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Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a mountain located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Sevier County, Tennessee. At 6,593 ft (2,010 m) it is the third highest peak in the national park, behind Kuwohi (6,643 ft (2,025 m)) and Mount Guyot (6,621 ft (2,018 m)). It is also the highest peak that is completely within Tennessee.
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The Alum Cave Trail to the summit of Mount LeConte provides numerous views of the Great Smoky Mountains. Main article: Hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park There are 850 miles (1,370 km) of trails and unpaved roads in the park for hiking.
From High Top, the Boulevard Trail continues for another 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the Mount Le Conte backcountry shelter (modeled after those found on the Appalachian Trail) and then a short distance to LeConte Lodge, where the trail terminates at its junction with the Alum Cave Trail and the Trillium Gap Trail. LeConte Lodge is the only ...
Mount Le Conte is the highest mountain entirely within Tennessee and the tallest mountain east of the Rocky Mountains, measured from base to summit. In peak bagging terminology in the United States , the Southern Sixers refers to the group of mountains in the southern states of North Carolina and Tennessee with elevations above sea level of at ...
The Bullhead Trail is an American hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Sevier County, Tennessee.The trail ascends Mount Le Conte, the third tallest (and sixth highest) mountain east of the Mississippi River and offers outstanding views before joining the Rainbow Falls Trail before terminating near the LeConte Lodge.
It is situated between Mount LeConte to the northwest, and Mount Kephart and Charlies Bunion to the east. At an elevation of 5,988 feet (1,825 m), Anakeesta Knob is the tallest mountain in Tennessee with an elevation less than 6,000 feet (1,800 m). The mountain is largely forested, and contains exposed rock outcroppings on its summit.
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