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

    Great Smoky Mountains

    National Park NC,TN

Foothills Parkway East Road Improvements

Foothills Parkway East will be repaved during 2010.

Prior to repaving, cracks had developed in the deteriorating pavement on Foothills Parkway East.

The Foothills Parkway East is a 5.6-mile paved road that runs between Interstate I-40 and highway US-321 in Cosby, TN. The work on this road included resurfacing the road and parking areas at overlooks and repairing an area where a landslide occurred. Construction of accessible ramps will provide handicap access to sidewalks at overlooks.

 
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This project is being paid for with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

 

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Did You Know?

Great Horned Owls can be heard most often in January and February

More than 240 species of birds have been found in the park. Sixty species are year-round residents. Nearly 120 species breed in the park, including 52 species from the neo-tropics. Many other species use the park as an important stopover and foraging area during their semiannual migration.