Snake Mountain is a mountain located along the border of
North Carolina
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and
Tennessee
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, east of the community of Zionville, in the southeastern United States. It is part of the
Blue Ridge Mountains
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Johnson County, Tennessee
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. It has two peaks, the higher of which reaches an elevation of . The lower peak, at , is Johnson County's high point.
The mountain generates several feeder streams to the North Fork New River (via Maine Branch),
South Fork New River
The South Fork New River is a river in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
It stretches from its headwaters at a spring near Blowing Rock and the Eastern Continental Divide and meanders northward along the northwestern face of the Blue Ridge Mounta ...
(via Meat Camp Creek) and
Watauga River
The Watauga River () is a large stream of western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is long with its headwaters in Linville Gap to the South Fork Holston River at Boone Lake.
Course
The Watauga River rises from a spring near the base ...
(via Cove Creek). Several ridges form from Snake Mountain, with the main being Snake Mountain Ridge, mark the border of
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
and
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 ...
. Also there is Sugartree Ridge and Hessian Ridge, which are smaller outcrops west of Snake Mountain. Several gaps also surround the mountain: Elk Horn Gap, Pottertown Gap, Rich Mountain Gap and State Line Gap.
Historically, both the Old Buffalo Trail and Daniel Boone Trail converge at the foot of the mountain, at Zionville.