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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, unlike some other national parks across the United States, doesn't charge for admission.
Here's how President Donald Trump's new executive order may impact Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Nearly 13 million people visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park last year. Here’s what you should know if you’re thinking of a trip. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest ...
Clingmans Dome, at 6,643 feet, is the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the state of Tennessee, offering spectacular 360° views of the Smokies.
The Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee are the tallest mountains in the Appalachian chain, hosting the world's greatest diversity of plant, animal, and insect life of any region in a ...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so take the early mornings to your advantage to enjoy a more serene hike. Most visitors arrive between 10 and 11 a ...
Birds, bees, bears, dragonflies, salamanders, hemlocks, fungi: scientific research in Great Smoky Mountains National Park addresses a wide swath of subjects. From Tennessee, North Carolina, South ...
Masks will once again be required for visitors inside all Great Smoky Mountains National Park buildings due to the high transmission of the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the park's website, the ...
Here's Explore Worldwide's full list of the 15 most trending national parks for 2024, their locations, and the percent increase of interest based on yearly Google searches:. Great Smoky Mountains ...
The best times to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the summer (June, July and August) and the fall. July is the busiest month of the summer season while October weekends draw those in ...
2. It’s great for fishing. According to the National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains sees about 85 inches of annual rainfall in its highest area of Clingman’s Dome.This moisture feeds ...