Stop 3: Drive the Newfound Gap Scenic Drive From the visitor’s center, you can drive straight onto the Newfound Gap, also ...

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Spring visits to the Smokies will be different this year. Areas are closed and program start dates are delayed amid federal ...

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The Department of the Interior agency looks over great swaths of land all over the United States, with an already ... The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway have ...

In April 2001, the US National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) included Great Smoky Mountain National Park – the most visited park in the National Park System - in its list of America’s Ten Most ...