50 Hikes in the Carolina Mountains by Johnny Molloy

Author:Johnny Molloy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Published: 2021-02-12T00:00:00+00:00

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Mount Sterling

TOTAL DISTANCE: 5.4-mile there-and-back

HIKING TIME: 2:45

VERTICAL RISE: 1,940 feet

RATING: Moderate, does have extended climb

MAPS: National Geographic #229 Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USGS 7.5’ Waterville NC–TN

TRAILHEAD GPS COORDINATES: N35°42'00.8", W83°05'51.0"

CONTACT INFORMATION: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 107 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, (865) 436-1200, nps.gov/grsm

Mount Sterling is a Smoky Mountains icon, a must-visit destination, featuring a fire tower with 360-degree views from the park’s eastern end, as well as a backcountry campsite ensconced in the spruce-fir evergreen forests that cloak the highest mantles of the Southern Appalachians. Make your climb to the tower from historic Mount Sterling Gap, winding up the east slope of Mount Sterling Ridge. Enter the high country and climb the Mount Sterling tower, perched at a 5,842-foot elevation.

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