The Bald Mountains are a mountain range rising along the border between

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and

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in the southeastern United States. They are part of the Blue Ridge Mountain Province of the Southern

Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...

. The Bald Mountains stretch from the Pigeon River in the south to the

Nolichucky River The Nolichucky River is a river that flows through Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Traversing the Pisgah National Forest and the Cherokee National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the river's water ...

in the north, and comprise parts of Cocke County, Greene County, and Unicoi County in Tennessee and parts of Madison County and Yancey County in North Carolina. The

Great Smoky Mountains The Great Smoky Mountains (, ''Equa Dutsusdu Dodalv'') are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge ...

border the range to the south, and the Unakas rise opposite the Nolichucky to the north. The range gets its name from the relatively frequent occurrence of grassy balds atop the more prominent summits. The

Cherokee National Forest The Cherokee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the U.S. states of Tennessee and North Carolina that was created on June 14, 1920. The forest is maintained and managed by the United States Forest Service. It encompasses ...

and the

Pisgah National Forest Pisgah National Forest is a National Forest in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. It is administered by the United States Forest Service, part of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Pisgah National Forest is complet ...

protect substantial sections of the Bald Mountains. The

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traverses the crest of the range. Populated areas within the range include Erwin and Del Rio in Tennessee and

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in North Carolina. The highest summit in the Bald Mountains is Big Bald, which rises to an elevation of .

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Big Bald Banding Station
— An annual migratory bird banding and monitoring project that operates atop Big Bald Mountain ranges of North Carolina Mountain ranges of Tennessee Blue Ridge Mountains Mountains of Cocke County, Tennessee Landforms of Greene County, Tennessee Landforms of Unicoi County, Tennessee Landforms of Madison County, North Carolina Mountains of Yancey County, North Carolina Cherokee National Forest Pisgah National Forest Mountains on the Appalachian Trail {{UnicoiCountyTN-geo-stub

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