Nov 10 2023
Mount LeConte (Tennessee) Rising more than a vertical mile above Gatlinburg, Mount LeConte is one of the most imposing and beloved mountains in the Great Smoky Mountains and the broader Appalachian Mountains. Its forested massif contains several high points, dramatic cliffs, waterfalls, rocky bluffs, old-growth forest, high-elevation spruce-fir habitat, and one of the most unusual …
Nov 10 2023
Kuwohi | Clingman’s Dome Rising above a seemingly endless succession of blue-green ridges, Kuwohi is the highest mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest point in Tennessee, and one of the most important summits of the southern Appalachian Mountains. For generations it appeared on federal maps as Clingmans Dome, but in September 2024 …
