Mount Chapman
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Mount Chapman rises to 1,960 m in Tennessee. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the north-northeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Tricorner Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
Mount Chapman is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States. It has an elevation of 6,427 feet (1,959 m) above sea level. While the mountain is located deep within the Smokies, the Appalachian Trail crosses its eastern slope, coming to within 200 feet (61 m) of the summit. Mount Chapman is among the 10 highest mountains in the Appalachian range, if subpeaks are not included. Mount Chapman is situated along the Tennessee-North Carolina border, with Sevier County to the north and Swain County to the south. Like its neighbor Mount Guyot, Chapman is a double peak, with the southern peak being the true summit. A 1,500-foot (460 m) gap divides Chapman from Dashoga Ridge (i.e., Mount Hardison and Marks Knob), just two miles (3 km) to the east. Its western slope, known as Chapman Lead, is more gradual, descending roughly 4,000 feet (1,200 m) over 5 miles (8.0 km) to its base along the headwaters of the Little Pigeon River. Chapman Lead parallels Guyot Spur to the north, with Buck Fork between the two ridges. The summit is coated in a dense stand of Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest. The remoteness of Mount Chapman has left it largely untouched by human history. The mountain is named after Colonel David C. Chapman, a Knoxville business leader who led efforts to establish a national park in the Smokies. As head of the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission from 1927 to 1937, Chapman raised funds and negotiated hundreds of land purchases that helped make the park possible. Arnold Guyot crossed Mount Chapman in the late 1850s, measuring the mountain's summit at 6,447 feet (Guyot called it "Mount Alexander" after a Princeton colleague). The leg of the Appalachian Trail crossing Chapman's eastern slope was constructed in 1935.
Mount Chapman is approximately 11 miles (18 km) from the nearest parking lot at the Cosby Campground and 14.5 miles (23.3 km) from Newfound Gap. From the Cosby Campground (specifically behind Campsite B51), the Snake Den Ridge Trail winds for 5.3 miles (8.5 km) to its junction with the Appalachian Trail at Inadu Knob. Chapman's main peak is approximately 5.2 miles (8.4 km) to the south of Inadu Knob, with the trail first crossing the slopes of Old Black, Mount Guyot, and Tricorner Knob. A short bushwhack is required to reach the summit. The Tricorner Knob Shelter is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the northeast of Mount Chapman.
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Wikidata Q14708053, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1960.2 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 11.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Appalachian Medley
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 10 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 10 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 10 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tricorner Knob: 1.1 mi
- Mount Hardison: 1.2 mi
- Mount Sequoyah: 1.3 mi
- Marks Knob: 1.3 mi
- Mount Yonaguska: 1.4 mi
- Ramsey Cascades: 2.2 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 4.3 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 4.4 mi
- Enloe Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Lower Enloe Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 10.0 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 11.5 mi
- Hellbender: 13.1 mi
- Birdventure: 13.1 mi
- Rail Runner: 13.3 mi
- Mills Park: 10.5 mi
- Mynatt Park: 13.7 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 13.8 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 14.2 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 14.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 12.2 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 13.1 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 14.0 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 14.0 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 14.1 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 10.3 mi
- Masonic Monument: 11.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 11.9 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 13.7 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 14.4 mi
- Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 2.3 mi
- Cat Stairs: 5.6 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 6.8 mi
- The Jumpoff: 7.6 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 6.6 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Bear: 13.2 mi
- Selu Statue: 15.1 mi
- Fish: 17.5 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 20.0 mi
- Veterans Statue: 20.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 7.8 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 8.4 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 14.5 mi
- Burnett Spring: 18.1 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 18.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 13.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 14.5 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 19.9 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 22.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 11.1 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 12.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Greenbrier: 7.3 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 13.7 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 9.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 15.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Mount Chapman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | NNE 31° | 2,019.13 m | 1.5 mi |
| Old Black | NNE 24° | 1,938.61 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Kephart | WSW 240° | 1,895.27 m | 7.7 mi |
| Luftee Knob | E 83° | 1,894.26 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | ENE 68° | 1,883.44 m | 1.4 mi |
| Marks Knob | ESE 110° | 1,878.29 m | 1.3 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | E 101° | 1,875.19 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Hardison | E 84° | 1,874.57 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Leconte, 10 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357811244
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