Round Peak is an unincorporated community in Surry County , North Carolina , United States, near Mount Airy with an elevation of 1,280 feet. It is located in the southern Appalachian Mountains and gives its name to the Round Peak style of old-time music practiced in the area.
6-526: The community of Round Peak is named for the nearby summit of Round Peak which has an elevation of 2,094 feet ( Powell 1968 , p. 427). Popular attractions include the Round Peak Vineyards, part of the Yadkin Valley wine region . Round Peak style is one variation of music drawing on Anglo-Celtic fiddle and African banjo music, known as "old-time" or mountain string band music. It is said to hold
12-417: A mountain peak that is located at some distance from the nearest point of higher elevation. For example, a big, massive rock next to the main summit of a mountain is not considered a summit. Summits near a higher peak, with some prominence or isolation , but not reaching a certain cutoff value for the quantities, are often considered subsummits (or subpeaks ) of the higher peak, and are considered part of
18-876: A distinct sound produced by performers including Charlie Lowe, Tommy Jarrell , and Fred Cockerham who helped popularize the style in the 20th century. Round Peak differs from other types of old-time by incorporating banjo "with syncopated rhythms made by drop thumbs and the melodic nature of noting." The area hosts the Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention and the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection at Appalachian State University houses research materials on Round Peak old time music. Powell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places , Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1 36°30′47″N 80°47′13″W / 36.513°N 80.787°W / 36.513; -80.787 This article about
24-469: A highest point is classified as a summit, a sub peak or a separate mountain is subjective. The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation 's definition of a 4,000 m peak is that it has a prominence of 30 metres (98 ft) or more; it is a mountain summit if it has a prominence of at least 300 metres (980 ft). Otherwise, it is a subpeak. In many parts of the Western United States ,
30-459: A location in Surry County , North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Summit (topography) A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme , apex , peak ( mountain peak ), and zenith are synonymous . The term top ( mountain top ) is generally used only for
36-438: The same mountain. A pyramidal peak is an exaggerated form produced by ice erosion of a mountain top. Summit may also refer to the highest point along a line, trail, or route. The highest summit in the world is Mount Everest with a height of 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) above sea level . The first official ascent was made by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary . They reached the mountain's peak in 1953. Whether
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