Tanasee Bald

Infobox Mountain
Name = Tanasee Bald
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Elevation = Convert| 5561|ft|m|0
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Range = Appalachian Mountains
Location = North Carolina, USA
Coordinates = coord|35.29177 | -82.91763|type:mountain_region:US|format=dms|display=inline,title
type:mountain_region:US
Topographic
USGS Sam Knob
First ascent =
Easiest route = hike [cite web |url=http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/northcarolina/preserves/art5591.html |title=The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina - Bonas Defeat Gorge/Balsam Area |accessdate=2007-07-12 |format= |work=]

Tanasee Bald, also called Tennessee Bald, is a mountain near the Blueridge Parkway in western North Carolina where Haywood, Jackson, and Transylvania counties meet. [gnis|1022878|Tanasee Bald] It is 5561 feet high. It is in the Great Balsam Mountains within the Blue Ridge Mountains, which is part of the Appalachian Mountains

Tanasee Bald is the southern limit of breeding of the Northern Saw-whet Owl which is from the boreal forests of Canada. [cite web |url=http://www.wildwnc.org/natnotes/sawwhetowls.html |title=WildWNC.org : Nature Notes : Saw Whet Owls |accessdate=2007-07-12 |format= |work=]

Myth of Jutaculla

Cherokee lore is that Jutaculla (alternative English spelling is Judaculla; Cherokee name is Tsul'kălû'), a slant eyed giant, lives on top of the bald.cite book |author=Ellison, George; Mooney, James E. |title=James Mooney's history, myths, and sacred formulas of the Cherokees: containing the full texts of Myths of the Cherokee (1900) and The sacred formulas of the Cherokees (1891) as published by the Bureau of American Ethnology: with a new biographical introduction, James Mooney and the eastern Cherokees |publisher=Bright Mountain Books (Historical Images) |location=Asheville, NC |year=1992 |pages= |isbn=0-914875-19-1 |oclc= |doi= p 479]

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