Great Smoky Mountains
Notable peaks

Great Smoky Mountains

Section Title: Notable peaks
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Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	General location	Named after

Clingmans Dome	6,643 ft/2,025 m	4,503 ft/1,373 m	Central Smokies	Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812–1897), surveyor

Mount Guyot	6,621 ft/ 2,018m	1,581 ft/482 m	Eastern Smokies	Arnold Guyot (1807–1884), surveyor

Mount Le Conte	6,593 ft/2,010 m	1,360 ft/415 m	Central Smokies	Joseph Le Conte or John Le Conte, scientists

Mount Chapman	6,431 ft/1,960 m	577 ft/176 m	Eastern Smokies	David Chapman (1876–1944), park promoter

Old Black	6,360 ft/1,939 m	170 ft/52 m	Eastern Smokies	Spruce-fir stand at summit

Luftee Knob	6,215 ft/1,894 m	314 ft/96 m	Eastern Smokies	Oconaluftee River

Mount Kephart	6,218 ft/1,895 m	657 ft/200 m	Central Smokies	Horace Kephart (1862–1931), author

Mount Collins	6,197 ft/1,888 m	465 ft/142 m	Central Smokies	Robert Collins, mountain guide

Marks Knob	6,162 ft/1,878 m	appx. 249 ft/76 m	Eastern Smokies

Tricorner Knob	6,145 ft/1,873 m	160 ft/48 m	Eastern Smokies	Intersection of Balsam crest and Great Smokies crest

Mount Hardison	6,145 ft/1,873 m	134 ft/41 m	Eastern Smokies	James Archibald Hardison (1867–1930)

Andrews Bald	5,909 ft/1,801 m	160 ft/48 m	Central Smokies	possibly Andres Thompson, early settler

Mount Sterling	5,842 ft/1,781 m	663 ft/202 m	Eastern Smokies	possibly lead at mountain's base mistaken for silver

Silers Bald	5,597 ft/1,706 m	337 ft/102 m	Western Smokies	Jesse Siler, who used the mountain for grazing

Thunderhead Mountain	5,528 ft/1,684 m	1087 ft/332 m	Western Smokies	constant cloud cover

Gregory Bald	4,949 ft/1,508 m	1,107 ft/337 m	Western Smokies	Russell Gregory (1805–1863), Cades Cove resident

Mount Cammerer	4,928 ft/1,502 m	8 ft/2 m	Eastern Smokies	Arno B. Cammerer (1883–1941), NPS director

Chimney Tops	4,725 ft/1,440m	appx. 200 ft/61 m	Central Smokies	resemblance to cabin chimneys

Blanket Mountain	4,607 ft/1,404 m	appx. 500 ft/152 m	Western Smokies	blanket left atop mountain by surveyor Return Meigs for a reference point

Shuckstack	4,020 ft/1,225 m	300 ft/91 m	Western Smokies

Sentence(s)

The highest point in the Smokies is Clingmans Dome, which rises to an elevation of 6,643 feet (2,025 m).

final_sentence: The highest point in the Smokies is Clingmans Dome, which rises to an elevation of 6,643 feet (2,025 m).