Tanasee Bald

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Tanasee Bald
Elevation 5,561 ft (1,695 m)
Location North Carolina, USA
Range Appalachian Mountains
Coordinates 35°17′30″N 82°55′04″W / 35.29177, -82.91763Coordinates: 35°17′30″N 82°55′04″W / 35.29177, -82.91763
Topo map USGS Sam Knob
Easiest route hike[1]

Tanasee Bald, also called Tennessee Bald, is a mountain near the Blueridge Parkway in western North Carolina where Haywood, Jackson, and Transylvania counties meet.[2][3] It is 5561 feet high. It is in the Great Balsam Mountains within the Blue Ridge Mountains, which is part of the Appalachian Mountains

Tanasee Bald is the southern limit of breeding of the Northern Saw-whet Owl which is from the boreal forests of Canada.[4]

[edit] Myth of Jutaculla

Main article: Tsul 'Kalu

Cherokee lore is that Jutaculla (alternative English spelling is Judaculla; Cherokee name is Tsul'kălû'), a slant eyed giant, lives on top of the bald.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina - Bonas Defeat Gorge/Balsam Area. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
  2. ^ USGS GNIS: Tanasee Bald
  3. ^ Tanasee Bald, United States. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
  4. ^ WildWNC.org : Nature Notes : Saw Whet Owls. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
  5. ^ Ellison, George; Mooney, James E. (1992). James Mooney's history, myths, and sacred formulas of the Cherokees: containing the full texts of Myths of the Cherokee (1900) and The sacred formulas of the Cherokees (1891) as published by the Bureau of American Ethnology: with a new biographical introduction, James Mooney and the eastern Cherokees. Asheville, NC: Bright Mountain Books (Historical Images). ISBN 0-914875-19-1.  p 479

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