Shining Rock, Shining Rock Wilderness

Name: Shining Rock
Address: Shining Rock Wilderness, United States

#1 among attractions in Shining Rock Wilderness

Top attraction, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Shining Rock is a mountain in western North Carolina. The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains. It is the 38th tallest mountain in the eastern United States. ()

Elevation: 6040 ftProminence: 320 ftCoordinates: 35°22'41"N, 82°51'40"W

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Shining Rock – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Graveyard Fields, Sliding Rock, Black Balsam Knob, Moore Cove Falls.

3.9 miS
Valley, Nature, Natural attraction
Graveyard Fields, Brevard
101 min walk • Graveyard Fields is the name of a flat mountain valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. The valley, itself over 5,000 feet in elevation, is surrounded by mountains exceeding 6,000 feet in elevation, such as Black Balsam Knob, Tennent Mountain, and Sam Knob.
6.2 miSE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Geologic formation
Sliding Rock, Brevard
160 min walk • Sliding Rock is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard, so named because visitors can slide all the way down the waterfall into the plunge pool below.
3.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Balsam Knob, Pisgah National Forest
91 min walk • Black Balsam Knob, also known as Black Balsam Bald, is in the Pisgah National Forest southwest of Asheville, North Carolina, near milepost 420 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is the second highest mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains.
6.6 miSE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Hiking trail
Moore Cove Falls, Pisgah National Forest
168 min walk • Moore Cove Falls is a waterfall in Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
6.4 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Geologic formation
Looking Glass Rock, Pisgah National Forest
163 min walk • Looking Glass Rock is a pluton monolith in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina, United States.
5.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Devil's Courthouse, Thunder Ridge Wilderness
142 min walk • Devil's Courthouse is a mountain in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina in the United States of America. The mountain is located at the Western edge of the Pisgah National Forest about 10 miles northwest of Brevard and 28 miles southwest of Asheville.
4.9 miE
Nature and wildlife, Historical place, Park
Biltmore Forest School, Brevard
125 min walk • The Biltmore Forest School was the first school of forestry in North America. The school of "practical forestry" was founded by Carl A. Schenck in 1898 on George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina. The school grounds are now part of Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina.
2.2 miN
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Cold Mountain, Waynesville
56 min walk • Cold Mountain falls in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains.
4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Log Hollow Falls, Pisgah National Forest
123 min walk • Log Hollow Falls is a waterfall in the Pisgah National Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It's a steep cascade with a couple of sections of free falling water.
5.3 miSW
Natural attraction, Protected area
Middle Prong Wilderness, Pisgah National Forest
134 min walk • Middle Prong Wilderness was designated in 1984 and it covers 7,900 acres within the Pisgah National Forest in Haywood County, Western North Carolina.
5.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Unaka National Forest, Pisgah National Forest
140 min walk • Unaka National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia on July 24, 1920, with 840,996 acres.