This article is about a mountain south-southwest of Boone, in Moses Cone Park. For the mountain northwest of Boone, see Rich Mountain (Watauga County, North Carolina).

Rich Mountain[1] is roughly 7 miles (11 km) south-southwest of Boone, in Moses H. Cone Memorial Park. Its elevation reaches 4,246 feet (1,294 m).[1] Because it's within the Blue Ridge Parkway, it is protected from development. From 1922-1985, Camp Yonahlossee (Cherokee for "Trail of the Bear") was located at the western side of the mountain, it was one of the oldest all girls camp in North Carolina; today it is a resort and club.[2][3]

The mountain generates several feeder streams to the South Fork New River (via Winkler Creek[4]) and the Watauga River (via Cannon Branch[5]).

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Rich Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Yonahlossee: History". Archived from the original on February 10, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Suzy's Camp Yonahlossee PowWow". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "Winkler Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "Cannon Branch". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Mountain_(Moses_Cone_Park,_North_Carolina)
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