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2013 Map of Mount Guyot

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Mount Guyot
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Mount Guyot and Mount Chapman dominate the high ridges of the Great Smoky Mountains along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. This high-altitude drainage basin centers on the Middle Prong Little Pigeon River and its numerous feeders like Ramsey Prong, which contains the noted Ramsey Cascades. The landscape is a network of named ridges and leads, such as Pinnacle Lead and Chapman Lead, which once served as vital navigational landmarks for early hunters and explorers.

Evidence of local naming traditions is preserved in features like Woolly Tops Mountain, Maddron Bald, and the small settlement at Three Forks. The topography is defined by sharp drops and hollows, where names like Devils Den and Cat Stairs reflect the difficult nature of the terrain. For genealogists and historians, these specific labels offer insight into the family names and descriptive language of the mountaineers who frequented these watersheds before the establishment of modern boundaries.