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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Written by Jaclyn JohnstonPublished
an old fallen tree with roots sticking up

Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles North Carolina and Tennessee and is home to abundant forest wildlife. Traffic will often be backed up for miles as people strain to see a black bear walking near the road.

A small bee pauses on a white flower.
mountains for miles
waterfall
yellow violets
close up of an unopened trillium flower
white flowers
stream with rounded boulders
a mountainside covered with trillium flowers
a trillium flower
A man fishes in a stream.
sign for Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A young bear climbs a tree.
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an old fallen tree with roots sticking up
A small bee pauses on a white flower. mountains for miles waterfall yellow violets close up of an unopened trillium flower white flowers stream with rounded boulders a mountainside covered with trillium flowers a trillium flower A man fishes in a stream. sign for Great Smoky Mountains National Park A young bear climbs a tree. elk an old fallen tree with roots sticking up

Activities

Backpacking | Biking | Camping | Fishing | Group Camping | Hiking | Horseback Riding | Picnicking

Amenities

Gift Shop | Inn/Lodge | Picnic Tables | Trash Cans | Toilets | Visitor Center/Museum/Environmental Education Center

Features

Forest | Mountain | Waterfall

For more information about Great Smoky Mountains National Park, see the National Park Service website.

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