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Great Smoky Mountains National ParkGreat Smoky Mountains National Park is named for the misty 'smoke' that often hangs over the park.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Join a ranger-guided program to learn about the park.
Don McGowan photo
Participate in a ranger-guided program to learn about the park.
Explore the park with a ranger!
The 2009 schedule of ranger-guided programs has ended for the year. Programs will be offered during summer and fall of 2010. The schedule will be posted here once it becomes available in early June, 2010.
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.

Last Updated: November 04, 2009 at 14:41 EST