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Kephart Prong Trail

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Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
Kephart Prong Trail
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Kephart Prong Trail, Charleston, NC, USA

Mount Kephart is a mountain in the central Great Smoky Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States. The Appalachian Trail crosses the mountain's south slope, making it a destination for thru-hikers. The Jumpoff, a 1,000-foot cliff on the northeast side of the mountain, has views of the central and eastern Smokies. A stand of Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest coats the mountain's upper elevations. Mount Kephart is the 22nd highest mountain in the eastern U.S., and the 7th-highest mountain in the state of Tennessee. Its topographic prominence is drastically reduced, however, due to the mountain's close proximity to two higher neighbors, Clingmans Dome and Mount Le Conte. Like much of the Smokies crest, Mount Kephart lies on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, in Sevier County, Tennessee and Swain County, North Carolina. The mountain rises nearly 4,000 feet above its northern base at Porters Flat, and approximately 3,400 feet above its southern base along the Oconaluftee headwaters. Newfound Gap, at just over 5,000 feet , divides Mount Kephart from Fork Ridge to the west. The gap is traversed by U.S. Highway 441, the only paved road crossing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from north to south.
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