1. en.wikipedia.org

    The Great Smoky Mountains (Cherokee: ᎡᏆ ᏚᏧᏍᏚ ᏙᏓᎸ, Equa Dutsusdu Dodalv) are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee-North Carolina border in the southeastern United States.They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province.The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains, and the name is commonly shortened to the ...
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    Jan 3, 2025Great Smoky Mountains, western segment of the high Appalachian Mountains in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, U.S.The Great Smokies lie between Knoxville, Tennessee (just to the west), and Asheville, North Carolina (just to the east), blending into the Blue Ridge escarpment to the east in North Carolina. They are sometimes considered a division of the Unaka Mountains.
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  4. en.wikipedia.org

    Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a national park of the United States in the southeast, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee.The park straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain.The park contains some of the highest mountains in eastern North America, including Kuwohi, Mount ...
  5. Sep 20, 2024Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. World renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, and the quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture, this is America's most visited national park. Plan your visit today!
  6. national-parks.org

    Great Smoky Mountains National Park is part of the Appalachian Mountain chain located along the border of the states North Carolina and Tennessee in the eastern United States. It covers an area of 816.2 square miles (2,114 sq km).
  7. britannica.com

    Feb 6, 2025Great Smoky Mountains National Park, scenic wilderness area in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, U.S., encompassing the core of the Great Smoky Mountains.Covering 816 square miles (2,113 square km), the park is some 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) wide and extends southwestward for 54 miles (87 km) from the Pigeon River to the Little Tennessee River.
  8. nationalgeographic.com

    By the time Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited park in the United States, was established it was almost too late to save it. It was 1934; about 80 percent of the forest in the ...
  9. worldatlas.com

    Great Smoky Mountains. The Great Smoky Mountains, popularly known as the Great Smokies or the Smokies, is a mountain chain in the Southeastern United States that runs along the North Carolina-Tennessee border. This mountain chain is one of the subranges of the Appalachian Mountains and is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains forming the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province.
  10. Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina preserves and interprets the natural and cultural heritage of this area. Also designated an International Biosphere Reserve and a World Heritage Site, the park covers 800 square miles of mountainous land and protects more than 100 tree species, 1,500 flowering plants, dozens of ...
  11. thegreatsmokies.net

    Straddling the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, the Great Smoky Mountains are the highest mountains in the Eastern United States with sixteen peaks rising more than 6,000 feet. ... to arrive in larger numbers and eventually all but a few of the Cherokee inhabitants were forcefully removed from the region in 1838 in a tragic event that ...

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    Great Smoky Mountains

    American mountain range along North Carolina/Tennessee border
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    The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains, and the name is commonly shortened to the Smokies. The Smokies are best known as the home of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which protects most of the range. The park was established in 1934 and, with over 11 million visits per year, is the most visited national park in the United States. The Smokies are part of an International Biosphere Reserve. The range is home to an estimated 187,000 acres of old-growth forest, constituting the largest such stand east of the Mississippi River. Wikipedia

    PeakKuwohi
    Parent rangeBlue Ridge Mountains
    OrogenyAlleghanian
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