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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers both majesty and charm, and is the most visited national park in the U.S., with almost ten million visitors per year. The second most visited is the Grand Canyon National Park, which receives only half as many visitors. 

The towns surrounding the National Park offer many attractions to lure the vacationer: outlet malls, games, arts and crafts… Yet everything is dwarfed by the looming skyline of the Great Smoky Mountains, which beckon all to some explore and learn the mysteries. 

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POPULAR LOCATIONS IN THE SMOKIES

Beginning at the Sugarlands Visitor’s Center, Newfound Gap Road leads up and over the mountains to Oconaluftee. 

Chimney Tops - The Chimneys top a sheer rise of almost 2,000 feet and were known to the Cherokee as “Dukiskwal-guni” (forked antlers). The Chimneys Picnic Area, located in a ravine on the mountain’s side, is an excellent place to stop for a leisurely lunch. 

Mount LeConte - Mt. LeConte is the Park’s third highest peak at 6,593 feet. Despite runner-up ranking, LeConte serves as the focal point of the Park, offering unforgettable views from two different overlooks. 

Newfound Gap - In 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt officially dedicated the Park from this majestic site. The road, completed in 1932, straddles Tennessee and North Carolina here. 

Charlie’s Bunion - This 1,000-foot sheer drop-off can be found four miles east along the Appalachian Trail. The cliff is named after a bunion that prevented Charlie Conner, an Oconaluftee settler, from traveling through the Gap in 1928. 

Clingman’s Dome - Clingman’s Dome is the Smokies’ highest peak and the third highest point east of the Mississippi, at 6,642 feet. 

Andrews Bald- A picture-perfect picnic spot, Andrews Bald offers glorious views of the towering mountain ranges of North Carolina and Georgia. It’s a 3.6 mile round-trip hike from the Forney Ridge parking area at Clingman’s Dome and is the most accessible bald in the Park. 

Smokemont – A popular campground with a self-guiding nature trail through the reborn forest.


 

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