Beech Mountain (North Carolina)
{{Short description|Mountain in North Carolina, United States}}
{{For|the town|Beech Mountain, North Carolina}}
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| name = Beech Mountain
| photo = Beech Mountain viewed from Grandfather Mountain, Oct 2016 (cropped).jpg
| photo_caption = Beech Mountain seen from Grandfather Mountain
| elevation_ft = 5,506
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| prominence_ft = 1,520
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| map = USA North Carolina
| map_caption = Location in North Carolina
| map_size = 200
| label_position = right
| location = Avery County, North Carolina, U.S.
| range = Blue Ridge Mountains
| coordinates = {{coord|36|11|02|N|81|52|53|W|type:mountain_region:US-NC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| topo = USGS Elk Park
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Beech Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 5,506 feet (1,657 m) and generates feeder streams for the Elk River. Nestled on the top is the Town of Beech Mountain.
Recreation
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Beech Mountain offers skiing, snowboarding, and tubing in the winter months. In the summer, recreation includes hiking and mountain biking. Beech Mountain Resort runs chairlifts for downhill mountain biking.[https://www.beechmountainresort.com/summer/mountain-biking/ https://www.beechmountainresort.com] Mountain Biking.
One of the more interesting walking areas is the defunct Land of Oz theme park, which existed briefly in the 1970s; remnants of the park can be visited today.
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See also
References
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Category:Mountains of North Carolina
Category:Mountains of Avery County, North Carolina
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