What is the highest elevation on the AT?

[passinBYE]

I have been doing some searching on here.. and I see that Roan Mtn. shelter is the highest shelter...but is that the highest point on the entire trail?

[papa john]

Clingman's Done is the highest elevation at 6643'.

[RockyTrail]

My son and I were at Clingmans when passing thru a couple years ago (not hiking, but driving). At the observation tower, both of us being hikers of course we had to follow the side trail to the AT. Realizing that Clingman's was the "highest point on the AT," we tracked up and down the trail for maybe 300-400 feet until we found the exact highest point. The exact high point is very clear and visible, but there is no sign, markings, or anything that indicate it...even though it's an almost flat area, you can resolve it to within +-5 feet or so as "THE" highest point.

It was kind of funny standing there thinking it was downhill to Springer and downhill to Katahdin, kinda like standing on the Continental divide...I think I took a picture there if I can ever find it.

[Programbo]

. It was kind of funny standing there thinking it was downhill to Springer and downhill to Katahdin, kinda like standing on the Continental divide...I think I took a picture there if I can ever find it.

I don`t know if that`s exactly the case but that would be nice...LOL..I understand what you mean about seeking the actual "highest point" on a mountain though as lots of times the part the trial goes over isn`t the actualy physically "highest" point..I`ve wandered off the trail many a times just to reach the real highest spot

[RockyTrail]

ACtually I should have said it's a "net downhill" going both ways from that point because of the PUDs, but you get the idea!

[Tin Man]

ACtually I should have said it's a "net downhill" going both ways from that point because of the PUDs, but you get the idea!

I don't think I would refer to Mt. Washington, or anything over 4000' in NH or ME, as a PUD. ;)

[Snow Stomp]

It depends on the quality of the bud.

[Ridge]

At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point on the AT and in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the highest point in Tennessee, and the third highest point in the Appalachian Mountain range. Only Mt. Mitchell (6,684 feet) and Mt. Craig (6,647) in Mt. Mitchell State Park rise higher.

[Peaks]

At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point on the AT and in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the highest point in Tennessee, and the third highest point in the Appalachian Mountain range. Only Mt. Mitchell (6,684 feet) and Mt. Craig (6,647) in Mt. Mitchell State Park rise higher.

Anyone working on the 6000 foot club?

[RockyTrail]

At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point on the AT and in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the highest point in Tennessee, and the third highest point in the Appalachian Mountain range. Only Mt. Mitchell (6,684 feet) and Mt. Craig (6,647) in Mt. Mitchell State Park rise higher.

Agree...I hate to be picky, but I doubt the highest point on the AT is "exactly" 6643 ft. but actually a few feet less (not that any other mountain comes close!). The reason is that the AT does not go over the highest point of Clingman's Dome, but slabs a bit to one side. The observation tower may be sitting on 6643 ft soil, but there is a short side trail from there that intersects the AT maybe 200-300 feet away on a slight downhill slope. From the intersection of this side trail and the AT, I think we went south for a couple hundred feet to find the exact highest point on the AT, it was just an un-assuming little hump maybe 5-10 feet long.

Amazing how we can make a mountain out of a molehill, huh?:D:)

[Sir-P-Alot]

The highest place I ever saw on the AT was Rusty's.

[Big Dawg]

Anyone working on the 6000 foot club?

How many 6000 footers are there? (I assume you're referring to the ones in the appalachians?)

[MOWGLI]

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