South Carolina mountains

"Woke everyone up at 3am and drove 10 hours to the NC/SC border to bag Sassafras Mountain. Good to stretch the legs after 10 hours in the car. Quick hike. The observation tower at the top is located on the border of NC/SC - half of the platform is on the NC side and the other half is in SC. We’ll be spending the next few days in Bryson City and working through several Smokey Mountain trails." — wiweasel • Nov 20, 2023

"Parked in the lot and walked up to the new observation tower. Really nice day and really great views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Also provides the opportunity to be standing in SC and NC at once." — jodola • Oct 5, 2022

"This was an easy High Point snagged since the pkg. lot was so close to the summit. Wandered around a bit looking to see if I could pick up the East Peak while I was there, but the area was really overgrown and I couldn't locate any kind of herd path in that direction. This was my 4th HP on this trip. Heading to Great Smoky N.P. from here." — SteveM_StickMan • Jun 25, 2020

"Drove up to the summit to speak with the job site foreman about the progress for the observation deck. Looks like everything is on track to open to the public in early August. Currently the summit area is closed due to construction." — StoneMan • Apr 5, 2018

"Um... technically the high point is closed until the new observation tower is built. Technically it's trespassing to enter the construction site. But when someone else walked up there with their 10 year old kid... I kinda followed. Found the benchmark, about 3 feet behind a chain-link construction fence. I made this summit, darn it! But I'd suggest waiting until the observation tower officially opens in May/June 2018. State highpoint #9 for me and #3 for my mother!" — psychikingjes • Mar 30, 2018