Landmarks/overlooks
- Arch Rock
- Inspiration Point
- Eye of the Needle
Alum Cave Bluff
Alum Cave is not a true cave. It is what geologists refer to as a rock shelter.
The first recorded account of Alum Cave goes back to 1837 when three farmers (Ephraim Mingus, Robert Collins, and George W. Hayes) from Oconaluftee, North Carolina applied at the Sevier County (Tennessee) Land Office for a grant of a 50-acre (200,000 m2) tract of land that would include Alum Cave and its salt deposits. Tennessee sold the tract of land to the three men on December 6, 1838. The Epsom Salts Manufacturing Company was formed to mine the deposit. The minerals mined were alum, Epsom salt, saltpeter, magnesia, and copperas. The easily accessible salts were depleted by the mid-1840s, but mining resumed during the Civil War. There is no report on any mining after the Civil War.
- Little Duck Hawk Ridge
- Gracie's Pulpit
- Cliff Tops
- LeConte Lodge
- Dolly Parton Peaks
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