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1964 Map of Luftee Knob

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Luftee Knob
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Great Smoky Mountains National Park dominates this high-altitude landscape along the border of North Carolina and Tennessee in the mid-1960s. The topography is defined by the massive Balsam Mountain range, where peaks like Luftee Knob and Mount Yonaguska reach into the clouds. The survey captures a network of footpaths and historical transit routes, most notably the Appalachian Trail as it traverses ridges from Camel Hump Knob toward Cosby Knob.

Evidence of earlier human activity appears in several Old Railroad Grade labels, indicating the region's logging history before the park's establishment. Waterways such as Big Creek and Mouse Creek carve deep valleys, with Mouse Creek Falls and Brakeshoe Spring serving as vital landmarks for backcountry travelers. This map provides a detailed view of the Swain, Haywood, and Cocke County boundaries where they meet among the summits of Snake Den Mountain and Rough Mountain.