NC Gazetteer

Kephart Prong

A prong in Swain County
… rises in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the E slope of Mount Kephart and flows SE to join Beech Flats Prong in forming Oconaluftee River. Named for Horace Kephart (1862-1931), author and authority on campcraft, who is buried in Bryson City.