Black Mountain Gap

… about ¼ mi. NW of Bald Knob, between the Black Mountain on the N and the Blue Ridge on the S on the Buncombe-Yancey county line. Lat. 35°43' N., long. 82°16'45" W. Known originally as Beech Gap, later as Swannanoa Gap, and finally since 1949 by its present name. Alt. approx. 5,200.