Who decides the names on the AT?

[DrRichardCranium]

Seriously, Swinging.jpg????

And, why are so many mountains in southern Virginia all called "Brushy Mountain?" Do these people have no imagination?


Also, after Katahdin you can traverse the Knife Edge, and then you go over Pamola peak. This is not good. Why would you name a steep, dangerous, rocky peak after a non-stick cooking spray?

[Rocket Jones]

Back when most things were named, people stayed closer to home. If you talked about Brushy Mountain, there was only the local one that anyone knew about.

[Starchild]

Pamola is named after a Native American storm God. I heard he stayed inside a lot due to the storms and did a lot of cooking, was tired of stuff sticking to his pans and then told man how to manufacture Pam, so he could pick up some at the store and solve this problem. Pam was originally PAmola to Man non stick cooking spray, but got shortened to Pam for marketing reasons.

[bigcranky]

....and don't get me started about Deep Gap.

[BirdBrain]

Pamola is named after a Native American storm God. I heard he stayed inside a lot due to the storms and did a lot of cooking, was tired of stuff sticking to his pans and then told man how to manufacture Pam, so he could pick up some at the store and solve this problem. Pam was originally PAmola to Man non stick cooking spray, but got shortened to Pam for marketing reasons.

I almost posted the same reply. Then I asked myself if he was being funny. Then I looked at the forum. Then I thought of a spot on Moody that has an interesting name. Then I ran.

[TNhiker]

Back when most things were named, people stayed closer to home. If you talked about Brushy Mountain, there was only the local one that anyone knew about.

That is correct...

look at the smokies national park---there were countless creeks called mill creek...

because each little holler had a mill.....on a creek..

when the the park was formed----there was a committee that looked at maps and figured out ways of not having the same names....

so many creek names and gaps and mountains got renamed.....

[rocketsocks]

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[Emerson Bigills]

I read somewhere that there was lobbying to name the mountains in the GSMNP after the govt formed the National park. I find it a little dissapointing that so many of the peaks are named after modern men like Leconte, Kephardt, Collins, Clingman, etc. , too bad more of the old classical names did not survive.

[Arden]

Really! How many peaks are there named "Brushy" or "Little Brushy", or "Son of Brushy"??
I've found five Brushy, and one Little Brushy in W VA so far.
What if you're in trouble on one of those Brushy peaks, and the person who is trying to help you asks "which Brushy?". I guess you just answer "Full of Brushy!", like, the old "Fuller Brush" company...
It reminds me of the Monty Python "Bruce" skit.

[MuddyWaters]

....and don't get me started about Deep Gap.

or Bear Creek....

I think its required every state has at least a dozen bear creeks.

[Puddlefish]

When my girls were little, they named a local mountain Mount Fluffy due to all the nice fluffy looking pine trees on it. For some strange reason, the official maps haven't been updated to reflect this change.

[No Directions]

If the sign in your pic is in NC it should read Swinging Lick Gap. As you can see it is a fairly new sign because it gets stolen frequently.

[Lone Wolf]

Sharpies are the newest piece of gear for todays hikers. let the taggin' begin

[rafe]

There's a short raunchy bit from Robin Williams long ago about how the French got to name the Grand Tetons. Punchline is, it's maybe a good thing they didn't get to name the Grand Canyon.

[Arden]

How about this one: "Big Butt" (4,150') in Tenn. - N.C. Section 13

[Elder]

How about North Carolina's Chunky Gal Mountains? No, you tell her.

[Odd Man Out]

I think it is the same person who has named every lake in Michigan "Bass Lake". Also have you ever noticed how many mountains seem to look like a sugarloaf? BTW, what the heck does a loaf of sugar look like anyway?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_%28mountain%29

[Arden]

I think it is the same person who has named every lake in Michigan "Bass Lake". Also have you ever noticed how many mountains seem to look like a sugarloaf? BTW, what the heck does a loaf of sugar look like anyway?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_%28mountain%29

A "Meat Loaf" mountain would be more appropriate.

I've got another issue: Do you think "Standing Indian" Campground should be re-named to a more appropriate name?
Then again, so long as we have a NFL team named the "Cleveland Indians", there's no point.

Edit: MLB tean "Cleveland Indians."
NFL team "Washington Redskins"

[dudeijuststarted]

Someone appropriately annotated "Big Horse (P***s) Gap" near Woods Hole. Likely the same person who decorated the next sobo shelter with images of the male anatomy. Vandalism, yes, but not without its intended effect.