Sugarlands
Sugarlands, of course, is the home of the Sugarlands Visitor Center and the headquarters of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Sugarlands is also an area of the National Park that stretches from the Grapeyard Ridge and the Roaring Fork area to Sugarland Mountain. The road out of Gatlinburg runs straight through Sugarlands and is […]
Oconaluftee
The Oconaluftee area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is located on the North Carolina side of the park. The Oconaluftee River valley widens form Smokemont to the Oconaluftee area. The river is part of the reason that this area has been so vital to the history of the North Carolina side of the […]
Tremont
Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont The first people to settle in the area that would become known as Tremont was William Marion Walker and his family. Walker, who gave his name to the valley that Tremont is in, came to the live in the area and became a bit of a legend in his […]
Elkmont
Elkmont is located between Sugarlands Visitors Center and the Townsend Wye in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you are coming from the Sugarlands end of the park then you will travel about 4.9 miles to the turn off to Elkmont which will be on the left as you head toward Cades Cove. If […]
Cataloochee
Cataloochee is a lesser known auto tour in the GSMNP. Much like Cades Cove, it was a valley community in the mountains that was self-sufficient with churches, farms and clusters of mountain homes. When the park service came in and started to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park they people were forced to leave […]
Cades Cove
Cades Cove is the most popular auto tour and the most popular spot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As an auto tour, Cades Cove is second to none. As a place just to go experience the beauty of the Smokies and hang out in nature, there might not be a better place in […]