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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Great Smoky Mountains National ParkLight snowfalls typically occur several times each winter in the park.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Area Communities
 
Communities surrounding the national park offer services and amenities that are not available in the park, including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores, and other shopping opportunities.

North Carolina
Bryson City
Cherokee
Graham County
Haywood County
Maggie Valley

Tennessee
Cosby/Newport
Gatlinburg
Pigeon Forge
Sevierville
Townsend
Autumn colors
Fall Leaf Season
Fall colors can be seen from October through early November in the park.
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Download a Smokies Trip Planner
Download a Smokies Trip Planner
Information about favorite destinations, popular activities, and a park map
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Flame azalea can be found growing on heath balds in the park.  

Did You Know?
The park’s high elevation heath balds are treeless expanses where dense thickets of shrubs such as mountain laurel, rhododendron, and sand myrtle grow. Known as “laurel slicks” and “hells” by early settlers, heath balds were most likely created by forest fires long ago.

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Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST