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Clingmans Dome is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina in the Southeastern United States. Its name in Cherokee is Kuwahi or Kuwohi [4] ( ᎫᏩᎯ or ᎫᏬᎯ ), meaning "mulberry place." At an elevation of 6,643 feet (2,025 m), it is the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the ...
Oconaluftee Baptist Church. / 35.55361°N 83.30861°W / 35.55361; -83.30861. The Oconaluftee Baptist Church, also known as the Smokemont Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Cherokee, North Carolina. It is located off United States Route 441, overlooking the Smokemont Campground of the ...
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 Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers a total of 522,419 acres (816.280 sq mi; 211,415 ha; 2,114.15 km 2) The park is roughly evenly divided between Tennessee and North Carolina, and is located within portions of Blount, Sevier, and Cocke Counties in Tennessee, and Swain and Haywood Counties in North Carolina. [12]
March 16, 1976 [1] The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The surviving structures—which include the cabin, springhouse, and corn crib —were once part of a farm that belonged to the Walker sisters—five sisters who became local legends because of their ...
Website. www .gsmr .com. The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad ( reporting mark GSMR) is a heritage and freight railroad based in Bryson City, North Carolina, United States. Originally formed in 1988, it is currently owned and operated by American Heritage Railways since late 1999. The GSMR operates excursion trains on the former Southern Railway ...
123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend, Tennessee, United States. Coordinates. 35°40′36″N 83°43′20″W. / 35.67667°N 83.72222°W / 35.67667; -83.72222. Director. Brent Lambert. Website. gsmheritagecenter.org. The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is a private non-profit museum located in Townsend, Tennessee, United States, near the ...
Cades Cove. Coordinates: 35°35′39″N 83°50′31″W. Mountain rising above Cades Cove. View of Cades Cove toward the exit of the 11-mile auto tour. Cades Cove during a total solar eclipse. Cades Cove is an isolated valley located in the Tennessee section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The valley was home to numerous settlers ...