Cross Mountain elev 3534 ft / 1077 m

USA / Tennessee / Lake City /
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Cross Mountain is the highest point of Anderson and Campbell Counties, TN
Atop is the site of an old "Air Force Base" - a large radar installation built as part of the 'air defense network':
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_Air_Force_Station
But this base is reputed to have actually been built simply to protect the nearby (and top secret) Oak Ridge nuclear facilities.
Now the base site is a communications hub - home to many & various communcations towers, antennas, relays, repeaters...
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Coordinates:   36°11'53"N   84°13'46"W
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