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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Welcome to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Website of pictures within the World from the Web Home page. Located in the southeast portion of Tennessee and the southwest corner of North Carolina, this national park can be reached from Rt 441 (Newfound Gap Road), which winds about 20 miles through the middle of the park in a north south direction. Rt 441 connects to I-40 to the north and the Blue Ridge Parkway to the south. Knoxville, the nearest major city, is 40 miles to the north. Gatlinburg, TN and Cherokee, NC border the park to the north and south along Rt 441 and have full facilities and resources.

The park is 520,004 acres. It has 16 peaks over 6,000' which are some of the largest mountains east of the Rockies.

Activities include camping, hiking, biking, cross country skiing, swimming boating, fishing and sightseeing. For more information, contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 107 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 or call (423)-436-1200.

All pictures below are from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, using various film and digital cameras. The first 4 pictures are from the summertime. All remaining pictures are from a Thanksgiving trip.

Newfound Gap.
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Newfound Gap.
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Appalachian Trail near Newfound Gap.
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From Clingmans Dome parking lot. The hike to the top of Clingmans Dome is an additional 1/2 mile (one way) and a 330' elevation climb. Once there, you are at the highest point in the Smoky Mountains at 6643' and on "top of old Smoky". Although I did the hike, it was so foggy that no pictures were possible from the top. Notice the barren trees at this altitude from the parking lot. This is at least partially due to acid rain. Coal burning plants as far away as the midwest put sulfur in the air. When this passes by the massive peaks in the Smokies, the water and sulfur condenses, bringing acid rain to the higher peaks in the Smokies and devastating the trees.
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Pullout from Rt 441.
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Pullout from Rt 441.
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Maloney Point from the Little River Road, 3.5 miles from the Sugarlands Visitor Center.
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Fog strewn mountain shot looking down Rt 441.
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Scene from the Laurel Trail, which is just west of Maloney Point on the Little River Road.
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A 2.6 mile roundtrip along the Laurel Trail brings you to Laurel Falls. A scene from the bottom of Laurel Falls, this waterfall cascades 60'.
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Further information can be found at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park NPS page or
Great Smoky Mountains National Park GORP page.

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