page_title: Shining Rock
hierarchical_section_title: Shining Rock
caption_attribution_description: English: Shining Rock viewed from Haywood-Jackson Overlook
context_page_description: Shining Rock is a mountain in western North Carolina. The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains. It is the 38th tallest mountain in the eastern United States.
  Shining Rock is in the Shining Rock Wilderness near milepost 420 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Art Loeb Trail passes just below the summit.
  Shining Rock is named for the large white quartzite rock outcropping near its summit.
context_section_description: Shining Rock is a mountain in western North Carolina.  The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains. It is the 38th tallest mountain in the eastern United States.
  Shining Rock is in the Shining Rock Wilderness near milepost 420 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Art Loeb Trail passes just below the summit.
  Shining Rock is named for the large white quartzite rock outcropping near its summit.
caption: Shining Rock viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway
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