NC Gazetteer

Mount Collins

A mountain in Swain County
… in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line, lat. 35°35' N., long. 83°28' W. Named for Robert Collins (1806-63), one of the first settlers in the area and a guide for Arnold Guyot and other explorers. Mount Collins was renamed Mount Kephart in 1928, but that name was later given to another peak. Alt. 6,255.