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Place Description
Beartown Mountain

on the Mitchell County, N.C.-Carter County, Tenn., line. Alt. 5,481.
Beartown Ridge

NE Mitchell County between Beartown Mountain and Big Rock Creek.
Beartrail Ridge Gap

on the Haywood-Jackson county line.
Beartrap Knob

S Haywood County between Raven Hollow and Possum Hollow.
Beartrap Ridge

S Haywood County between Big Beartrap Branch and Raven Hollow.
Beartree Creek

rises in E Chatham County and flows SE into New Hope Creek.
Beartree Gap

NE Buncombe County between Snowball Mountain and Bearpen Knob.
Bearwallow

community in NE Henderson County. Named by William Mills, pioneer settler, because of a nearby, much-frequented bear wallow.
Bearwallow Bald

peak in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Welch Ridge. Alt. 4,954.
Bearwallow Branch

rises in NE Buncombe County and flows NE into Carter Creek.