Mount Guyot is a mountain in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, located in
the southeastern United States. At 6621ft above sea level, Guyot is the fourth-highest
summit in the eastern U.S., and the second-highest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While the mountain is remote, the Appalachian Trail crosses its south slope,
passing to within 1000ft of the summit.
Mount Guyot lies on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, between Sevier County and
Haywood County. There are two peaks atop the mountain, appx. one-half mile apart,
with the southwestern peak being the true summit. The mountain rises 3600ft above its
eastern base near Walnut Bottom and 4000ft above its western base near Greenbrier Cove. Ramsey Cascades, one of the park's most spectacular waterfalls, spills down a sandstone cliff near the bottom of Guyot's western
slope.
A dense stand of Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest coats the summit and upper slopes of Guyot. Human settlement never expanded deep into the eastern Smokies, so the area around Guyot and adjacent
peaks suffered substantially less disturbance than the mountains in the western or
central parts of the range. A long hike and a challenging bushwhack are required
to reach the summit.