Big Frog Mountain
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Big Frog Mountain is a mountain located in southeastern Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 in the Big Frog Wilderness
Big Frog Wilderness
The Big Frog Wilderness was designated in 1984 and currently consists of . Approximately are located in Georgia in the Chattahoochee National Forest and approximately are located in Tennessee in the Cherokee National Forest...

, within the Cherokee National Forest
Cherokee National Forest
The Cherokee National Forest is a large National Forest created on July 19, 1936, by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, operated by the U.S. Forest Service and encompassing some 640,000 acres .-Location:...

. At 4224 feet (1,287.5 m) tall, there is no higher point west of Big Frog Mountain until the Big Bend in Texas or the Black Hills
Black Hills
The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, USA. Set off from the main body of the Rocky Mountains, the region is something of a geological anomaly—accurately described as an "island of...

 of South Dakota. A network of trails allow hikers to explore the mountain, which gains its distinctive name by, according to some, looking a bit like a frog
Frog
Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...

in profile.

Big Frog Mountain has a long, narrow, and flat top rising gently to it maximum height of 4,224 ft. Large patches of rhododendron can be found on the western part of the mountaintop.
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