Sassafras Mountain, Mountain summit in Pickens County, United States

Sassafras Mountain is South Carolina's highest point, rising 1,085 meters in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A concrete and stone observation structure opened on the summit in 2019. Its lower level is a wide concrete deck with white metal railings, reached by a curving concrete ramp. Above the deck stands a small enclosed building with gray walls and a flat roof, and a section of tan and brown stacked stone faces the left end.

In June 2010, former Congressman Charles H. Taylor sold 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) on the North Carolina side of the mountain to The Conservation Fund. The Fund gave 4.8 acres (1.9 ha) at the summit to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and conveyed 6,730 acres (2,720 ha) to the North Carolina Forest Service for Headwaters State Forest. An observation tower opened on the summit in 2019.

The name comes from the sassafras tree found on the mountain, as noted in German-language accounts of the peak. The summit sits on the South Carolina–North Carolina state line, and the state line itself runs across the top, so visitors can stand in two states at once. The abandoned Sassafras Gap Road nearby still shows short flights of steps cut down into its old roadbed.

From the parking lot, the summit is an easy 300-foot walk. The path has no stairs and is wheelchair accessible, though it is fairly steep. The observation tower opened in 2019.

Three distinct watersheds meet at this peak, causing water to flow toward either the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. This rare hydrological meeting point makes this summit a special location in American geography.