Seasonal Road Schedule

 
 

Road Name

2023 Season

Notes

Clingmans Dome Road

4/1-11/30

Weather permitting.

Heintooga/Round Bottom Road

5/12-10/31

None.

Heintooga Ridge Road (Balsam Mountain Road)

5/12-10/31

The Balsam Mountain Campground and Picnic Area open May 12, 2023. Motor homes, buses, vans longer than 25 feet, and passenger vehicles towing trailers are prohibited.

Forge Creek Road

3/3-12/31

Road conditions permitting.

Little Greenbrier Road (to the Little Greenbrier Schoolhouse)

4/7-11/26

Buses, motorhomes, vans longer than 25 feet, and passenger vehicles towing trailers are prohibited on this road.

Parson Branch Road

4/14-11/12

High clearance vehicles are recommended for traveling Parson Branch Road. Motorhomes, buses, vans longer than 25 feet, and passenger vehicles towing trailers are prohibited.

Rich Mountain Road

4/07-11/12

Buses, motorhomes, vans longer than 25 feet, and passenger vehicles towing trailers are prohibited on this road.

Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail

4/07-11/26

Buses, motorhomes, vans longer than 25 feet, and passenger vehicles towing trailers are prohibited on this road.

Straight Fork Road

4/1-10/31

None.

 
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Last updated: November 22, 2023

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