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Big Yellow Mountain is a 5,443-foot summit in North Carolina’s High Country, entirely within Pisgah National Forest. Its slopes feed streams that flow into the North Toe River, making it part of the Blue Ridge headwaters landscape and the mountain terrain that shapes river systems in this part of western North Carolina. A notable local irony surrounds its name: despite being called Big Yellow Mountain, it stands 64 feet lower than nearby Little Yellow Mountain. It is chiefly recognized as a forested Appalachian peak within this broader upland watershed.
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North Carolina · United States