Clingmans Dome, North Carolina/Tennessee

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 6643 ft / 2025 m
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Indigenous Name: Kuwahi
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 33' 47'' N, 83° 29' 55'' W 35.562919, -83.498601 (Dec Deg) 273548 E 3938344 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	North Carolina Tennessee (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Swain (Highest Point) Sevier (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Clingmans Dome":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Clingmans Dome at ListsOfJohn.com      Clingmans Dome at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      CoHP.org Trip Report for Sevier, TN by unknown      CoHP.org Trip Report for Sevier, TN by Dale Millsap      CoHP.org Trip Report for Sevier, TN by Thomas Harper      CoHP.org Trip Report for Sevier, TN by Roxanne Everett      CoHP.org Trip Report for Swain, NC by Ron Tagliapietra Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Clingmans Dome:      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #15)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #17)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2500 feet of Prominence (Rank #4)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #17)      Fred Beckey's Great Peaks of the Continent (Rank #32)      Most Prominent Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #17)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #4)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #26)      Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #37)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #50)      Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #2)      Appalachian Mountain Range4 High Points (Rank #2)      USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #85)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #75)      Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #2)      Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #91)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #85)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #132)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #58)      Top 10 Elevation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #141)      Tennessee 4500-foot Peaks (Rank #1)      Tennessee Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #1)      Tennessee County High Points (Rank #1) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)        Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)        Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1864      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1672) Selected Trip Reports:      1975 by Jack Magaw (GPS Track)      2000-05-27 by Scott Surgent      2005-08 by Tom Owen      2006-06-23 by Melanie Deare      2007-03-25 by Heather Hasch      2008-03-06 by Jared McCullough      2010-04-06 by Craig Barrett      2010-05-04 by Bob Bolton      2010-08-10 by Brian Molloy      2010-09-28 by Richard Spalinger      2011-06-03 by Micah Stiegler      2012-06-28 by Alan Barber      2012-09-09 by Walter Blume (GPS Track)      2013-09-17 by Wayne Snyder      2013-09-19 by Gregory Rada (GPS Track)      2014-07-23 by William Musser      2014-09-03 by Mark Anderson      2014-12-30 by Phil Barone      2015-01-17 by Bradley R (GPS Track)      2015-04-08 by Curtis Bowden      2015-06-18 by Ryan Turner (GPS Track)      2016-07-31 by Bill Peterson      2017-04-15 by Brandon Hitz      2017-11-06 by Eric Davidson      2018-04-18 by Wayne Snyder (GPS Track)      2018-11-04 by David Winston (GPS Track)      2018-11-29 by Don Elwell      2019-03-21 by PETER GRAFTON      2019-07-29 by Tom Layton      2019-11-10 by Justin P (GPS Track)      2020-02-22 by Scott Leslie      2020-06-24 by David Odenwalder      2020-09-27 by Garth Brown (GPS Track)      2021-03-15 by Scott Wieman (GPS Track)      2021-04-02 by Anthony Wilkinson      2021-04-09 by Josh Arnold      2021-07-23 by Thomas Marshall (GPS Track)      2021-09-23 by ben smith (GPS Track)      2021-10-20 by Stephen Pardo (GPS Track)      2022-03-01 by Mike Black (GPS Track)      2022-07-03 by Justin P (GPS Track)      2022-09-17 by Bradley R (GPS Track)      2022-11-23 by Karli Wilson (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Clingmans Dome      Elevation Ladder from Clingmans Dome      Prominence Ladder from Clingmans Dome

Clingmans Dome is marked by an observation tower with a curved ramp, providing a view out over the trees (1983-03-15).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 4503 ft/1373 m   Optimistic Prominence: 4523 ft/1379 m   Line Parent: Mount Mitchell   Key Col: East Flat Rock, NC    2140 ft/652 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 70.74 mi/113.85 km    Isolation Limit Point: 35.764844, -82.265806 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Mitchell  (ENE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Great Smoky Mountains (Highest Point) Range5: Central Great Smoky Mountains (Highest Point)
Ridges/Divides	Great Smoky Crest (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Tennessee Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean Tuckasegee (HP) Little Tennessee (HP) Tennessee Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Clingmans Dome O35083e4 1:24,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail: Parking Lot Trail Trailhead: Forney Ridge Parking Lot 6311 ft/1924 m Vertical Gain: 332 ft/101 m
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Looking east (2014-03-31). Photo by Morris Zwick. Click here for larger-size photo.

Clingman's Dome observation tower (2005-08-15). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.

Me at the trailhead for Clingman's dome (2010-08-10). Photo by Brian Molloy. Click here for larger-size photo.

View from the Clingmans Dome, Tennessee's High Point (2014-10-07). Photo by Salil Jha. Click here for larger-size photo.

Walkway to the observation platform atop the peak (2016-01-05). Photo by Josh Brooks. Click here for larger-size photo.

Our second state high point, and we are on the Tennessee side in this pitcure! Rocky Top! (2016-07-31). Photo by Bill Peterson. Click here for larger-size photo.

Top of the Tower at Clingman's Dome (2017-04-12). Photo by John Edwards. Click here for larger-size photo.

Heather and I at Clingman's Dome Trailhead (2017-04-12). Photo by John Edwards. Click here for larger-size photo.

No view today (2017-07-15). Photo by Scott Slayton. Click here for larger-size photo.

clingmans dome (2017-07-20). Photo by Terry Green. Click here for larger-size photo.

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