MacRae Peak, North Carolina

Peak Type	Sub-Peak, subsidiary to Grandfather Mountain
Name Info	Local or Alternate Name(s):     Alternate: Raven Rocks
Elevation Info	Summit: 5845 feet (NAVD88 Vertical Datum) Source/Method: Lidar     Lidar Data Set Info
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36.10167, -81.82257 (Dec Deg) 36° 6' 6'' N, 81° 49' 21'' W (DMS) 425958 E, 3995540 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Map Source	US Geological Survey (1:24,000)     Sheet: Grandfather Mountain (O36081a7)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina
County/Second Level Region	Avery
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 176      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 159) Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report: Date Climber Type GPS TR Words Link 2022-12-17 Swiney, Chaney 2022-12-17 Swiney, Chaney 2022-09-25 Fishback, Steven TR-302 2021-10-13 English, Derek TR-4 2021-06-05 Matherne, Raven 2020-06-21 Basis, Stav stavislost.com 2020-03-08 Pharr, Henry TR-269 2019-12-06 Sanderson, William TR-89 2019-11-10 Barlow, James TR-61 2018-09-03 Leslie, Scott TR-292 2018-04-01 Shirar, Kirk TR-19 2017-08-28 Gourley, Mike historicaleast.blogspot.com 2016-10-09 R, Bradley TR-1114 2016-06-11 Saxby, Holly TR-15 2016-03-22 Robbins, Zachary TR-497 hikingupward.com (2016-02-19) Marchant, Bryan TR-57 2015-09-13 Ouellette, Norman TR-41 2015-05-17 Nakajima, Tomoko TR-24 2014-05-17 Marchant, Bryan TR-115 2012-06-17 Campbell, Brent TR-6 2011-09-13 Stewart, Dennis TR-54 2008-04-14 Sears, Greg TR-20 2004-10-13 Gourley, Mike historicaleast.blogspot.com 2000 a Layton, Tom TR-15 (1999-09-04) Layton, Tom TR-50
Peak Lists that contain MacRae Peak      Eastern USA 5000-foot Peaks (Unranked)      North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks (Unranked)
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looking NE from just below the summit. MacRae Peak is the block on the right, Attic Window Peak is the forested hump on the left (2022-12-17). Photo by Chaney Swiney. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 182 ft/56 m   Optimistic Prominence: 182 ft/56 m   Line Parent: Attic Window Peak   Key Col: McRae Gap    5663 ft/1726 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.15 mi/0.23 km    Isolation Limit Point: 36.1033, -81.8208 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Attic Window Peak  (NE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Southern Blue Ridge Front Range5: N NC Blue Ridge Crest
Drainage Basins	Catawba Wateree Santee Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: National Forests in North Carolina
Data Source	GPS Reading or LIDAR
Dynamic Map  MacRae Peak   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

summit benchmark (2022-12-17). Photo by Chaney Swiney. Click here for larger-size photo.

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