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Thunderhead Mountain is a 5,527-foot (1,685 m) mountain in the west-central part of the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the southeastern United States. Rising along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, the mountain dominates the western Smokies. The Appalachian Trail crosses its summit, making it a popular hiking destination.
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The memorial master plan includes the mountain carving monument, a Native American Museum of North America, and a Native American Cultural Center. The monument is being carved out of Thunderhead Mountain, on land considered sacred by some Oglala Lakota, between Custer and Hill City , roughly 17 miles (27 km) from Mount Rushmore .
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Thunderhead sandstone, part of the Ocoee Supergroup, was formed from Precambrian ocean sediments approximately one billion years ago. [4] The Greenbrier Fault, which crosses the mountain's northern and eastern slopes, [ 5 ] thrust the Thunderhead sandstone over the Rich Butt sandstone during the Paleozoic era. [ 3 ]
Kuwohi, looking east from the summit of Silers Bald. While Silers Bald is hardly mentioned in Cherokee lore, a petroglyph was discovered near the summit in 1917. [3] The mountain's elevation is probably recorded by Arnold Guyot during his 1859 survey of the Smokies crest but under a different name (possibly Guyot's "Big Stone Mountain," which Guyot listed with an elevation of 5,614 feet (1,711 ...
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Thunderhead officially opened to the public on April 3, 2004. [3] The ride was named after Thunderhead Mountain, a peak within the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was heavily logged during the early 19th century. [citation needed] Thunderhead is a slang term in the American South for Cumulonimbus clouds. [citation needed]