CLINGMANS DOME

peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S., near the TennesseeNorth Carolina boundary, 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Knoxville, Tenn. The highest point in Tennessee, it rises 6,643 feet (2,025 m). A tower 45 feet (14 m) high at the end of a sloping spiral ramp affords an unobstructed view of the Smokies. The peak was named for Thomas L. Clingman, U.S. senator from North Carolina.