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	Getaway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park GORP
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park sits astride the Tennessee–North Carolina border amid the majestic southern climax of the Appalachian Highlands.
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park protects one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, a place that supports more than 4,000 species of plants, 130 trees, 65 mammals, 230 birds, and more species of salamanders than are found anywhere else on earth.
		Getaway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/tn_great.htm (347 words)

	Maps of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		The oldest USGS maps of the areas that were eventually incorporated into Great Smoky Mountains National Park were of Cowee, in 1885, Knoxville, Nantahalah in 1895, and Mount Guyot in 1893, all at a scale of 1:250,000.
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park attracts the largest number of visitors annually of any national park, perhaps because it is located within a day's drive of over 60 percent of the nation's population.
		The park is named for the mist or blue haze that surrounds the mountains resulting from the interaction between the moist environment of streams and waterfalls and the thick vegetation.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/gsmhome.html (3908 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park with 10 million visitors each year.
		Three entrances to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are within 50 miles from downtown Asheville: Cataloochee Valley and Oconaluftee, and Big Creek.
		These ancient mountains are home to a wide variety of plant and animal life unsurpassed in the National Park Service.
	romanticasheville.com /greatsmokymountains.htm (569 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park - North Carolina, Tennessee
		The national park, in the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, encompass 800 square miles of which 95 percent is forested.
		World renowned for the diversity of its plant and animal resources, the beauty of its ancient mountains, the quality of its remnants of American pioneer culture, and the depth and integrity of the wilderness sanctuary within its boundaries, it is one of the largest protected areas in the east.
		To Park: The nearest major airport in Tennessee (McGhee-Tyson, TYS) is Alcoa, 45 miles west of Gatlinburg.
	classic.mountainzone.com /nationalparks/grsm (1229 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		Great Smoky Mountains lacks the spectacular scenery of Yosemite or Grand Teton, but it does have the advantage of being within a half day's driving distance of half the population of the United States.
		The park was immediately successful, and in 1941 set a record for one year visitation of a national park of one million.
		The park has the highest mountains in the eastern United States, and some of the largest sections of virgin forest which have been preserved in the east.
	www.shannontech.com /ParkVision/GreatSmoky/GreatSmoky.html (1321 words)

	Smoky Mountains - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		The Great Smoky Mountains National Park boasts unspoiled forests similar to those the early settlers found.
		The Great Smoky Mountains, the majestic climax of the Appalachian Highlands, are a wildlands sanctuary preserving the world's finest examples of temperate deciduous forest.
		Park is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the southern Appalachians.
	www.imagesbuilder.com /gsmnp (702 words)

	NPCA Destination Finder
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park is renowned for the diversity of its plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, the quality of its remnants of American pioneer culture, and the depth and integrity of the wilderness sanctuary within its boundaries.
		Drive along the stateline ridge to one of the park's most popular destinations, Clingmans Dome, where the sunset views are spectacular.
		Rich in cultural history as well, the Great Smokies were home to a great diversity of peoples and cultures, from the Cherokee Indians to Scotch-Irish settlers.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /finder?id=npca&national_park=3 (175 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the majestic climax of the Appalachian Highlands, contains the largest wilderness sanctuary in the East.
		The Mountain Farm Museum in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
		The park is rich in nature walks, horse and foot trails, camping, fishing and wildlife observation.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/4766gd.htm (371 words)

	Fishing at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		The Cataloochee Creek System is in one of the most remote sections of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and offers a smorgasbord of trout streams.
		Abrams is one of the park's biggest streams, minimizing overhead vegetation.
		There are nearly 500 miles of fishable streams in the Smokies, from the upper prongs of Forney Creek at over 4,000 feet to the mouth of Abrams Creek, where it spills into Chilhowee Lake at less than 900 feet.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/tn/fis_smok.htm (896 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Hiking Trails - GSMNP
		Hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		When we questioned a Park Ranger about how to react to meeting a bear on the trail, he smilingly told us the most likely sighting of a bear will be its tail disappearing over a ridge.
		The National Park Service has the responsibility to protect the Park for you and future visitors.
	www.gsmnp.com /pages/hiking.html (1020 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		Located in close proximity to a number of urban centers, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) is our most visited park.
		Local developers and road builders, with the backing of local, state and federal politicians, continue the process of building right up to the boundary of the park and have requested to build within the boundary of the park.
		A careful assessment of the resources in the park is currently underway.
	www.npca.org /across_the_nation/ten_most_endangered/great_smoky.asp (399 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Bryson City, North Carolina.
		The Great Smoky Mountains National Park's half-million acres are equally divided between Tennessee and North Carolina.
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Bryson City, North Carolina.
		And with roughly forty percent of the Park in Swain County, Bryson City is the ideal spot for a relaxing Smoky Mountain vacation — away from the more carnival atmosphere of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge.
	www.greatsmokies.com /nationalpark.html (648 words)

	AOL CityGuide: - Nashville - Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Park
		Within the 800-square-mile Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you'll find diverse plant and animal life (including exotic, and intrusive, wild pigs), more tree species than in Northern Europe and the most salamander species anywhere in the world (one of which, the Jordan's salamander, can only be found here).
		Visitors are drawn by not only the park's rich flora and fauna; they also come for the area's cultural history.
		Cherokee Indians moved into the area about 1,000 years ago; many of them were driven out of the mountains to Oklahoma during one of the worst incidents in U.S. history known as the Trail of Tears.
	cityguide.aol.com /nashville/entertainment/venue.adp?sbid=110950368 (395 words)

	Weddings In Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		Couples can be joined in holy matrimony in a chapel, the National Park, or the privacy of their cottage or cabin.
		If you are planning a wedding in the Great Smoky Mountain area nothing is more romantic and personal than getting married in the cabin you rented.
		If you want to marry anywhere else in the Park (on a mountain top, for example), a permit is required if you have more than 20 people in your party.
	www.cadescove.net /cades_cove_wedding.html (561 words)

	KnoxNews: Gosmokies
		See our photo gallery of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with images sent in by you.
		In the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains
		Florida-based Kristen Smith Lendzion, who pines for a winter in the Smokies, writes about the trips she has taken to the Smoky Mountains.
	www.knoxnews.com /kns/gosmokies (394 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park Service)
		World renowned for the diversity of its 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.
		Wildflowers are heralding the arrival of spring in the park.
		Each spring the park hosts the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage, a week-long festival of programs, guided walks, and hikes that explore the wondrous diversity of life in the park.
	www.nps.gov /grsm (258 words)

	Wildflower Main Page
		The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is an annual seven-day event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park consisting of a variety of wildflower, fauna, and natural history walks, motorcades, photographic tours, art classes, and indoor seminars.
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park is currently under attack from many different threats.
		Most programs are outdoors in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, while indoor offerings are held in various venues throughout Gatlinburg, TN.
	www.springwildflowerpilgrimage.org (200 words)

	Discover Life -- ATBI brochure
		Climate, topography, the north-south orientation of the mountains, large tracts of old-growth and contiguous forests, and protection as a national park have all contributed to this abundance.
		One of the most significant benefits to come from the park's all-species inventory is that it will serve as both model and impetus for similar surveys in other national parks, federal lands, and protected lands worldwide.
		But while we know the park possesses a vast and varied assemblage of life forms, there is still much we don't know in terms of the number and identity of species.
	www.discoverlife.org /ATBI_brochure.html (1327 words)

	National Park Service's World Heritage Sites: Great Smokey Mountains, North Carolina and Tennessee
		Located within a two-day drive for over half the nation's population, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the country, with over eight million visits annually.
		While World Heritage status was conferred to the Smokies primarily for the park's natural features, a significant record of human history is preserved here as well.
		Since the project began in 1998, thousands of new park records have been discovered and hundreds of species new to science have been identified.
	www.cr.nps.gov /worldheritage/grsm.htm (215 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- Welcome
		The park is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the southern Appalachians, and it straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border for 70 miles.
		The park's abundance and variety of plant and animal life have earned it a United Nations designation as an International Biosphere Reserve.
		More than ten million people visit annually-the highest visitation of any national park.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/sm (296 words)

	Auto Tours at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park encompasses over one-half million acres, making it the largest national park in the East.
		Highlights include numerous pullouts with mountain views and a variety of forest types as you ascend approximately 3,000 feet up the spine of the Great Smoky Mountains.
		An auto tour of the park offers panoramic views, tumbling mountain streams, weathered historic buildings, and uninterrupted forest stretching to the horizon.
	www.romanticgatlinburg.com /auto_tours.htm (571 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Wikitravel
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park [1] is a United States National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and an International Biosphere Reserve that straddles the border between Tennessee and North Carolina.
		The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established on June 15, 1934 after a long process of land purchases starting in with Congress' authorization in 1926.
		It consistently ranks the most visited national park in the United States of America.
	wikitravel.org /en/Great_Smoky_Mountains_National_Park (1273 words)

	Travel Channel :: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		The Great Smoky Mountains comprise the southernmost part of the Appalachians, a range that formed through multiple geological episodes over a period of 300 million years.
		Adjacent to the park is the Cherokee Indian Reservation, where a museum meshes modern technology with ancient artifacts to tell the story of the Cherokee tribe.
		It is this "smoke" that gave the park its name, and is in fact a combination of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and vapors given off by the surrounding forests.
	travel.discovery.com /convergence/majesticamerica/interactives/parks/smoky.html (702 words)

	GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
		The airport closest to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is Tennessee's McGhee-Tyson, in Alcoa, about 72 km from Gatlinburg.
		The town of Gatlinburg is the headquarters, and the best base to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
		The National Park is open throughout the year, and except for deep winter, any time is a good time to visit the Smokies.
	www.journeymart.com /dexplorer/northamerica/usa/nationalparks/great_smoky.htm (854 words)

	Code Red Report: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		Additional research indicated that 60 park plants are sensitive to ozone pollution, and 30 show signs of damage when exposed to levels commonly recorded in the park including reduced growth in black cherry and tulip trees.
		Plants found on mountain tops and ridges may be most at risk because these areas often receive high levels of ozone for extended periods of time.
		Scientists first documented ozone-like damage on park plants in the 1970s.
	www.npca.org /across_the_nation/visitor_experience/clear_air/code_red/smokies.asp (539 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- Planning Your Stay
		U.S. known in the park as Newfound Gap Road, is a high mountain road that cuts across the ridge near the center of the park, providing outstanding scenic views.
		Mountain Farm Museum, at Oconaluftee Visitor Center, is a group of farm buildings moved from other areas of the park.
		Sugarlands Visitor Center is located near the park's main northern entrance, two miles south of Gatlinburg along Newfound Gap Road (U.S. Natural history exhibits include mounted specimens of park animals in re-creations of their habitats, and reproductions of journals kept by the first park naturalists.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/sm/aag/planning.html (842 words)

	The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
		Unlike the vast western parks, the Great Smoky Mountains had been inhabited for some time and parcels of land had to be purchased from settlers.
		Park officials estimate that between 400 and 600 bears inhabit the park.
		Pioneers crossed the mountains from North Carolina in the early 1800s to reach rich, isolated valleys.
	www.allthesmokies.com /the_national_park.html (665 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park 900 Miler Club
		Once you have felt the cathedral-like sacredness of the Great Smoky virgin forests, their wonderful presence can become impressed in your memory, a part of you, a magnet; yet in the same moment, feelings of overwhelming sadness to see what has been taken from us all, for this was our heritage.
		Unlike many National Park hiker maps, this trail map clearly and accurately shows all of the maintained trails, including trail names and distances between trail intersections.
		Now, only fragments of these great forests remain.
	members.aol.com /gs900miler (1373 words)

	Great Smoky Mountains National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Great Smoky Mountains National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Since the park is relatively untouched, it gives an idea of temperate flora before the influence of humankind.
		Stretching over more than 200,000 ha, this exceptionally beautiful park is home to more than 3,500 plant species, including almost as many trees (130 natural species) as in all of Europe.
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=259 (164 words)

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