Every year, over nine million hikers and adventure seekers travel to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park making it the most visited national park in the United States. There are abundant reasons for this, but many popular reasons include over 150 hiking trails extending over 850 miles, a large portion of the Appalachian Trail, sightseeing, fishing, horseback riding, and bicycling. The park houses roughly ten thousand species of plants and animals with an estimated 90,000 undocumented species
presented with multiple destinations to choose from. I personally believe the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a perfect family vacation for families of all ages. The Smoky Mountains provide a sense of adventure, a welcoming, atmosphere, and interests for people of all ages. The Great Smoky Mountain National Park, located on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, is America’s most visited national park (Great, par.1, 2017). THe park offers a range of things to do. Visitors can go for a
My Great Smoky Mountain Vacation The Great Smoky Mountains is a wonderful place to have a family vacation because of the beautiful log cabins, the downtown city life, and the historic hiking trail Alum Cave. The Great Smoky Mountains is located in Gatlinburg Tennessee. It’s named after its beautiful blue-like smoky mist that covers the mountains. It’s made up of over 500,000 acres of southern Appalachian wilderness. It’s the largest tourist park. The Great Smoky Mountains itself is absolutely breathtaking
Home to over 1,500 species of wildflowers, 100 species of trees and the hundreds of different types of animals, the Great Smoky Mountains is the place to be. The beauty of this park even inspired singer/songwriter Boudleaux Bryant to write a song about it called Rocky Top. “Rocky Top, you'll always be, home sweet home to me. Good ole Rocky Top, Rocky Top Tennessee”, those lyrics can now be heard all throughout Tennessee as is has become one of the official state songs. Good ole Rocky Top has been
year 2015 when this happened. Three friends Talal, Ana, and Sara love hiking mountains. Whenever, they found free time or vacation, they would locate a mountain and then go hiking. Most importantly, they loved to travel around the world, as they would discover new mountains to climb. Three friends had a lot in common; they always spent time together. One day they decided to travel to North Carolina to climb the mountains during the summer vacation. The trip started from New York City where they lived
Evan Sheppard Professor Linda Silva LITR 221: Spring 2015 21 June 2015 The Great Smokies In the novel The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains, the work had a strong tie to the region. Set in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, the author portrayed the pure beauty of the area. Although the area was deemed so beautiful it brought internal struggles in some characters throughout the novel. The author connects the work to the region through the imagery portrayed of the area and the dialect used
spectacular view. This is a great place to stay. For dog lovers, consider leaving Rover at home because the Howard
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is located in between the borders of Tennessee and North Carolina. The park is actually apart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, of which are both parts of the Appalachian Mountain chain (U.S Geology). The park is the most visited national park in the United States, according to (Geology). The national park was an official part of the United States in 1940 by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The park was the first park to be paid for with federal funds, previous
Hannah Davis and Colleen Garrigan Coach Bradach Outdoor Education 2 March 2015 Great Smoky Mountains National Park The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established in 1934 and is located on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. It is home to a large, diverse group of plants and animals and offers an array of activities that visitors can enjoy. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park in total encompasses 522,419 acres of land. Therefore, it is one of the largest
In “The Ascent” Ron Rash introduces us to a child who is brought up by cocaine addicts name Jared. Jared ventures out into the Great Smokey Mountains National Park to escape his sad home life and on his little adventure Jared finds the lost plane authorities had been looking for, for months. Upon leaving Jared takes the ring from the woman on the plan and returns home where he finds that his parents have already run out of drugs. His father takes the ring Jared had found and then sales the ring for
Nestled in the Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg has become an area that East Tennessee State University students go to visit. Gatlinburg offers something for many; however, the city has some growing pains such as traffic and limited space. Thus, the city of Gatlinburg offers many things that a traveler could need and want, provided that he or she is willing to overlook the city’s rapid growth. Entertainment in the area is targeted at a wide variety of age groups and interests that include some of East
When we finally arrived in the mountains, it was breathtaking. They were covered with trees, and the clouds floating over them were so beautiful. I looked down and saw valleys of flowers that went on forever. I was so anxious to get off the bus and roll in the grass with the clear, blue sky above my head. The bus came to a halt, and one by one we filed out into a parking lot. We grabbed our canteens and began the one-mile trail to the top of one of the mountains. I was one of the first people to
The Beauty of Ramsey Cascades Deep in the heart of the Smokey Mountains, Ramsey Cascades is located about 4 Miles away from Gatlinburg. It is known as one of the more tedious hikes in the Smokey’s because of its rapid change of elevation, “The trail to the waterfall gains over 2,000' in elevation over its 4 mile course and the 8-mile round-trip hike is considered strenuous in difficulty” (Ramsey Cascades 1). It is very popular with most hikers and can be done easily in one day. “This waterfall in
Mary Murfree in her novel The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains, seeks to explain the lives of the mountain community in Tennessee and more so the life of the main protagonist, a preacher named Hiram Kelsey. Although Kelsey is the main protagonist in the novel and its title directly refers to him, he does not take the central role in the novel but is overshadowed by other characters who take up the bulk of the novel such as Dorinda Cayce and Rick Tyler a local outlaw. The novel explores many aspects
In the great country of the United States there are thousands of wonderful places to vacation. These places can range anywhere from the great state parks of the northwest to the hundreds of beaches among the coastline. There are two places that come to mind though when considering the best place to vacation. These two places are Panama City Beach and The Great Smoky Mountains. It is not just the common things such as a beach or huge mountains that make these two places stand out among others. It
In A Walk in the Woods our author, Bill Bryson, hikes through the deadly wilderness along the terribly long Appalachian Trail with his humorously witty companion Katz. Throughout the journey it becomes embarrassingly obvious that they will not be able to hike the entirety of the trail. The idea that they will not completely finish it begs the question; have Bryson and his faithful companion Katz actually hiked the Appalachian Trail? Katz gave his own account of whether or not they have hiked the
The 205-thousand-square-mile Appalachian Mountain range, which spans from Eastern Canada to northern Alabama, boasts North America’s oldest mountains (formed approximately 400 million years ago), the highest peak of the eastern United States (Mount Mitchell), industrial production opportunities and leisurely recreation. The range includes the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smoky mountains (NCSU, n.d.). A range of recreational activities such as fishing in freshwater streams, camping, biking the
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is the "Gateway to the Smoky Mountains." It is located approximately 120 miles southwest of the ETSU campus. Pigeon Forge is a highly recognized tourist town with many activities. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee contains many forms of entertainment, such as Dollywood, lodging, and restaurants for the average student tourists. The entertainment industry is the main reason why Pigeon Forge is such a well-known tourist town. Dollywood is usually the main attraction. Dollywood is
Little Pigeon River. It is not only located in a beautiful area, but also a thriving area economically speaking. Overall, Pigeon Forge is a family friendly place where people can not only live in a beautiful city, but also exciting environment. One great reason to live in Pigeon Forge would be the fact that it is a tourist town. Living in a tourist town means there are plenty of things to do for fun. Both Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg
occupants of vast urban ranges to visit mountain springs, the waters of which were thought to have wellbeing restoring qualities. The business blast In the early twentieth century, Pigeon Forge was a segregated mountain villa with no significant ways. The closest railroad station was in Sevierville. Scaffolds were likewise extraordinary, the main real water intersections being a series of portages along the Little Pigeon. At the point when the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was opened in 1934,