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16 U.S.C. § 403kBoundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cherokee-Pisgah-Nantahala National Forests

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This law sets the shared boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and three nearby national forests: Pisgah, Nantahala, and Cherokee. It describes the Pisgah boundary in detail, using named landmarks, and says the Nantahala and Cherokee boundaries follow lines set in 1936 government proclamations.

(a) Pisgah National Forest boundary: The shared line between Pisgah National Forest and the park starts where North Carolina Highway 284 crosses the Cataloochee Divide — a point already fixed by a 1936 proclamation and the park's own boundary law. From there, the line follows the divide, then several named ridges, creeks, and mountains — including Bent Knee Knob, Trail Ridge, White Oak Mountain, Cataloochee Creek, Longarm Mountain, Scottish Mountain, Mount Sterling Gap, Mount Sterling Creek, and Ivy Gap — until it reaches the point where North Carolina Highway 284 meets Tennessee Highway 75 at the state line. (b) Nantahala National Forest boundary: The shared line between Nantahala National Forest and the park follows the forest boundary as described in a 1936 presidential proclamation (Proclamation No. 2185). (c) Cherokee National Forest (Unaka Division) boundary: The shared line between this part of Cherokee National Forest and the park follows the forest boundary as described in a separate 1936 presidential proclamation (Proclamation No. 2183).
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The portion of the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that is common to and between the park and the Cherokee-Pisgah-Nantahala National Forests hereafter shall be as follows:

(a)

Between the Pisgah National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains National Park the boundary shall be as follows: Beginning at a point where North Carolina State Highway Numbered 284 first crosses the Cataloochee Divide, said point being common to the boundary of said forest as described in Proclamation Numbered 2187 of July 10, 1936, and the boundary of said park, as authorized by sections 403 and 403a to 403c of this title; thence following the divide northeasterly to the summit of Bent Knee Knob; thence northwesterly and northerly following Trail Ridge and White Oak Mountain to a point where the present national forest boundary leaves White Oak Mountain and running with same northwesterly across Cataloochee Creek to the southeast corner of a tract of national park land and northwesterly through the same following the crest of the ridge next south of the east boundary of the said tract to the old road on the summit of Longarm Mountain; thence southwesterly and northwesterly follows the said road running with the top of Scottish Mountain and through a tract of national forest land to the south boundary of a tract of national park land just east of Mount Sterling Gap; thence northerly following the south and east boundaries of the said tract of national park land to the northeast corner thereof; thence northeasterly through a tract of national forest land, following the crest of the ridge parallel to and east of Mount Sterling Creek to the summit of the ridge terminated by the juncture of Mount Sterling Creek with its south prong; thence northwesterly across Mount Sterling Creek to the summit northeast of Ivy Gap; thence westerly to a point where the westerly boundary of a tract of Forest Service land diverges from North Carolina State Highway Numbered 284; thence with the highway northerly to a point where North Carolina Highway Numbered 284 joins Tennessee Highway Numbered 75 at the State line;

(b)

Between Nantahala National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the boundary shall follow the boundary of said forest as described in Proclamation Numbered 2185 of July 9, 1936;

(c)

Between Cherokee National Forest (Unaka Division) and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the boundary shall follow the boundary of said forest as described in Proclamation Numbered 2183 of July 8, 1936.

Source credit: (July 26, 1950, ch. 492, § 1, 64 Stat. 377.)

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  • 1950Enacted · Act of July 26, 1950, ch. 492 · 64 Stat. 377

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