This entry refers to the North Carolina Entrance to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. For expanded coverage of the park, see our Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains NP entry.
The Great Smoky Mountains, a central range of the Appalachians running roughly east-west, are one of the finest forest regions in the United States. The name of the National Park, through which runs the border between the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, comes from the clouds and mist that frequently rise out of the lonely mountain valleys like smoke signals and swathe the mountains rising above the valleys to heights of over 6500 ft. The "Great Smokies" are hillbilly country.
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