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Clingmans Dome, North Carolina/Tennessee
Prominence: 4503 ft, 1373 m
Elevation: 6643 feet, 2025 meters
True Isolation: 70.74 mi, 113.85 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 6643 ft / 2025 m
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)
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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
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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)
Southeast U.S. Peaks with 50 Miles of Isolation
(Rank #12)
Southeast/Ozark USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence
(Rank #2)
Tennessee 4500-foot Peaks
(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 successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
1580
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 1429)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
1975 by Jack Magaw (GPS Track)
2000-05-27 by Scott Surgent
2005-08 by Tom Owen
2007-03-25 by John Hasch
2008-03-06 by Jared McCullough
2010-05-04 by Bob Bolton
2010-08-10 by Brian Molloy
2012-06-28 by Alan Barber
2012-09-09 by Walter Blume (GPS Track)
2013-09-19 by Gregory Rada (GPS Track)
2014-07-23 by William Musser
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
2017-11-06 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
2019-11-10 by Justin P (GPS Track)
2020-06-24 by David Odenwalder
2020-09-27 by Garth Brown (GPS Track)
2020-12-29 by Keith Turner
2021-03-15 by Scott Wieman (GPS Track)
2021-04-02 by Anthony Wilkinson
2021-04-09 by Josh Arnold
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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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Clingmans Dome
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Other Photos
Looking east (2014-03-31). Photo by
Morris Zwick
.
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Clingman's Dome observation tower (2005-08-15). Photo by
Tom Owen
.
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Me at the trailhead for Clingman's dome (2010-08-10). Photo by
Brian Molloy
.
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View from the Clingmans Dome, Tennessee's High Point (2014-10-07). Photo by
Salil Jha
.
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Walkway to the observation platform atop the peak (2016-01-05). Photo by
Josh Brooks
.
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Our second state high point, and we are on the Tennessee side in this pitcure! Rocky Top! (2016-07-31). Photo by
Bill Peterson
.
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Top of the Tower at Clingman's Dome (2017-04-12). Photo by
John Edwards
.
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Heather and I at Clingman's Dome Trailhead (2017-04-12). Photo by
John Edwards
.
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No view today (2017-07-15). Photo by
Scott Slayton
.
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clingmans dome (2017-07-20). Photo by
Terry Green
.
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