Gatlinburg in Sevier County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

The Chimney Tops

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

1. The Chimney Tops Marker

Inscription. These twin summits of quartzite and hard slate are familiar landmarks. The peak on the right has a hole like a flue. Mountain people thought these formations looked like chimneys rising above the trees. Mountain laurel, rhododendron, blueberry, and sand-myrtle - members of the heath family - cling to the peaks.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Features.

Location. 35° 38.182′ N, 83° 28.383′ W. Marker is in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in Sevier County. It is on Walker Camp Prong (U.S. 441). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gatlinburg TN 37738, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee

and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of

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the Confederate States of America,

the State of Franklin,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chimney Tops Trail (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Chimney Tops (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lifeblood of the Mountains (approx. 1.6 miles away); Indian Gap Road (approx. 2.4 miles away); Mount Le Conte (approx. 2.4 miles away); “To the free people of America” (approx. 3.2 miles away in North Carolina); A Mountain Sanctuary (approx. 3.2 miles away in North Carolina); New Gap, New Road (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gatlinburg.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

2. The Chimney Tops Marker

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

3. The Chimney Tops Marker

The Chimney Tops image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

4. The Chimney Tops

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

5. The Chimney Tops

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,389 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 19, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.