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Mount Chapman is a mountain in the crosses its eastern slope, coming to within 200 feet of the summit. Mount Chapman is among the 10 highest mountains in the Appalachian Range , if subpeaks are not included. {Link without Title} Mount Chapman is situated along the . {Link without Title} Chapman Lead parallels Guyot Spur to the north, with Buck Fork slicing between the two giant ridges. The remoteness of Mount Chapman has left it largely untouched by human history. The mountain is named after Colonel David C. Chapman (1876-1944), a crossed Mount Chapman in the late 1850's, measuring the mountain's summit at 6,447 feet (Guyot called it "Mount Alexander" after a Princeton colleague).Robert Mason, ''The Lure of the Great Smokies'' (Boston and New York: Houghton-Mifflen, 1927), 55. The leg of the Appalachian Trail crossing Chapman's eastern slope was constructed in 1935.Sherrill Hatcher, "The Appalachian Trail In the Smokies," ''Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter'' 20, no. 3 (May-June 1994): 2 Mount Chapman is approximately 11 miles from the nearest parking lot at the Cosby Campground and 14.5 miles from Newfound Gap . From the Cosby Campground (specifically behind Campsite B51), the Snake Den Ridge Trail winds for 5.3 miles to its junction with the Appalachian Trail at Inadu Knob. Following the AT from Inadu, Chapman's main peak is approximately 5.2 miles to the south, with the trail first crossing the slopes of Old Black , Mount Guyot , and Tricorner Knob . A short Bushwhack is required to reach the summit. The Tricorner Knob Shelter is approximately 1.5 miles to the northeast of Mount Chapman. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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