Little Frog Mountain is a mountain located in southeastern

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

in the

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. It is located in the Blue Ridge province of the

Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...

, and has an elevation of .

Geography

Little Frog Mountain is located within the

Cherokee National Forest The Cherokee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the U.S. states of Tennessee and North Carolina that was created on June 14, 1920. The forest is maintained and managed by the United States Forest Service. It encompasses ...

Polk County, Tennessee Polk County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 17,544. Its county seat is Benton. The county was created on November 28, 1839, from parts of Bra ...

, and anchors the Little Frog Widerness. It consists of a series of ridges roughly running northeast. The

Ocoee River The Toccoa River and Ocoee River are the names in use for a single river that flows northwestward through the southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a tributary of the Hiwassee River, which it joins in Polk Coun ...

flows along its southern base, and the Copper Basin is located directly to the east. Little Frog Mountain is accessible via a series of trails, and the Kimsey Mountain Highway, a forest service road. It may take its name from its nearby taller counterpart,

Big Frog Mountain Big Frog Mountain is a mountain located primarily in southeastern Tennessee in the Big Frog Wilderness, within the Cherokee National Forest. It is located within the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains. At an elevation of , the ...

References

{{Mountains of Tennessee Mountains of Tennessee Protected areas of Polk County, Tennessee Cherokee National Forest Landforms of Polk County, Tennessee