Saluda Mountains | |
Subdivision1 Type: | States |
Parent: | Blue Ridge Mountains |
Highest: | Grassy Top Mountain |
Elevation Ft: | 3258 |
Coordinates: | 35.1561°N -82.5267°W |
Map: | North Carolina#South Carolina#USA |
Map Size: | 250 |
The Saluda Mountains are a mountain range that straddles along the North Carolina and South Carolina border, in the southeastern United States. They are part of the Blue Ridge Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.[1]
The range begins at Standingstone Mountain, near Caesars Head State Park, and go northeasterly to Blakes Peak, near Saluda, North Carolina. Straddling the North and South Carolina state line, it is flanked by the Green and Saluda rivers.
Listed are the ten highest summits in the range.
Mountain | data-sort-type="number" | Elevation | Coordinates | General area | Named after |
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Grassy Top Mountain | 3258feet | 35.1558°N -82.5267°W | Greenville County, SC - Henderson County, NC | ||
Standingstone Mountain | 3209feet | 35.1442°N -82.5728°W | Greenville County, SC - Henderson County, NC | ||
Hogback Mountain | 3130feet | 35.1658°N -82.5042°W | Greenville County, SC - Henderson County, NC | ||
Big Top | 3048feet | 35.1658°N -82.4942°W | Greenville County, SC - Henderson County, NC | ||
Mackerel Mountain | 3038feet | 35.1744°N -82.4864°W | Greenville County, SC - Henderson County, NC | ||
Corbin Mountain | 3031feet | 35.1681°N -82.4347°W | Greenville County, SC - Henderson County, NC | ||
Pruett Mountain | 3022feet | 35.1675°N -82.4344°W | Greenville County, SC | ||
McCarrol Mountain | 2982feet | 35.1742°N -82.4742°W | Greenville County, SC - Henderson County, NC | ||
Frank Mountain | 2933feet | 35.1778°N -82.4603°W | Greenville County, SC - Henderson County, NC | ||
Long Mountain | 2923feet | 35.1917°N -82.4681°W | Henderson County, NC |