Grassy Ridge Bald, Roan Highlands, North Carolina

Text & Photography By Mark VanDyke

Published March 24, 2015
Updated August 30, 2019

Grassy Ridge Bald is situated within the Roan-Unaka Mountain Range along the state borders of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.

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