 5505 ft./1678 m.
- Beehive - 520 ft./158 m.
- Big Mountain - 2458 ft./749 m.
- Big Squaw Mountain - 3196 ft./974 m.
- Blood Mountain - 4461 ft./1360 m.
- Blue Knob - 3136 ft./956 m.
- Boarstone Mountain - 1947 ft./593 m.
- Bondcliff - 4265 ft./1300 m.
- Brasstown Bald - 4784 ft./1458 m.
- Buckhorn Knob - 4069 ft./1240 m.
- Buffalo Mountain - 3300 ft./1006 m.
- Buffalo Mountain - 3971 ft./1210 m.
- Cadillac Mountain - 1533 ft./467 m.
- Carter Dome - 4832 ft./1473 m.
- Cheaha Mountain - 2405 ft./733 m.
- Clingman's Dome - 6643 ft./2025 m.
- Collins mountain - 2800 ft./853 m.
- Crane Mountain - 3254 ft./992 m.
- Dans Mountain - 2898 ft./883 m.
- Dorr Mountain - 1265 ft./386 m.
- Gap Mountain - 1900 ft./579 m.
- Glassy Mountain - 1647 ft./502 m.
- Grandfather Mountain - 5964 ft./1818 m.
- Grassy Ridge Bald - 6050 ft./1844 m.
- Gros Morne - 2648 ft./807 m.
- Hawk Mountain - 1533 ft./467 m.
- Hawksbill - 4091 ft./1247 m.
- Haystack Mountain - 3445 ft./1050 m.
- Holt Hill - 420 ft./128 m.
- Hump Mountain - 5587 ft./1703 m.
- Jane Bald - 5807 ft./1770 m.
- Jay Peak - 3858 ft./1176 m.
- Kennedy Peak - 2560 ft./780 m.
- Looking Glass Rock - 3969 ft./1210 m.
- Lower Wolfjaw Mtn - 4177 ft./1273 m.
- Martin Hill - 2775 ft./846 m.
- Mont Albert (nord) - 3570 ft./1088 m.
- Mont Collins - 3399 ft./1036 m.
- Mont Gosford - 3914 ft./1193 m.
- Mont Jacques Cartier - 4167 ft./1270 m.
- Mont Joseph Fortin - 3543 ft./1080 m.
- Mont Mégantic - 3625 ft./1105 m.
- Mont Richardson - 3871 ft./1180 m.
- Mont Xalibu - 3740 ft./1140 m.
- Moosilaukee - 4802 ft./1464 m.
- Mount Adams - 5771 ft./1759 m.
- Mount Bond - 4698 ft./1432 m.
- Mount Cardigan - 3155 ft./962 m.
- Mount Carrigain - 4700 ft./1433 m.
- Mount Chocorua - 3450 ft./1052 m.
- Mount Chocura - 3075 ft./937 m.
- Mount Davis - 3213 ft./979 m.
- Mount Eisenhower - 4780 ft./1457 m.
- Mount Ethan Allen - 3680 ft./1122 m.
- Mount Field - 4341 ft./1323 m.
- Mount Flume - 4327 ft./1319 m.
- Mount Frissell - 2380 ft./725 m.
- Mount Garfield - 4500 ft./1372 m.
- Mount Hunger - 3540 ft./1079 m.
- Mount Isolation - 4004 ft./1220 m.
- Mount Jefferson - 4683 ft./1427 m.
- Mount Katahdin - 5268 ft./1606 m.
- Mount Kephart - 6150 ft./1875 m.
- Mount Lafaytte - 5260 ft./1603 m.
- Mount LeConte - 6593 ft./2010 m.
- Mount Madison - 5367 ft./1636 m.
- Mount Major - 1786 ft./544 m.
- Mount Mansfield - 4393 ft./1339 m.
- Mount Mitchell - 6684 ft./2037 m.
- Mount Monadnock - 3165 ft./965 m.
- Mount Monroe - 5384 ft./1641 m.
- Mount Osceola - 4315 ft./1315 m.
- Mount Pierce - 4310 ft./1314 m.
- Mount Pisgah - 5721 ft./1744 m.
- Mount Rogers - 5729 ft./1746 m.
- Mount Washington - 6288 ft./1917 m.
- Mount Whiteface - 4020 ft./1225 m.
- Mt Hale - 4055 ft./1236 m.
- Mt Tecumseh - 4003 ft./1220 m.
- Mt. Jefferson - 5716 ft./1742 m.
- Mt. Lincoln - 5089 ft./1551 m.
- North Pack Monadnock - 2276 ft./694 m.
- North Twin Mountain - 4761 ft./1451 m.
- Old Rag Mountain - 3291 ft./1003 m.
- Passadumkeag Mountain - 1463 ft./446 m.
- Pilot Mountain - 2490 ft./759 m.
- Pinnacle Mountain - 3415 ft./1041 m.
- Roan High Knob - 6285 ft./1916 m.
- Round Bald - 5826 ft./1776 m.
- Sassafras Mountain - 3226 ft./983 m.
- Seneca Rocks - 2200 ft./671 m.
- Shining Rock - 5940 ft./1811 m.
- Shortoff Mountain - 2920 ft./890 m.
- Sleeping Beauty - 2162 ft./659 m.
- Slide Mountain - 4180 ft./1274 m.
- South Twin - 4902 ft./1494 m.
- Springer Mountain - 3782 ft./1153 m.
- Spruce Knob - 4863 ft./1482 m.
- Stone Mountain - 2600 ft./792 m.
- Table Rock - 3890 ft./1186 m.
- Table Rock - 3157 ft./962 m.
- The Chimneys - 3557 ft./1084 m.
- The Owl - 3736 ft./1139 m.
- The Priest - 4063 ft./1238 m.
- Tray Mountain - 4430 ft./1350 m.
- Upper Wolf Jaw - 4180 ft./1274 m.
- White Cap Mountain - 3644 ft./1111 m.
- Whiteside Mountain - 4930 ft./1503 m.
- Wright Peak - 4580 ft./1396 m.