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10-17-2007, 01:02 PM
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Trying to use my indoor voice.
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Location: Atlanta suburb
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That must be spectacular, alleycat.
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Originally Posted by alleycat
Clingman's Dome in the Smokey's is the highest point in Tennessee at 6643 feet. I've been to the top of it . . . it's a little chilly up there in the morning, even in summer.
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Wow! Fantastic, alleycat. Where is Clingman's Dome? Is it heavily wooded or can you get some beautiful views? Gotta go there.  |
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10-17-2007, 01:32 PM
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Location: Tennessee
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Originally Posted by gemthornton
Wow! Fantastic, alleycat. Where is Clingman's Dome? Is it heavily wooded or can you get some beautiful views? Gotta go there. |
They've built an observation "tower" on the top of it now, I believe. The only negative I hear is that some of the trees have been killed due to blight. It's been a few years since I've been. |
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10-17-2007, 01:54 PM
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Clingman's Dome is in Sevier County, about 20 miles from Gatlinburg. This has some more info on it:
Clingmans Dome, Tennessee (broken link)
We have some other peaks that are 6,000+ and multiple ones that are well over 5,000 feet. I'll try to find the page that lists them.
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10-17-2007, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Naples, FL & Monterey, TN
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Nice info here.
Tennessee Summits Above 4,000 Feet (broken link)
Last edited by Jhubtin; 10-17-2007 at 02:12 PM..
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10-17-2007, 02:09 PM
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Armchair Activist!
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Johnson City, TN (South Side)
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Last time I was at Clingman's entire patches of the forest had died out of the blight.
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10-17-2007, 02:21 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Kingsport, TN
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Originally Posted by gemthornton
Where is Clingman's Dome? Is it heavily wooded or can you get some beautiful views? Gotta go there. |
Clingman's Dome is in the Smokies, a 7-mile drive from Newfound Gap Road. Two images of the 54-foot tower, which is a 1/2 mile walk (paved) from the parking lot:
http://web.umr.edu/~mstauter/highpoint/cling.jpg (broken link)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Snowy_Day.JPG
The balsam woolly adelgid, a sap-suckin' little critter that made its way over from Europe, is largely responsible for the forest of Fraser fir skeletons on top of the mountain.
Last edited by kamoshika; 10-17-2007 at 02:49 PM..
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11-21-2007, 03:02 PM
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GENTLE ON MY MIND
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"Rolling toward Winston-Salem, NC"
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: East Tennessee
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Shady Valley is a picturesque community in rural Johnson County. To leave there without climbing a mountain one must travel northward into Virginia.
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11-21-2007, 03:06 PM
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GENTLE ON MY MIND
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: East Tennessee
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Quote:
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Wow. Being on the second floor makes me nervous.
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I'm so afraid of heights that I've considered surgery that would make me a couple of inches shorter. |
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