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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.
1983 (7th Session) Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an American national park in the southeastern United States, 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.
Blount County, Tennessee. / 35.69°N 83.93°W / 35.69; -83.93. Blount County is a county located in the East Tennessee Grand Division of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 135,280. [ 2] The county seat is Maryville, [ 3] which is also the county's largest city. Blount County is included in the ...
The 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, also known as the Gatlinburg wildfires, [ 1] were a complex of wildfires which began in late November 2016. Some of the towns most impacted were Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, both near Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The fires claimed at least 14 lives, [ 5][ 6] injured 190, [ 7] and is one of the ...
State. The Great Smoky Mountains Parkway is a highway that travels 23.4 miles (37.7 km) between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Interstate 40 (I-40) in Kodak, Tennessee, in East Tennessee. It serves as the main thoroughfare for Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Sevierville, and includes a 4.3-mile (6.9 km) spur of the Foothills Parkway.
Location of Sevierville in Sevier County, Tennessee. / 35.88694°N 83.60333°W / 35.88694; -83.60333. Sevierville ( / səˈvɪərvɪl / sə-VEER-vil) is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Tennessee, United States, [ 7] located in eastern Tennessee. The population was 17,889 at the 2020 United States Census.
Most of the state is considered part of the Upland South, and the eastern third is part of Appalachia. [ 1] Tennessee covers roughly 42,143 square miles (109,150 km 2 ), of which 926 square miles (2,400 km 2 ), or 2.2%, is water. It is the 16th smallest state in terms of land area. The state is about 440 miles (710 km) long from east to west ...
The Cumberland Mountains are a mountain range in the southeastern section of the Appalachian Mountains. They are located in western Virginia, southwestern West Virginia, the eastern edges of Kentucky, and eastern middle Tennessee, including the Crab Orchard Mountains. [ 1] Their highest peak, with an elevation of 4,223 feet (1,287 m) above mean ...