• Approximately 1,500 black bears live in the national park.

    Great Smoky Mountains

    National Park NC,TN

Parks As Classrooms - North Carolina Middle School

Did You Know?

President Roosevelt at the park's Rockefeller Memorial.

Money to buy the land that became Great Smoky Mountains National Park was raised by individuals, private groups, and even school children who pledged their pennies. In addition, the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial Fund donated $5 million to create the park.