I found myself winding around the roads of the Chattahoochee National Forest on my way to South Carolina. A majority of the land I’ve been travelling in over the last two days is Cherokee land. It was great to see how the area has been preserved to acknowledge the Cherokee people and their customs. And after the beautiful scenery I’ve seen over the last week, I was looking forward to Sassafras Mountain. The small towns leading to the mountain were well-kept, which made me even more excited to see what was around the next bend. I eventually arrived at the parking lot, the high point was only 100 feet away, I casually walked around the closed gate up past a cell tower and stood there for a moment or two. I was surprised to see how un-kept the area was. If it wasn’t for the high pointers bench and marker, I wouldn’t have noticed that this was South Carolina’s high point. There is a bench mark here, but again, it is not accurate. The natural high point is about 50 feet away.
