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Place Description
High Rock Ridge

central Madison County between Brush Creek and Walnut Creek.

High Rock Ridge

N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending W from Welch Ridge between Cold Spring Branch and Hazel Creek.

High Rock Wildlife Management Area

on High Rock Lake in SW Davidson County. Operated by state of North Carolina on privately owned land. Principal wildlife are deer, turkey, and quail.

High Rocks

peak in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Welch Ridge. Alt. 5,188.

High Rocks

peak in N Yancey County at the NE end of Chestnut Ridge.

High Shoals

community on South Fork Catawba River in N Gaston County. Settled about 1750. Named for high, rocky shoal in the river. Alt. 724.

High Shoals

See Cliffside.

High Shoals Branch

rises in S Madison County and flows E into Little Pine Creek.

High Shoals Township

SE Rutherford County. Named for a series of shoals in Second Broad River. See also Cliffside.

High Swan

peak at the N end of Swan Mountain in central Buncombe County.