Cheaha Mountain in Alabama was the first of 5 highpoints I did together with Tricia on a road-trip through parts of the south. Despite being under 1000m in height the surroundings and the road to the highpoint offered many beautiful views of flowing hills and mountains covered in green.
The top of the mountain is home to a stone-built lookout tower (and many less adorable radio communication towers which are common to find on elevated areas. In the same area you also find campsites on the top of the mountains which might have some of the best views of any eastern campsites.
Just In front of the lookout tower is a USGS marker, with an alternative spelling of the mountain from the WW2 era. There is also a nice informative sign declaring the highest point of Alabama and offering a nice photo opportunity.
There really aren't many difficulties in reaching the high-point other than possible accidentally taking the wrong one-way route close to the highpoint. After the Alabama highpoint we decided to continue our trip the same day to memorable things such as tornado-disaster areas, Florida's highpoint and Florala...
Stats:
State: Alabama (AL)
High point: Cheaha Mountain
Elevation: 2407 ft (733.7 m)
Date: April 29, 2011
Total elevation to date: 73751 ft (22479.3 m)
Access: Drive-up
Difficulty rating (of 10): 1
Potential Difficulties: Taking the wrong turn on one-way roads near highpoint.
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