Woolly Tops Mountain is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains in Sevier County, Tennessee. It has an elevation of , and is located in the eastern half of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Description
Woolly Tops Mountain is a large massif oriented in an east–west direction, which reaches a maximum elevation of . It is located approximately north of Laurel Top on the Tennessee-North Carolina state line. Although not served by an official trail, the mountain can be accessed via the Appalachian Trail from Laurel Top via a ridge between the two mountains. It rises approximately along its northern base from the Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon River, also known as Greenbrier Creek.
On August 12, 1944, a Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, crashed into Woolly Tops Mountain. The wreckage was not discovered until January 19, 1947, by a group of hikers from the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club. The remains of the three occupants were reportedly never found.
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