Great Smoky Mountain National Park is located at the Tennessee--North Carolina border and consists of approximately 550,000 acres. GSMNP receives more visitors each year than any of our other National Parks.
Most of these visitors can be found along the 4 or 5 roads inside the park. US Highway 441 cuts across the park from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to Cherokee, North Carolina. As it crests the mountain at Newfound Gap, there is a side road which takes visitors to the highest point in Tennessee--Clingman’s Dome. Perhaps the most popular drive within the park is the Cade’s Cove Loop Road. It is not uncommon during fall leaf season for the 11-mile drive to take a couple hours to complete. It is a beautiful cove with several restored cabins, a small visitor center/gift shop, and almost a guarantee of seeing a black bear.
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| A great place to fish |
Great Smoky Mountians National Park is our home state park so we’ve spent a great deal of time here. I had a few photos on the computer taken during previous visits to the park. Enjoy.
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| Charlie's Bunion |
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| Clingman's Dome Lookout Tower |
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| Greenbrier School |
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| Laurel Falls |
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| The Sinks |
We are here this weekend for our hiking club annual meeting. More on that tomorrow.
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