Mount Guyot (Great Smoky Mountains)

Mount Guyot
Mt. Guyot, looking south from the Appalachian Trail
Highest point
Elevation	6,621 ft (2,018 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	1,581 ft (482 m)[2]
Coordinates	35°42′19.0″N 83°15′26.9″W / 35.705278°N 83.257472°W / 35.705278; -83.257472[1]
Geography
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Location	Haywood County, North Carolina Sevier County, Tennessee, U.S.
Parent range	Great Smoky Mountains
Topo map	USGS Mount Guyot
Climbing
Easiest route	Snake Den Ridge Trail + Appalachian Trail + bushwhack

Mount Guyot is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the southeastern United States. At 6,621 feet (2,018 m) in elevation, Guyot is the fourth-highest summit in the Eastern U.S.,^[3] and the second-highest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.^[4] While the mountain is remote, the Appalachian Trail crosses its south slope, passing to within 1,000 feet (300 m) of the summit.

Mount Guyot lies on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, between Sevier County and Haywood County. There are two peaks atop the mountain approximately one-half mile apart, with the southwestern peak in Tennessee being the true summit. The mountain rises 3,600 feet (1,100 m) above its eastern base near Walnut Bottom and 4,000 feet (1,200 m) above its western base near Greenbrier Cove. Ramsey Cascades, one of the park's most spectacular waterfalls, spills down a sandstone cliff near the bottom of Guyot's western slope.

A dense stand of Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest coats the summit and upper slopes of Guyot. Human settlement never expanded deep into the eastern Smokies, so the area around Guyot and adjacent peaks suffered substantially less disturbance than the mountains in the western or central parts of the range. A long hike and a challenging bushwhack are required to reach the summit, the highest in the Eastern U.S. without a trail.