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Thunderhead Mountain

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The Bote Mountain Trail, with its trailhead on Laurel Creek Road, ascends seven miles (11 km) to the crest of the Smokies and intersects the Appalachian Trail at Spence Field. From Spence Field, it is approximately two miles (3 km) to the summit of Thunderhead. The Lead Cove Trail, also
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and approximately 3,000 feet (910 m) above its southern base at Bone Valley. The mountain consists of three peaks, the lowest being Rocky Top at 5,440 feet (1,660 m) above sea level and the easternmost being the highest at 5,527 feet (1,685 m) above sea level. Thunderhead is the
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The mountain's name originated in the 19th century. It probably referred to the unpredictable weather that often strikes the higher elevations in the Smokies. According to Laura Thornborough, a writer who hiked to the summit of Thunderhead along with local guide Sam Cook in the 1930s:
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As preservationist groups began buying land in the Smokies in the early 20th century, Thunderhead became a favorite hiking destination for park visitors. John W. Oliver, the great-grandson of the first European settlers in
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sandstone. Thunderhead sandstone is part of the Ocoee Supergroup, which was formed from ancient ocean sediments between 500 million and one billion years ago. The mountain was formed about 200 million years ago during the
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1859 survey of the crest of the Smokies. Guyot measured Thunderhead's elevation at 5,520 feet (1,680 m) above sea level, missing the modern measurement by just seven feet (2 m).
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crosses its summit, making it a popular hiking destination. Rocky Top, a knob on the western part of the mountain's summit ridge, shares its name with a popular
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A snow-capped Thunderhead Mountain of the Great Smoky Mountains range rises above Cades Cove in Blount County, Tennessee
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While the main summit of Thunderhead is covered in foliage, Rocky Top offers a 360-degree view of the western Smokies.
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and the highest point on the Appalachian Trail coming from the south until the trail ascends
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James Spence, who cleared the ridge two miles (3.2 km) to the west (now known as
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Thunderhead rises approximately 3,500 feet (1,100 m) above its northern base at
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A Roadside Guide to the Geology of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Thunderhead is one of the few mountains listed under its current name in
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is a 5,527-foot (1,685 m) mountain in the west-central part of the
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The Appalachian Trail approaching the summit of Thunderhead Mountain.
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was formed, trees began to reclaim much of the Smokies crest west of
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5,607 feet (1,709 m) some 10 miles (16 km) to the east.
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Cades Cove: The Life and Death of An Appalachian Community
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The Great Smokies: From Natural Habitat to National Park
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Rocky Top, with its characteristic sandstone boulders.
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Mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, United States
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Elevation
Prominence
Listing
Coordinates
35°34′07″N 83°42′23″W / 35.5685980°N 83.7063208°W / 35.5685980; -83.7063208
Thunderhead Mountain is located about 50 northwest of the southeast corner of Tennessee, near North Carolina.
Thunderhead Mountain is located about 50 northwest of the southeast corner of Tennessee, near North Carolina.
Blount County
Tennessee
Swain County
North Carolina
Parent range
Great Smoky Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Easiest route
Great Smoky Mountains
southeastern United States
Tennessee
North Carolina
Appalachian Trail
Tennessee state song
Little River
Blount County, Tennessee
Silers Bald
Precambrian
Appalachian orogeny
North American
African

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