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{{Short description|Mountain range in Tennessee and North Carolina, United States}}
{{Other uses|Bald Mountain (disambiguation){{!}}Bald Mountain}}
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| name=Bald Mountains
| photo= Big-bald-north-tn2.jpg
| photo_caption= The view northwest from the summit of Big Bald
| country= United States
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| subdivision1= {{enum|North Carolina|Tennessee}}
| parent= [[Blue Ridge Mountains]]
| borders_on= {{enum|[[Unaka Range|Unaka Mountains]]|[[Great Smoky Mountains]]}}
| highest=[[Big Bald]]
| elevation_ft= 5516
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The '''Bald Mountains''' are a mountain range rising along the border between [[Tennessee]] and [[North Carolina]] in the southeastern United States.<ref>{{GNIS|1326903}}</ref>  They are part of the [[Blue Ridge Mountains|Blue Ridge Mountain Province]] of the Southern [[Appalachian Mountains]].  The Bald Mountains stretch from the [[Pigeon River (Tennessee - North Carolina)|Pigeon River]] in the south to the [[Nolichucky River]] in the north, and comprise parts of [[Cocke County, Tennessee|Cocke County]], [[Greene County, Tennessee|Greene County]], and [[Unicoi County, Tennessee|Unicoi County]] in Tennessee and parts of [[Madison County, North Carolina|Madison County]] and [[Yancey County, North Carolina|Yancey County]] in North Carolina.  The [[Great Smoky Mountains]] border the range to the south, and the [[Unaka Range|Unakas]] rise opposite the Nolichucky to the north.  The range gets its name from the relatively frequent occurrence of [[Appalachian balds|grassy balds]] atop the more prominent summits.

The [[Cherokee National Forest]] and the [[Pisgah National Forest]] protect substantial sections of the Bald Mountains.  The [[Appalachian Trail]] traverses the crest of the range.  Populated areas within the range include [[Erwin, Tennessee|Erwin]] and [[Del Rio, Tennessee|Del Rio]] in Tennessee and [[Hot Springs, North Carolina|Hot Springs]] in North Carolina.  The highest summit in the Bald Mountains is [[Big Bald]], which rises to an elevation of {{convert|5516|ft|m}}.

==See also==
* [[Max Patch]]

==References==
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* {{Cite GNIS|1016311|Unaka Mountains|links=off}}
* {{Cite GNIS|1310275|Great Smoky Mountains|links=off}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bald Mountains}}
* {{cite peakbagger |rid=16434 |name=Bald Mountains}}
* [http://www.bigbaldbanding.org/ Big Bald Banding Station] &mdash; An annual migratory bird banding and monitoring project that operates atop Big Bald

{{Mountains of North Carolina}}
{{Mountains of Tennessee}}

[[Category:Mountain ranges of North Carolina]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Tennessee]]
[[Category:Blue Ridge Mountains]]
[[Category:Mountains of Cocke County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Landforms of Greene County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Landforms of Unicoi County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Landforms of Madison County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Mountains of Yancey County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Cherokee National Forest]]
[[Category:Pisgah National Forest]]
[[Category:Mountains on the Appalachian Trail]]

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